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Tuesday Highlights: Tim Cook defends Apple before US Senate panel accusing the company of dodging billions of dollars in payment of US taxes due to offshore loopholes; NPR, C-SPAN have live feeds, other sites with live coverage are down in our Finances section; Senator Rand Paul excoriates fellow Senators, says need to "look in the mirror", apologizes to Apple, more on the Senate proceedings in content-appropriate sections throughout MacSurfer; is Apple's brand leadership under threat due to the lethal Android + Samsung Galaxy duo?; or is the relationship between Samsung and Google a nightmare?; Apple is BrandZ's number one global brand; TekRevue explains how to make a 4GB/s RAM disk on your OS X machine; Amsys introduces beginners to using Kerberos in OS X; Apple iPhone satisfaction dropping from higher levels last year, according to American Customer Satisfaction Index; TechCrunch points to new smartwatch with power-management features; a thinner, lighter iPad 5 coming in September according to rumors; April sales of domestic Mac sales were flat, but AllThingsD says it's not a bad thing; and Apple has been granted 26 patents today, including Magic Mouse force sensor, palm touch detection, among others down in our Hardware/Software section; Macworld offers advice for those who've dropped their Mac; TechHive thinks the best Twitter app for iPhone is Echofon; PC Advisor explains how you can reset your iDevice to factory defaults, wiping all data; does Apple's new TV strategy consist of refusing approval of new TV tuners for iDevices?; poor Nintendo, Wii U sales are in collapse, perhaps the company needs to develop games for iOS; Microsoft readying reveal of new Xbox 720, reports down in our Computer Industry section.
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"When Will Apple Hit $1,000 a Share? Hough: It's already America's largest company by market value, but there are several reasons to believe that Apple can grow much bigger." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:15 PM
"Apple Riding High, but for How Long?" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:46 AM
"Apple media event whispers: iPad 3 shipments already en route to U.S., possible pre-orders, two new products?" 9 to 5 Mac 7:25 AM
"Apple's Foxconn transparency - A brilliant or bad PR move? Has this new PR openness hurt or helped Apple's overall image with its customers?" Computerworld UK 7:26 AM
"Reviewing Apple Price Changes After Product Release" Seeking Alpha 7:49 AM
"Proview Sues Apple in U.S. Court Over 2009 IPAD Trademark Deal" Bloomberg Businessweek 10:53 AM
"The Battle of the iPad Comes Home to Roost" The Motley Fool 2:12 PM
"Mountain Lion threatens Facebook and Microsoft" GigaOM 11:40 AM
"Apple working on enhanced A5 chip (A5X) AND completely new chip (A6)" 9 to 5 Mac 6:30 PM
"Why Apple chose Twitter over Facebook" iMore 7:14 PM
"IPhone's Crutch of Subsidies" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:05 PM
"Trojan virus tricks Apple Mac users to steal passwords" Telegraph 7:26 AM
"The post-PC future: Where Microsoft and Apple are driving us/With Windows 8 and OS X Mountain Lion in wide beta, it's time to compare their consumerization strategies, and their effects" InfoWorld 2/24
"New Mac OS X trojan spotted in the wild" ZDNet 2/24
"Flashback.G Trojan Hits the Mac, Exploits Old Java Vulnerabilities" MacTrast 2/24
"Flashback Mac Trojan aims to steal users' online banking details" V3 2/24
"iTunes Store features new Mastered for iTunes section" AppleTell 2/24
"Apple Adds Mastered for iTunes to iTunes Store" The Mac Observer 2/24
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Aspyr works to fix Civilization V upgrade issue" PC Advisor 2/25
"Q&A: MacFixIt Answers/How do you deal with a Mac that's constantly booting to Safe mode? This and other Mac-related questions answered." MacFixIt 2/24
"Fix HandBrake DVD ripping if you've installed VLC 2.0" Macworld 2/24
"OS X Lion: iMac may not automatically reconnect to Wi-Fi network after waking from sleep" Apple Support 2/24
"How to Get Mountain Lion on Unsupported Macs, Messages Beta Available for OS X Lion, and More" Low End Mac 2/24
"Mac platform change discussion continues on support, security and compatibility issues, plus hardware features and futures; agile development processes; user interface color; electronic distribution vs. bandwidth; cloud computing; tablets vs. desktop vs. laptops; and more." MacInTouch 2/24
"Mountain Lion notes cover the Mac Pro 64-bit hardware/firmware compatibility issue and offer a link to details about Gatekeeper." MacInTouch 2/24
"Mountain Lion Obsoletes the MacBook I Just Bought" Low End Mac 2/24
"What Game Center For Mac Means To You" App Advice 2/24
"Apple's FairPlay DRM for iBooks cracked by Requiem app" The Verge 2/25
"Fake iPhone sales are becoming a common site on the streets of New York" iMore 2/25
"Mac Fonts Originally Named For Main Line Towns: The typography designers named the fonts after stops on the Paoli Local commuter train line." Malvern, PA Patch 2/25
"Judge Awards IPhone User $850 In Throttling Case" Associated Press 2/24
"Throttled iPhone user takes AT&T to court, wins $850" CNET News 2/24
"InMobi Mobile Insights Report January 2012: iOS regains market lead from Android with 35% impressions share in North America" InMobi 2/24
"InMobi: iOS regains lead over Android with 35% share in North American mobile ad impressions" The Next Web 2/24
"iOS Served 35% of N.A. Mobile Ads in January, Regains Lead From Android" iClarified 2/24
"Apple is the top mobile PC shipper" The Inquirer 2/24
"Apple Maintains Top Mobile PC Share Position for Q411 and Full Year – Now #5 Laptop Maker" MacPrices 2/24
"Android, iPhone users get new privacy protection" Reuters 2/24
"Tiniest ever 128Gbit NAND flash chip flaunted: SanDisk and Toshiba have jointly developed the smallest 128Gbit NAND flash chip in the world by using a 3-bit multi-level cell design (TLC) and a 19nm process." The Register 2/24
"Imation relaunches Windows on USB stick system" Techworld 2/24
"BitTorrent for Live Video: The inventor of the world's most popular file-sharing protocol now wants to stream live video or TV over the Internet." Technology Review 2/24
"Social media 'friends' can fly together" New York Times 2/24
"Netflix: No plan to support BlackBerry, PlayBook" Reuters 2/24
"Google working on its own 7-inch tablet" TG Daily 2/24
"Google integrates Google+ and Google Voice" TG Daily 2/24
"Google Adds Concert Listings to Search Results" PC Magazine 2/24
"Acer Liquid Glow With Ice Cream Sandwich, NFC Expected at MWC" PC Magazine 2/24
"Quad-core smartphones and tablets will soon get LTE: Nvidia promises faster browsing, application downloads and improved gaming" IDG News Service 2/24
"Jargon-busting mobile industry's buzzwords" CNN 2/24
"Plug-in offers Web privacy: Hub co. ahead of prez" Boston Herald 2/24
"Dropbox heats up cloud battle with photo upload feature" Reuters 2/24
"Gene Steinberg talks OS X Mountain Lion with The Loop's Jim Dalrymple, commentator Kirk McElhearn, and TechNewsDaily's Seán Captain this weekend on The Tech Night Owl LIVE" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 2/24
"Mac OS turning into iOS? Mountain Lion, Message (Podcast)" Insanely Great Mac 2/24
"The CultCast Is Cult Of Mac's New Podcast, Download Episode One Right Now On iTunes" Cult of Mac 2/24
"Apple rumored to be secretly shipping 'iPad 3' as Best Buy cuts iPad 2 by $50" AppleInsider 7:13 PM
"Apple seen working on both A5X and A6 chips" Electronista 6:49 PM
"Apple TV 3 rumored to be readying for March launch" iMore 7:41 AM
"Rumor: Smaller Dock Connector For iPhone, iPod And iPad" Apple Bitch 2/25
"Is Apple preparing to revamp the iPad 3/iPhone 5 dock connector?" ZDNet 2/24
"Apple Dumping 30-pin Connector? How About Dumping Cords Altogether? Can Apple cut the 30-pin connector cord used for synching and charging iOS devices? Let's hope it can." PCWorld 2/24
"Apple eyes the axe for traditional dock connector" SlashGear 2/24
"Rumor: Apple's iOS dock ports headed for a diet" CNET News 2/24
"Rumor: iOS Devices Will Get A 'Micro-Dock'" Business Insider 2/24
"Apple files patent for 'polished meteorite' keyboard" Register Hardware 2/24
"Apple Now Selling Brazilian-Made iPhone 4, But Pricing Remains High" MacRumors 2/24
"'Brave Beak' Review – I've Been Flying All Day and Boy, Is My Tapping Finger Tired" Touch Arcade 2/24
"Puzzle Family VS Review: Keep the crazy art of the original Puzzle Family but take away everything that made it fun." 148Apps 2/24
"Lume Review: A gorgeous to look at, cute and charming adventure game, yet far too short." 148Apps 2/24
How-To/Tutorial
"Printing and the iPad: An exercise in frustration/Own a computer? Ready, set, print. No computer? You may be out of luck." Chicago Tribune [Free Registration Required] 10:03 AM
"How To take amazing macro photos with your iPhone" TiPb 2/25
"How to use GPS navigation with Siri" iDownload Blog 2/24
Tips
"Dear Aunt TUAW: Will the iPad 3 double its memory options?" TUAW 2/24
"Mac Address Book synchronization with Android device - iCloud problem" Mac OS X Hints 2/24
"Why did Apple close Friday at record high $522.41 a share ..." Fortune 2/25
"Analysis: Apple Will Be Worth $3 Trillion By 2022" i2Mag 2/25
"Will Apple dump the iPhone's aging 30-pin connector?" GigaOM 2/24
"Has Apple's iBooks Fair Play DRM been cracked?" CNET Reviews 2/24
"MacOS KenDensed: Google's Browser Snooping & Tim Cook's Shareholder Party" The Mac Observer 2/24
"How Bad Reporting Is Ruining The Washington Post: John Gruber dissects The Washington Post's dumb article claiming that Siri, specifically, is dramatically increasing data usage based on a study..." Marco Arment 2/24
"After a Year, Tablet Daily Is a Struggle: One year ago Rupert Murdoch took the stage at the Guggenheim Museum and with much fanfare introduced a News Corporation publication that, in the words of the Apple executive Eddy Cue, would 'redefine the news.'" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 2/24
"Apple Distributing The Fruits Of Legend: The size of Steve Jobs' legend hit me with full force last night." Seeking Alpha 2/24
"Particle Debris: Apple Could Accidentally Disrupt the Entire TV Industry" The Mac Observer 2/24
"Apple Had To Pull This Video-Sharing App For Having Too Much Porn" Business Insider 2/24
"Who wins if Android and iPhone lose the smartphone wars?" BetaNews 2/24
"I Think Apple CEO Tim Cook Is Doing A Great Job" Business Insider 2/24
"AdWeek: All 84 Apple iPhone TV Spots" CPGBuzz 2/24
"Apple and HDCP: A DRM success story" Mac.Blorge 2/24
"Analysis: That Thing You'll do With Apple's iPad 3" The Mac Observer 2/24
"Top 10 features Apple should bring to the iPad 3" V3 2/24
"Is Apple slipping? The details Steve would never have missed" Electricpig 2/24
"Mike Daisey: David Pogue's Defense Of Apple And Foxconn's Workplace Standards Is Ridiculous" Business Insider 2/24
"Is linking just polite, or is it a core value of journalism?" GigaOM 2/25
"Apple's Siri has a new British rival – meet Evi: Cambridge firm True Knowledge outsmarts tech giant with phone assistant that copes with variety of UK accents" The Guardian 2/25
"Android Market vs. App Store Prices: Why Android Users Pay Double [Study] Search Engine Watch 2/25
"UltraViolet passes million download mark: Hollywood's movies-in-the-cloud service sprockets up" Register Hardware 2/24
"Data throttling just a ploy, study finds" TG Daily 2/24
"Samsung Toiling Away On Bezel-less Galaxy B Smartphone?" TechCrunch 2/24
"Bad News for Blackberry: Netflix Not Interested" PCWorld 2/24
"3G vs. 4G: What's the Difference? If you're buying a new smartphone, you'll need to choose a type of data network. We explain 3G and 4G in simple terms." PC Magazine 2/24
"7 ways SMBs can make cloud storage and backup safer" ZDNet 2/24
"Cloud computing in 2012: An InfoWorld special report" InfoWorld 2/24
"The top 13 security myths: Security experts hammer on security ideas they say are both widely believed and false" [Slideshow] InfoWorld 2/24
"Free Anti-Virus Software Fails To Charm Enterprises: As free AV gains popularity with consumers, could Symantec and McAfee ever be chased from their top spots in the enterprise?" InformationWeek 2/24
"Google Glasses could be the Next Revolution" The Motley Fool 2/24
"Inside Google's recruiting machine: Silicon Valley's most venerable recruiting setup is operating in one of the most competitive hiring climates ever. It just brought on a record number of new employees. Here's how." Fortune 2/24
"Continental Divide: The Forces Shaping Broadband in Western and Eastern Europe" E-Commerce Times 2/24
"Global HDD capacity expected to be restored to 80% in 1Q12" DigiTimes 2/24
"How Mobile, BYOD and younger workers are reinventing IT: Changes are coming to IT, so you'd better be ready" Computerworld 2/24
"White House's Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights is misleading, doesn't solve the real problem" ZDNet 2/24
"Why Google and Others Are On Board with Obama's Privacy Bill of Rights" Techland 2/24
"Your Internet privacy is in Congress's hands now: The White House plan for a consumer privacy bill of rights sounds good on paper, but real action is still pending" InfoWorld 2/24
"The problem with Obama's privacy 'bill of rights': Privacy advocates generally like the White House's framework on privacy policy. Except for the fact that G-men can still peek at your private data without a warrant." Fortune 2/24
"Samsung Galaxy Note: Big Smartphone Or Small Tablet? Contributor Gary Krakow gets to put the new AT&T moneter phone, with a 5.3-inch screen, through its paces - and finds it's a terrific device." [Video Report] TheStreet 2/24
"4 ways to stave off the cell phone apocalypse" CNNMoney 2/24
"PlayBook 2.0: Is This the Best RIM Can Do?" Tech.pinions 2/24
"Is The Future Of Cloud-Based Systems Cloudy Or Bright?" MacNews 2/24
"IBM Takes Big Step in Making Things Tiny: For the first time, it creates molecular images that can minimize circuitry to the nanometer scale." CFO World 9:15 PM
"Analyst: Microsoft won't copy Apple's online-only sales for Windows 8/But may trim upgrade edition count by dropping Ultimate from retail" ITworld 2/25
"S&P 500 Caps Week at Highest Level Since 2008" FOXBusiness 2/24
"S&P Notches Highest Close Since June 2008: The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index squeaked out its highest close since 2008, as most stocks traded higher after better-than-expected Reports on home sales and consumer sentiment." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 2/24
"U.K. stocks fall; Lloyds slips on earnings: Losses widen at Lloyds Banking Group PLC, stock drops" MarketWatch 2/24
"Asian Markets Mostly Higher: Recent strength limiting sharper gains, Asian stock markets ended modestly higher after a choppy session on Friday, with some energy shares getting a boost from a continued rise in oil prices." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 2/24
"Asia Markets: Asia markets edge higher in choppy session" MarketWatch 2/24
"European Stocks Rise: Most European stock markets ended higher, led by banks and oil firms, as upbeat earnings boosted investor optimism and U.S. consumer-sentiment and housing data surprised on the upside." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 2/24
"Europe Markets: Europe stocks gain, key off U.S. data, earnings/Frankfurt and Paris move higher at week's end as London lags" MarketWatch 2/24
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading" Associated Press 2/24
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at the close of trading" Associated Press 2/24
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