"Draining Apple's Bulging Bags of Mad Money: Over the past few months, the call from Apple investors to issue a dividend has been steadily gaining in volume. The company gave in this week, promising $2.65 per share. While under the leadership of Steve Jobs, Apple preferred to keep its wallet stuffed, but at this point, spending billions on dividends and stock buybacks will still leave the company with plenty of walking-around money." MacNewsWorld 8:25 AM
"New Mac OS X malware variant spotted in the wild" ZDNet 10:43 AM
"ITunes Appears to Change Colors of Images Sent to the New iPad: When you sync an image to the new iPad, iTunes doesn't just optimize the resolution--it seems to change the colors, too." PCWorld 8:23 AM
"Apple releases Software Installer Update 1.0 for Mac OS X 10.6.8 operating system" O'Grady's PowerPage 10:14 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Addressing OS X Lion recovery partition problems: If your Recovery HD partition in OS X Lion is missing or not working, then it may be easy to get working with just a few steps." CNET Reviews 4:37 PM
"One thing about Lion I find annoying is that if you have open documents which are already saved, or just applications with no open documents, and you give the Shut Down command, Lion will reopen all of them after the next boot. I can understand doing this if your documents were unsaved and you had a power failure, but the Shut Down command is actually issued by you, the user. In the past you would be warned about not saving, and you would then save. Perhaps there's value in not needing to, but I don't understand the value of opening documents that were already in a Saved state when Shut Down was issued. I already have a specific set of Startup Items established in my User preferences. Is there some way to turn this feature off?" MacInTouch 11:13 AM
"Amy Boynton asks if there's a way to turn off document locking. Fortunately, there is, though you'd never guess where that option is found. In System Preferences, click Time Machine, and then Options. There you can turn off document locking or change the wait time to as long as a year." MacInTouch 11:14 AM
"Video Speed Trap Lurks in New iPad/Users Find the Superfast 4G Link Carries a Big Cost: Churning Through Data Limits in Mere Hours" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:24 AM
"New iPad + LTE alchemy hamstrung by data price" Tech.Blorge 11:23 AM
"China: The World's Leader in iOS and Android Activations" AllThingsD 1:38 PM
"China Tops U.S. in iOS, Android Activations, Says Flurry" Barron's 2:58 PM
"New iPad already five percent of iPad web traffic" TUAW 8:28 AM
"The Motherships Are Landing: What Google's New Headquarters Reveal About Apple 2" The Huffington Post 9:49 AM
"Microsoft Says Windows Phone Will Pass Apple in China" Bloomberg 8:20 AM
"iPad Likely to Push Tablet Gaming Past $3 Billion by 2014" PadGadget 8:27 AM
"Apple making progress on work hours, but 'can do better': Company says number of employees in supplier factories who work 'excessive' hours is dropping." CNET News 10:06 AM
"Apple worker compliance improves and so do Foxconn's margins" ZDNet 9:50 AM
"Apple Claims Improved Compliance on Excessive Worker Hours" The Mac Observer 8:04 PM
"Obama Tells Apple to Shove Off: With some two-thirds of its cash hoard housed overseas, Apple would like a tax holiday to allow it to move that money back to the U.S., but its pleas have fallen on deaf ears at the White House." FOXNews 8:34 AM
"Steve Jobs tried to hire Linux founder a decade ago" 9 to 5 Mac 8:33 AM
"Change.org: Retract your petition against Apple" Change.org 2:18 PM
"Change.org petition calls for Change.org to retract petition against Apple; says based on Mike Daisey's lies" MacDailyNews 2:20 PM
"Microsoft details how iPad app development compares to Windows 8" ZDNet 9:49 AM
"Apple forces AT&T to unlock customer's iPhone after impassioned letter" The Verge 8:07 AM
"Apple CEO Tim Cook Intervenes in Unlocking iPhone 3GS for AT&T Customer in Canada" DailyTech 10:33 AM
"Apple's Nano-SIM Comes Under Fire From Nokia, Motorola and RIM" Gizmodo 8:13 AM
"Apple's nano-SIM proposal draws fire from Motorola, Nokia, RIM" Engadget 8:37 AM
"Microsoft Barring Many of its Employees from Buying Apple Products with Company Funds?" MacRumors 8:36 AM
"iPad subsidies axed for Microsoft S&M fanbois: Microsoft's sales and marketing people can no longer buy iPads or Macs on the company's dollar." The Register 8:18 AM
"Japan's new iPad launch outnumbered by clothes store opening" ZDNet 10:14 AM
"Sprint CEO defends company's decision to bet it all on Apple's iPhone" BGR 9:52 AM
"Sprint CEO: iPhone users are more loyal, use less data" 9 to 5 Mac 9:52 AM
"Sprint To Offer Total Equipment Protection For iPhone" App Advice 8:42 AM
"Mike Daisey still on track to return Apple show to D.C." Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 10:19 AM
"New iPad Gets Mythbusters Treatment: Apple forgot to make the new iPad impervious to lasers, assault rifles, and hard drops, according to entertaining new Videos." InformationWeek 1:17 PM
"iPhone 4 allegedly blows up while charging" CNET News 9:22 PM
"Prototype iPad 2 With SwitchBoard OS Hits eBay" AppleBitch 11:15 AM
Non-Apple News
"Silicon Graphics to slash European workforce 25%" MarketWatch 1:02 PM
"First public tweet sent six years ago today" The Next Web 12:38 PM
"Archos 101 G9 and 80 G9 Android tablets now shipping" TG Daily 12:24 PM
"Clever crosswords leave computer clueless" New York Times 12:10 PM
"App for leaving your virtual mark" Reuters 12:09 PM
"LulzSec Announces April Fool's End To Retirement: LulzSec hacktivists use YouTube video to announce they'll reboot on April 1, despite arrest of six alleged core members." InformationWeek 1:14 PM
"LulzSec Is Back; Anonymous Targets Imperva" Network World 11:38 AM
"Mass Effect 3 Team 'Working Hard' to Address Ending Complaints" PC Magazine 11:28 AM
"YouTube launches new editing tool" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 12:44 PM
"Google hands over $5 credit to Wallet customers, report says" CNET News 1:10 PM
"Google VP Neal Mohan: Don't Call Us A Walled Garden" TechCrunch 12:36 PM
"Google locks up cloud apps and throws away the keys: Google has introduced certificate-based authentication for developers requiring secure connections to the advertising broker's cloud." The Register 12:26 PM
"Google Maps Debuts Detailed 3D Landmarks" PCWorld 11:38 AM
"Google dividend speculation swirls after Apple move" New York Post 11:25 AM
"Start-Ups In L.A.: Growing Scene Is Almost Famous" Forbes 10:56 AM
"New Malware Puts Nasty Spin On Remote Control: Georbot Trojan steals remote-desktop configuration files to provide surreptitious access to targeted PCs, including recording audio and video." InformationWeek 10:13 AM
"Yahoo Shareholder Pushes For Its Board Nominees" Associated Press 10:04 AM
"Meet The Hackers Who Sell Spies The Tools To Crack Your PC (And Get Paid Six-Figure Fees)" Forbes 10:01 AM
"Cinderella for iPhone and iPad: Gorgeous graphics, interactive elements put new spin on old tale" Macworld 4:38 PM
"Sign in to Great Clips From Your iPhone" Best App Site 11:55 AM
"Appidemic: Yaniv for iPhone, iPod touch" AppleTell 8:35 AM
"iPhone App Video Review: Flight Control Rocket" Appolicious 10:55 AM
"Hands-On With 'The Hunger Games: Girl On Fire'" Touch Arcade 9:52 AM
"'Fireball SE' Review - A Slick Single Stick Non-Shooter" Touch Arcade 8:37 AM
"'Picnic Wars' Review – A Crazy Castle Crusher That Ends Far Too Soon" Touch Arcade 8:28 AM
"Invader Hunter Review: Invader Hunter is a game plagued by cheap enemies, too-small arenas, and a slightly wonky control scheme. It's also a surprising amount of fun." 148Apps 8:35 AM
"Battleloot Adventure Review: Strategic tapping is the name of the game in this stylish, accessible loot-fest." 148Apps 3:31 PM
"Yaniv Review: Yaniv is a fast paced, easy to learn, and fun Israeli card game. The app has a lot of features and will surely impress." 148Apps 10:13 AM
"League Of Extraordinary Birds HD Review: Flap around collecting things and avoiding other things. Sound familiar? It is." 148Apps 2:45 PM
How-To/Tutorial
"Make Your Own iPad Stylus From Household Junk [How-To] Cult of Mac 10:30 AM
Tips
"Five Ways to Manage Data Use on New iPad" [Video Report] MarketWatch 2:51 PM
"Unlocking the Hidden Secrets of the New iPad OS" MarketWatch 2:51 PM
"6 Tips to Maximize iPad Battery Life" OS X Daily 2:47 PM
"How to Quickly Fix iPad 3 Wi-Fi Reception Problems" OS X Daily 11:58 AM
"Tip: How to Make Your iPhone or iPad Run Faster" PC Magazine 10:17 AM
"5 Ways to Make Your App Take Off: Want your app to be the next Angry Birds or Pinterest? Try these expert strategies for getting it downloaded by the masses." Inc. 9:53 AM
"Five Ways to Manage Data Use on Your New iPad: Users of the new iPad are learning that its new high-speed wireless connection can be blazing fast, but painfully expensive. That's the downside of making it easier to watch TV on the go." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:47 AM
"Conde Nast magazines on new iPad called out for poor quality" SlashGear 9:45 PM
"China leads U.S. in iOS, Android activations, study shows" BGR 9:44 PM
"Why Mike Daisey had to lie to tell the truth about Apple" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 9:44 PM
"One Week After New IPad '3' Release Date, Unsatisfied Buyers Sending Tablets Back To Apple" International Business Times 9:43 PM
"Apple iPad complaints seem like hot air" Financial Times 9:43 PM
"Is the New iPad Screen Too Good for the Web?" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:25 PM
"More LEDs in new iPad can mean less battery life" CNET News 9:21 PM
"Five things the next-gen MacBook Air needs to compete with ultrabooks" CNET News 9:21 PM
"Are Apple In-App Book Purchases Okay?" Matt Binkowski 8:06 PM
"Apple: 1 Million Users for iPhoto for iPhone & iPad in 10 Days" The Mac Observer 8:05 PM
"Law & Apple: Judge Tells Apple to Chillax, and Summer Booked for Cupertino Lawyers" Mac|Life 4:09 PM
"Is the New iPad Screen Too Good for the Web?" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 4:02 PM
"Why you should work at Facebook over Apple" ZDNet 3:59 PM
"Should you park there? App crunches data to predict parking ticket, theft" GeekWire 2:46 PM
"Of Course Apple Would Sell 3 Million New iPads" BYTE 2:46 PM
"The New iPad Will Ruin Your Sex Life" Forbes 1:47 PM
"Will the High-Res iPad Finally See Enterprise Action?" Wired 12:49 PM
"Do You Have to Be Rude to Manage Like Steve Jobs?" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 12:29 PM
"Why A Holdover iPad 2 Might Be A Better Choice Than The 16 GB Retina iPad -The 'Book Mystique" MacPrices 12:28 PM
"Five Ways Apple Can Screw Up The iPad" Forbes 12:00 PM
"Apple's New iPad Also Has Wi-Fi Problems?" Minyanville 12:00 PM
"Combination of the Two: At the last MacGroup Afterglow, I brought up how Photo Stream was getting there but still had a weird quirk." MacNews Blog 11:55 AM
"How I Tried to Get the New iPad for Free and What I Learned" TheStreet 10:56 AM
"3 Reasons You'll Buy the New iPad That Everybody Hates" The Motley Fool 10:55 AM
"I'll Stick to My iPad 2 This Year" iSource 10:32 AM
"The Macalope Daily: Winning the hearts and minds of developers" Macworld [Insider Content] 10:13 AM
"Forget the New iPad! What About the Next iPad?" The Tech Night Owl 8:38 AM
"Competing with Apple: 'Great products may not even be necessary'" Fortune 8:21 AM
"Why The iPad 3 Regressed In Battery Life" BYTE 1:18 PM
"OMG! New iPad is totally warm" Mac.Blorge 2:56 PM
"If the new iPad is 'hot,' what do you call a MacBook Pro?" Fortune 10:27 AM
"Opinion: About Consumer Reports and this 'hot iPads are comfy' crisis" Computerworld 8:03 AM
"Consumer Reports and Apple: What Gives?" Forbes 8:03 AM
Non-Apple
"John Martellaro's Blog: How I Learned to Love Verizon -and Kill my Land Line" The Mac Observer 3:25 PM
"Custom UIs on smartphones: Would you? Should you?" CNET News 1:10 PM
"What Was Sony Thinking With Tablet P?" Bloomberg 1:05 PM
"HP should stand for 'Help, Please!'" CNNMoney 12:59 PM
"For a Speedy Boot, Try Firefox-Based xPUD Linux" PCWorld 11:36 AM
"It Wasn't Broke, But Pinterest Fixed It. Now Users Hate It." TechCrunch 12:19 PM
"14 tips for how to use Pinterest for business: These 14 keys will help you use the virtual bulletin board to promote your company's brand and drive traffic to your website" CIO 11:08 AM
"Why the 'personal cloud' is no PC killer: The centerpiece of mobile employees' digital lives won't be the cloud -- it will be a triad of mobile devices" InfoWorld 11:07 AM
"3 Big Security Themes At Black Hat Europe: Security's big thinkers debated cloud computing security, user mistakes that won't die, and the information security perfectionist complex." InformationWeek 11:05 AM
"PayPal's bid for the digital wallet looks strong" Fortune 10:58 AM
"Despite challenges, Renesas still dominant in MCUs" EE Times 10:42 AM
"Why parents should educate their kids about tech" CNN 10:33 AM
"Tech Talent Shortage, Or Busted Moral Compass? Readers weigh in on training, internships, partnerships, and 'cut-and-paste robotic HR people.'" InformationWeek 10:14 AM
"Nokia's Vibrating Tattoo: A Bad Buzz/How do you feel about attaching a small membrane to your skin that vibrates when your phone receives incoming calls or messages?" InformationWeek 10:13 AM
"Will Google Race to the Bottom with a $150 Nexus Tablet?" Techland 12:29 PM
"10 places you're not allowed to see on Google Maps" Mashable 12:11 PM
"Gmail now explains why each suspect message gets marked as spam" Houston Chronicle 11:00 AM
"Browser survey puts Chrome in first place -- for one day: StatCounter reports that Chrome overtook Internet Explorer on Sunday; use of prerendering may have biased results" IDG News Service 10:35 AM
"Internet Access More Important Than Sex, Alcohol: BCG Study" Daily Ticker 10:02 AM
"Tech Firms Go Far and Wide for Space" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:44 AM
"Ten things Oracle v. Google tells us about the judge presiding over Yahoo v. Facebook" Foss Patents 9:36 AM
"Is Fragmentation Making Android Devs Jump Ship?" Gizmodo 10:32 AM
"Windows 8, Metro, and Desktop: The ISV App Challenge" Tech.pinions 10:15 AM
Humor/Cartoons
"Those Apple Scumbags!!!" funnyjunk [humor] 9:48 AM
"When you click a Yelp listing in Siri, you are now taken to the Yelp App Store app" 9 to 5 Mac 8:32 AM
"'CBS This Morning': There's an app for that" CBS News 8:26 AM
"Some More Updates to iOS Apps: Comixology, Opera, Pinball HD, Huffington Post for the iPad, Central Department Store and PubSearch" eXtensions 8:03 AM
"Zombungee - universal iOS game app on App Store" prMac 9:10 AM
"Watch Thousands of Soccer Highlights on your iPhone with Goal 1.0" prMac 8:40 AM
"Children's iPad Apps Become Popular Teaching Aids" prMac 8:40 AM
"2WayResume 2.0 App Uses Social Networking To Get Job Seekers Hired" prMac 8:02 AM
"Binary Formations Introduces Mac App for the Lazy, Paranoid, and Vain" prMac 8:02 AM
"Character Writer Released - Special Character Text Editor for iPad" prMac 8:02 AM
"Create Personalized Fairy Tales with a New iPad App from Simiula" prMac 8:02 AM
"Elections Pal Saves Time And Money With Paperless Elections" prMac 8:02 AM
"Free Music D/L Pro v2: Album Covers, Video Playlists, Auto-Rename & More" prMac 8:02 AM
"MotionObj releases new app PiggyAlarm, The Alarm Clock With Character" prMac 8:02 AM
"National Gallery, London HD 1.0 for iOS - Enjoy 1520 Great Paintings" prMac 8:02 AM
"Old school game Dots & Boxes Neo grants gaming fun for young and old" prMac 8:01 AM
"Tasa Graphic Arts releases Focus on Earthquakes app for iPad" prMac 8:01 AM
"Vitamin K App and 7 other iNutrient Apps now Universal with New Features" prMac 8:01 AM
"vueCAD - Free CAD viewer for the iPad - Available in the Apple App Store" prMac 8:01 AM
"Create My Own Flash Cards App Gets Babies Talking" prMac 8:01 AM
"Memo Gea Lets Users Record, Review And Share Their Most Important Info" prMac 8:01 AM
"ERres 3.0 Medical App for iOS - Emergency Medicine Rapid Reference Tool" prMac 8:01 AM
"Hoiio Live Brings Your Phonebook to Life" prMac 8:01 AM
"New myGuardianAngel App - Never Face Trouble Alone Again" prMac 8:01 AM
"Feed 'em Up: Buffet now available for iOS - Addictive Puzzle Game" prMac 8:01 AM
"AstroPlasm Transports Gamers To An Alternate Dimension" prMac 8:01 AM
"Microsoft Ad Pokes Fun at IE, Urges Users to Give IE9 a Chance" PCWorld 11:37 AM
"Outlook 15 Gets Ready for Touch Tablets" PCWorld 11:37 AM
"IBM Sues Another Former Exec: Lawsuit against former federal services VP Thomas Romeo is fifth time Big Blue has hauled a former exec into court in recent years for alleged breach of contract." InformationWeek 10:13 AM
"Dell Relaunches Software Community AppDeploy As Social Q&A Platform For IT Professionals, ITNinja" TechCrunch 12:19 PM
"Dell brings OpenStack cloud package to the UK" ZDNet UK 12:52 PM
"Dell delivers one-stop cloud computing service based on OpenStack" V3 12:40 PM
"Oracle's Google Android patent lawsuit cut down to size" ZDNet 12:49 PM
"Oracle's Crystal Ball Still Cloudless" TheStreet 10:03 AM
"Is Oracle Ignoring The Real Enemy? Oracle announced third quarter gains Tuesday. But while it focuses on SAP, nimble rivals such as Salesforce.com and WorkDay loom large." InformationWeek 11:05 AM
"NEC to Add Mini Earthquake Sensors to Its Cloud-based Device Platform" IDG News Service 11:37 AM
"Will new Atom CE5300 Media Processor chip power an Intel TV service?" ZDNet 12:51 PM
"Cisco's big comeback: Layoffs and product tweaks help Cisco turn business around" Network World 11:50 AM
"Cisco offers virtualized video surveillance: Video Surveillance Manager for UCS supports VMware platform now, Microsoft Hyper-V and open-source Xen in future" Network World 11:07 AM
"Cisco, Benchmark And Venrock Back Cloud Storage Company CTERA Networks" TechCrunch 12:20 PM
"Feds Fund Research For Breakthrough Microprocessors: NIST offers $2.6 million grant for research in new methods to overcome the limits that existing CMOS technology will reach in the next 10 to 15 years." InformationWeek 9:32 PM
"Chip stockpiles to drop in first quarter: report" MarketWatch 1:02 PM
"Japan facing chip industry problems following quake anniversary" ZDNet 12:51 PM
"Number of IT jobs at large corporations dropping significantly: Offshoring continues to shrink the number of IT jobs, but in 10 years companies will run out of jobs to offshore, study says" Computerworld 11:07 AM
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