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Thursday Highlights: Apple changed the world of computing by offering "the computer for the rest of us", now perhaps the company will change the United States corporate tax code while they're at it; Ireland claims no special tax deals given to Apple, "refuses to be US 'whipping boy'" in the Senate's Apple tax hunt; meanwhile, Apple said to be doubling lobbying expenditure over issues including taxes; a warning issued to Mac users not to become complacent over viruses, malware; Mactuts+ explains ins and outs for setting up your Mac for iOS AirPrinting; Macworld UK's Mark Hattersley answers questions for those who've held out upgrading to OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion; Macworld features cover the usefulness of "About This Mac", and how you can do "more with Messages"; Adelaide's City Messenger posts photos from inside city's first Apple Store; Michael Gartenberg, analyst with Gartner, joins Apple's marketing team; Mailbox was acquired by Dropbox, new app released for iPads, founder interviewed by Business Insider, and Wired, app reviews from Techland, The Next Web, iDownload Blog; and maker of thin, tough cases, LifeProof, has been acquired by OtterBox, patent suit also settled; AppGratis hopes Android platform is the ticket to survival following ban on Apple's App Store; iWatch now said to be unveiled in late 2014 according to one analyst, may use tech from iPod Nano; Pfeiffer Consulting releases "user experience benchmarks" for 7" tablets; and Apple applies for Airplay interactivity, orientation audio adjustment, among other patents in our Hardware/Software section; KFSN TV on the Yellow Jacket stun gun case for iPhone; and here's a tutorial on saving PDFs on your iDevice to iBooks; TechCrunch says Microsoft's "cheap shot at the iPad" backfires, pointing out "exactly why the Surface sucks"; remember what life was like before smartphones?
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"Apple's Secret Plan For Its Cash Stash: A chunk of Tim Cook's $100 billion war chest is going toward outfitting factories in Asia that will be beholden to one customer: Apple." Forbes Magazine 9:55 AM
"Apple Stores Rake in Astounding Amounts of Cash" Minyanville 5:09 PM
"Apple, Google and others to face former employees' antitrust suit: The companies are accused of making agreements not to poach each other's employees" IDG News Service 8:00 AM
"Apple Vows to Build '100% Renewable Energy' Data Center" Wired Magazine 7:58 AM
"Apple, C. Ore. officials make data center tax deal" Associated Press 5:00 PM
"What Apple could gain from an iPad mini" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 5:27 PM
"Lawsuit against Apple for 'bait' apps moves forward" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 5:23 PM
"Motorola's patent enforcement against Apple will cost German taxpayers millions (of euros/dollars)" Foss Patents 8:58 AM
"Apple in Talks With IPad Trademark Challenger to Try and Settle Dispute" IDG News Service 8:09 AM
"Apple tries to rebrand 3G as 4G in new iPad palaver" Crave @ CNET 8:09 AM
"Apple wants to turn '3G' into '4G' to solve iPad 3 speed disputes" ZDNet 9:03 AM
"Apple on Australian 4G: You're Branding It Wrong" AllThingsD 9:03 AM
"Samsung Throws an Elbow at Apple on Walk to Negotiating Table" MacNewsWorld 9:06 AM
"Samsung Sues Apple Over Patents After Settlement Talks Ordered" Bloomberg 10:54 AM
"HTC battles Apple in London court" The Inquirer 8:01 AM
"Opinion: Apple, the iPhone, and the future of travel" Computerworld 8:08 AM
"Apple vs. Google vs. Microsoft: Battle for digital supremacy" Computerworld 8:00 AM
"Apple TV and the Trojan Horse Strategy" Tech.pinions 9:04 AM
"Apple to create 500 jobs at European headquarters in Cork" RTÉ News / Ireland 8:42 AM
"Apple announce 500 new jobs in Ireland" Reuters 8:46 AM
"Ebook price-fixing: Apple, publishers face class action in Montreal" Montral Gazette 5:10 PM
"Microsoft pulls Office 2011 SP2 from AutoUpdate: Following problems with identity database corruption after installing the latest update, Microsoft has pulled the update from its automatic update service." MacFixIt 7:32 PM
"Flashback infections down to 30,000" iTWire 7:51 AM
"Flashback Mac Infection Rates Underestimated" Intego 9:08 AM
"New report says Flashback infections remain high: Russian security firm contradicts Symantec, warns that infections of Mac OS are not declining." CNET News 7:15 PM
"Infected WordPress Blogs Blamed for Mac Flashback Trojan" Techworld 8:09 AM
"Apple Mac Attack Began With Infected WordPress Sites: Security researchers watch for a possible Flashback comeback by the botnet operators." Dark Reading 10:07 AM
"Apple's new iPad goes on sale in South Korea" AFP Relax News 8:44 AM
"iPhone Regional Carrier Rollout Hits Today" The Mac Observer 8:08 AM
"How Green Is Your iPad? [Infographic] Mashable 11:00 AM
"15 percent of TV viewing takes place on tablets, says Viacom" Digital Trends 5:12 PM
"Tim Cook Sighted at Valve? Might As Well Have Been Bigfoot Instead" Mac|Life 9:01 AM
"Valve: We never met with Apple, but we'd love to! Reports that Tim Cook visited the game designer were fabricated, but Valve wishes they were true" Macworld UK 8:44 AM
"Valve: 'No one here was meeting with Tim Cook'" ZDNet 9:03 AM
"Oh My Tech: Setting up the iPad for classrooms/iPad » Unfortunately, you can't restrict students from using iMessage on the iPad." Salt Lake Tribune 11:12 AM
"Using Empty Beer Bottles to Smuggle iPhone (Video)" M.I.C. Gadget 9:05 AM
"Instagram Has 'Jumped the Shark,' Says Top Apple Exec [Updated] Mashable 9:12 AM
"Apple's Phil Schiller ditched Instagram when it went Android: Says he liked Instagram when it was a small community of early adopters sharing their photographs, now there's too many people" Macworld UK 8:44 AM
"AT&T Watson vs. Apple Siri: Talkin' about a smackdown? AT&T handing over Watson speech recognition technology APIs, SDK to developers in June" Network World 11:04 AM
"Commemorative Steve Jobs issue wins award: The D&AD 2012 Yellow Pencil award was given to Bloomberg Businessweek for their issue 'Steve Jobs 1955-2011"." Macworld UK 8:44 AM
"Apple Stores Outperforming Other Retailers by a Factor of 17" The Mac Observer 12:06 PM
"Apple Highlights Potential For The 'iPhone At Work'" Apple Bitch 10:52 AM
"Channel bites Apple's hand off for any old iPads in Q1: Apple sales via independent distributors across Western Europe soared 42 per cent in Q1, figures from channel analyst Context reveal." Channel Register 11:27 AM
"Kick the iTunes habit and celebrate Record Store Day" CNET News 9:48 PM
"Best Buy employee accused of stealing 15 iPads" Tampa Bay Times 8:07 PM
"How Pomplamoose Got Lucky With Apple's iTunes" Forbes 10:51 AM
Non-Apple News
"Amazon adds '1-Click' software setup to its cloud" ZDNet UK 11:39 AM
"Facebook tweaks terms over censorship fears" ZDNet UK 11:38 AM
"Facebook enabling IPv6 on beta site next month" ZDNet 11:35 AM
"Amazon brings forward UK shipping date for Kindle Touch" V3 11:29 AM
"AT&T's AVP Of Technical Research Explains The New Watson Speech API" TechCrunch 11:20 AM
"VLSI confab brings technology, circuits to the fore" EE Times 11:07 AM
"Sony to Launch 5GB Online Photo Sharing Service Next Week" IDG News Service 11:01 AM
"Freescale's Q1 points to upswing, says CEO" EE Times 10:29 AM
"Mozilla smartphone to go on sale in 'late 2012''" BBC 10:13 AM
"Tomorrow's Privacy Struggles, On Display Today" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:58 AM
"Galaxy S III Reportedly Revealed In Vietnamese Hands-On Video" TechCrunch 11:19 AM
"Samsung readying iCloud competitor for May 3? That's the latest report out of Korea, where Maeil Business says the company will be unveiling its S-Cloud service in two weeks." CNET News 9:55 AM
"Nokia Plots Cheaper Lumia" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:35 AM
"SanDisk Drops After Sales Forecast Falls Short of Estimates" Bloomberg 10:15 AM
"Microsoft Invents Cool Two Sided Smartphone Display System" Patent Bolt 8:58 AM
"Unused e-waste discarded in China raises questions" BBC 8:00 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"The TouchArcade Show - 48 - Super Mario 2 Spoiler Alert" Touch Arcade 5:29 PM
"Ted Landau Talks AT&T Pricing, Game Center Stats Cheating and aNew Favorite App" MacNotables 3:19 PM
"Gene Steinberg meets Tonya Engst, from TidBITS, Avram Piltch from Laptop magazine, and Ian Schray from WellReadApps this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 3:14 PM
"Next iPhone said to get new touch panel tech: The so-called iPhone 5 could get 'in-cell touch panels,' making for a slimmer device." CNET News 8:09 AM
"Apple next-generation iPhone likely to adopt in-cell touch panels, say sources" DigiTimes 10:51 AM
"Apple's iPhone 5 Made of Metallic Glass and Arrives in October" Forbes 8:46 AM
"iPhone 5 release primed for October: 4G chipset shortage forcing Apple's hand?" Electricpig 9:02 AM
"Analyst: 'revolutionary, compelling' iPhone 5 out in October" Register Hardware 7:57 AM
"Latest iPhone rumors suggest October release, LiquidMetal case" Appolicious 8:44 AM
"Next iPhone may use Sharp, Toshiba in-cell touch technology" Electronista 9:03 AM
"How many Macs did Apple sell last quarter? Estimates range from 4.3 to 4.85 million. The best analysts' consensus: 4.64 million" Fortune 8:08 AM
"New iPad online wait time drops to just one week: Apple is now estimating five to seven business days before it'll ship a new iPad from its online store." CNET News 8:09 AM
"Apple further eases new iPad availability, orders now showing 5-7 day deliveries" The Next Web 8:45 AM
"Ivy Bridge Laptops Coming Soon, Are Laptops Crap?, Do Tablets Doom Laptops?, and More" Low End Mac 12:13 PM
"Flashback Malware on the Ropes, Ivy Bridge CPUs Coming Monday?, Dropbox 'Good Enough', and More" Low End Mac 8:55 PM
AppleCare/Helps
"A simple fix for when your iPhone won't charge" Macworld 9:01 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Panorama 360 Camera For iPhone and iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)" Apple Sliced 9:11 AM
"Joypad Elite -EOL (iPhone Controller For iPad Games) For iPhone Is Free Right Now (Previously $11.99)" Apple Sliced 9:11 AM
"Treasure Defense HD For iPhone and iPad Is Free Today (Was $1.99)" Apple Sliced 9:11 AM
"Hit for the fences with these games for your smartphone" CNET Reviews 9:48 PM
"Augmented Reality Toys for iPhone and iPad: A Work in Progress" Techland 11:27 AM
"SpellTower Will Become Your Next Word-Game Obsession – iPad Game Review" PadGadget 9:02 AM
"Fighter City Review: No-holds-barred street fighting hits the App Store, and it's fun!" 148Apps 5:06 PM
"Dark Sky Review: Dark Sky is a weather app that provides quick data on rain." 148Apps 12:55 PM
"CreaVures Review: CreaVures is a visual treat but falls short as a puzzle platformer." 148Apps 5:07 PM
"ILLUSIA 2 Review: GAMEVIL follows up one of their lesser-known titles, but has time (and a bit more effort) allowed the sequel to surpass the original? Not exactly, no." 148Apps 5:07 PM
"MacGuffin's Curse Review: Lucas MacGuffin messes up a robbery and in the process receives a nasty curse!" 148Apps 9:08 AM
Tips
"Report Text Message Spam to AT&T" TidBITS 12:53 PM
"MacMost Now 699: Ten iPad Typing Tips" MacMost 7:52 AM
"Apple's Phil Schiller: Instagram Snob" Techland 9:07 AM
"Can Apple dominate the digital movie/TV market?" MacNews 9:05 AM
"The Fallacies of How to Compete with the iPad" Tech.pinions 9:04 AM
"Why It Doesn't Matter If Steve Jobs Said He Hated The Idea Of A Small iPad" Business Insider 9:01 AM
"Was Siri on the iPhone hacked? Talk show host Rush Limbaugh described a technical problem with his iPhone and Apple's Siri voice assistant, encountered on his drive to work that morning." Network World 8:45 AM
"Would Jobs have been upset if Oracle had bought RIM? Jobs' friend Larry Ellison has admitted that Oracle had considered buying Research In Motion,as well as Palm, as a way to break into the smart phone market." CIO Canada 8:44 AM
"The Law Of Big Numbers Looms. Is Apple Ready For A Crash?" PixoBebo 7:50 AM
Non-Apple
"Would you pay for a shared data plan?" CNET News 11:48 AM
"Western Digital refreshes VelociRaptor hard drive line, but can it compete against SSDs?" ZDNet 11:36 AM
"The Nokia Phones You Loved ... and Hated" WSJ Blogs 11:30 AM
"Video: The Most Insanely Important, Mind-Blowing Tech News of the Week" Techland 11:26 AM
"What kind of LOSER sits in front of a PC..." Register Hardware 11:25 AM
"Can advanced technologies really help curb highway congestion?" Network World 11:02 AM
"Are zombies sucking the life out of your data center?" InfoWorld 10:42 AM
"The BYOD era may be ending already" InfoWorld 10:42 AM
"The most mortifying moments in IT security history: From Lockheed Martin and HBGary Federal to the U.S. government and Cornell University, no one is immune to humiliating security glitches" [Slideshow] Network World 10:41 AM
"Share of Canadians who want a BlackBerry slips dramatically in survey" The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 10:39 AM
"Diablo 3 Beta Open to Everyone This Weekend Only" Forbes 10:35 AM
"Apple vs. Google vs. Microsoft: Battle for digital supremacy" Computerworld 10:23 AM
"Samsung Outsold Apple In Smartphones In Q1, Analyst Says" Forbes 9:50 AM
"A Devastating Blow in the 3-D Printing War?" [Video Report] The Motley Fool 9:44 AM
"Why men like social-media site Pinterest" MarketWatch 9:36 AM
"Surprise! Walmart's Cloud Movie Service Is Pretty Good!" AllThingsD 9:36 AM
"Law Must Be With Google in Java Dispute" TheStreet 9:30 AM
"The day my mind became open sourced" opensource 9:58 AM
Humor/Cartoons
"Apple and Samsung meet to mediate." The Joy of Tech [cartoon] 7:51 AM
"Oracle, Google Struggle To Explain APIs To Jury: Day four of Oracle's copyright and patent lawsuit against Google's Android OS brings a lesson in API design and programming that even the judge declares 'confusing.'" InformationWeek 10:02 AM
"Oracle and Google find common denominator for telling jury about use of Java APIs in Android" Foss Patents 9:30 AM
"Android, Java, and the tech behind Oracle v. Google (FAQ)" CNET News 9:56 AM
"Google's defence against Oracle in pictures" ZDNet UK 11:38 AM
"Three things are clear in Oracle vs. Google/Three things are clear about Oracle's Java patent infringement suit against Google's Android: It will likely drag on for years, it poses a great but remote risk to Android and Java developers and it will make for lots of fascinating reading." EE Times 10:29 AM
"No sign of Sun in Oracle conference rooms: Oracle's plan to dump unique room names at former Sun campus draws ire of current and former employees" InfoWorld 10:42 AM
"Feds Banish Oracle From Popular Contract Vehicle: Federal government cancels Oracle's services contract on the General Services Administration's IT Schedule 70. Feds spent $388 million on Oracle products and services through Schedule 70 in fiscal 2011." InformationWeek 9:47 PM
"IBM speeds push for 500-mile EV battery: Big Blue signs on partners for its Battery 500 Project to design an 'air-breathing' lithium air battery that would create a leap in energy density." CNET News 9:54 AM
"IBM electric vehicle battery project adds two materials partners" ZDNet 11:36 AM
"HP: Printed images can 'come alive' with Autonomy tech" ZDNet UK 11:39 AM
"HP: Fewer security vulnerabilities reported, but risk escalating" ZDNet 11:36 AM
"Intel supports China-based makers to promote ultrabooks" DigiTimes 10:28 AM
"Why Intel Cove Point Ultrabook Is No iPad Killer" BYTE 11:51 AM
"Chambers: 90% of Acquisitions in Hi-Tech Fail" [Video Report] Bloomberg 9:43 AM
"Cisco Outlines Insieme Software Networking Venture" eWeek 10:31 AM
"Security, privacy ideas emerge at Demo conference: Amid the companies presenting are startups doing two-factor authentication, Facebook profile-cleaning, and clearer terms of service" IDG News Service 10:42 AM
"New process promises cheap, flexible electronics: Televisions as thin and flexible as a sheet of paper could be on the way, thanks to a new technique for printing electronics." TG Daily 11:21 AM
"IT Administrators Experience High Stress Levels" eWeek 10:31 AM
"Apple Keeps Rolling Downhill: Apple Inc. shares continued their descent, extending a decline from an April 10 intraday peak to more than 10%." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:15 PM
"Selling Off Before Earnings Nothing New For Apple" Forbes 6:14 PM
"Stock Market and Investing: Apple Down 10% From All-Time High, Enters Correction Territory" CNBC 5:29 PM
"Apple Weighing on the Nasdaq" [Video Report] CNBC 5:21 PM
"Time to Cut Back on Apple?" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:20 PM
"Apple's Stock: Greed, Fear, and Fundamentals" Forbes 5:19 PM
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