"Wintel takes kicking from Apple, market share at all-time low: iPad whacks life out of PC founding fathers/Wintel's grip on the PC market has dropped to an all-time low due to the encroachment of Apple's seemingly unbeatable iPad." Channel Register 8:02 AM
"Microsoft Windows dominance fades as Apple beats HP, Canalys claims" Computerworld 8:03 AM
"2012 will bring new world record in PC shipments: Apple retakes lead from HP; Asus, Samsung and Lenovo gain ground, but Windows share falls to new low" Canalys 9:56 AM
"Apple Is Now The #1 PC Seller In The World (If You Count The iPad)" Business Insider 4:19 PM
"Apple to jury: iPhone changed everything—then Samsung built knockoffs/Samsung's imitation wasn't flattering—it cost billions, Apple's lawyers say." Ars Technica 11:39 AM
"Apple seeks 'emergency' sanctions against Samsung: Apple today said it will file for penalties against Samsung in the federal court case between the two companies." CNET News 4:19 PM
"Apple Says It Will Seek Sanctions Over Samsung Statement" Bloomberg 9:29 PM
"Apple asks judge to censure Samsung over document dump" The Register 9:28 PM
"Apple V Samsung: Can Look And Feel Be Patented?" Bloomberg 8:14 AM
"Apple claims Samsung copied iPhone technology" Associated Press 9:06 AM
"Samsung Defends Decision to Share Evidence With Media: A lawyer for Samsung Electronics Co. said the company's decision to send reporters disputed evidence in its patent case with Apple Inc. was 'lawful' and 'ethical,' in a filing responding to federal Judge Lucy Koh's request to explain the unusual move." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12:53 PM
"Samsung Denies Trying to Sway Jury With Statement to Media" PC Magazine 2:00 PM
"Samsung in Olympic form showing how to work the refs: The attorney for Samsung decides to cross the judge in an amazing display of chutzpah - but it may pay off later in the trial." CNET News 4:18 PM
"Samsung patent press release annoys judge at Apple trial: The judge in the Samsung-Apple patent trial has demanded to know who authorised a news release issued by the South Korean firm, publicising evidence she had ruled inadmissible in court." BBC 10:29 AM
"Apple and Samsung fire opening shots in US patent war" V3 8:31 AM
"The Sony device Samsung claims inspired Apple's iPhone" Fortune 8:09 AM
"Apple's $2 billion claim comes from a twist in U.S. patent law: An act of Congress that dates back to an 1886 Supreme Court case about carpet design" Fortune 9:51 AM
"iOS chief Scott Forstall to testify at Apple v. Samsung trial" AppleInsider 8:35 AM
"Economic development board endorses Apple deal: The Nevada Board of Economic Development on Wednesday endorsed a deal negotiated by the state to lure Apple Inc. to Reno with $89 million in tax breaks, though the action was largely for show since the panel lacked the authority to change the agreement." San Francisco Chronicle 9:27 PM
"The Big Apple's Apple/Let there be no mistake: Having an Apple store in Grand Central Terminal is a good thing. Apple is just the kind of anchor tenant that any landlord would want. The company's decision to locate a store in the terminal last year was greeted with cheers, and why not—Apple is paying more than $1 million in rent this year to the terminal's owner, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority." The New York Observer 11:37 AM
"Mountain Lion Sells Like Hotcats" MacNewsWorld 8:51 AM
"Apple upgrade provides anti-virus protection" Melbourne Age 9:28 PM
"'Apple has its head in the sand'" ["The continuing adoption of iPads in the enterprise space has created a new weak link in security which Apple Inc continues to downplay, making organizations increasingly at risk."] Digital News Asia 7:54 AM
"Google's Chrome tailors itself to Apple's Retina Display: Been wondering when Chrome was going to support Apple's Retina Display? Wonder no more. Also, Google throws a few more features into the latest Chrome release." CNET News 7:59 AM
"Chrome 21 launches with webcam API and retina Mac support: New webcam API is the first-step towards standards-based video chat on the Web." Ars Technica 8:57 AM
"Desktop Top Operating System Share Trend" [Mac OS rises to 6.97%, Windows drops to 92.01%] NetMarketshare 7:57 AM
"Desktop Top Browser Share Trend" [Safari share up to 4.93%, Firefox only other browser with rising share in July] NetMarketshare 7:57 AM
"'I'm thinking about taking the leap and buying a new MacBook Pro 13" (mid 2012). Is it possible to set up a partition to run Snow Leopard on this machine?': Definitely not. The Snow Leopard kernel does not support the latest generation of Intel processors (Ivy Bridge), and there is no Snow Leopard driver for the graphics controllers used in the mid 2012 models (possibly missing drivers for other components as well). Snow Leopard won't even boot on these models." MacInTouch 12:30 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Watch TidBITS Presents 'Upgrading to and Using Mountain Lion" TidBITS 7:23 PM
"Quick Tip: Give Quick Look a Boost with Plugins" Mactuts+ 8:50 AM
"Install Java in OS X Mountain Lion" OS X Daily 11:51 AM
"Mountain Lion: Integrating Emails with Reminders" The Mac Observer 7:55 AM
"Apply metadata tags to files with Tagit" Macworld 8:44 AM
"Delete Mail in OS X Mountain Lion the Smart Way, Like Outlook" OS X Daily 2:09 PM
"Q&A: Cleaning Up the Mac's Sidebar" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:30 AM
"Use The New Inline Find Feature Of Mountain Lion's Mail App [OS X Tips] Cult of Mac 9:05 AM
"Quick Tip: SnapBack in Safari 6 on Mountain Lion" IT.Enquirer 8:05 AM
"Quick Tip: Making a Reminder from a Mail message on Mountain Lion" IT.Enquirer 8:04 AM
"Preview all tabs with Safari in Mountain Lion: In Mountain Lion, Apple has added a new option to Safari that allows you to quickly preview the tabs in a browser window." MacFixIt 2:12 PM
"Copying Search URLs from Safari" inessential 8:51 AM
"How to watch official BBC Olympics coverage from the U.S." 9 to 5 Mac 9:03 AM
"TextExpander shell script snippet to set Safari 6 default fonts" Mac OS X Hints 9:51 AM
"Keep your Mac from sleeping in Mountain Lion" Mac OS X Hints 9:51 AM
"Drag e-mails to create reminders" Mac OS X Hints 9:51 AM
"Cycle through conversations in Messages" Mac OS X Hints 9:51 AM
"The Feature That Apple Forgot To Include In Safari 6 Is Available Now And It's Free" Mac 360 8:06 AM
"Who's Watching What You Do Online? Add Instant Security With A Free, One-Click Virtual Private Network App" Mac 360 8:06 AM
"Eve Trains You to Use Keyboard Shortcuts" Lifehacker 8:30 AM
"3 Apps That Edit The Hosts File On Your Mac (and why you need to do that)" NoodleMac 8:06 AM
"What Kind Of Weather Forecast And Conditions Can You Get On A Mac? 6 Apps, Under A Dollar" PixoBebo 8:06 AM
"It's Not Photoshop Or Illustrator, But Pixen Makes A Good Pixel Art Editor For Less" TeraTalks 8:06 AM
"Pick Out A Color From Any Pixel On Your Mac's Screen With This 99-cent Tool" McSolo 8:07 AM
"The Cheapest And Easiest Mac Tool That Compares Digital Photos Bit By Bit" BohemianBoomer 8:06 AM
Op/Ed
"The Successful iOS-ification of OS X" iSource 2:31 PM
"Why Mountain Lion Got Me to Finally Try Apple Mail" PCWorld 2:00 PM
"The Rapid Rise of OS X Mountain Lion" Low End Mac 12:31 PM
"To add one little whinge to the chorus of Safari 6 things which otherwise don't bother me:: I don't like the stretchy tabs. It changes the appearance of the tab bar from moment to moment, making it harder to recognize at a glance." MacInTouch 12:31 PM
"Mountain Lion discussion examines Safari changes; Server changes; Time Machine problems; Finder changes and anomalies; sandboxing; screen sharing; compatibility issues; AirPort problems; performance; iCloud; Messages, Notes, Calendar, sync, etc.; plus other experiences and notes." MacInTouch 12:29 PM
"The emerging market that could kill the iPhone: A handful of tech startups are competing for a foothold in the nascent market for personal data control. And that could mean major changes for the likes of Apple, Google and Microsoft." Fortune 8:09 AM
"Apple v Samsung: Apple's Phil Schiller describes design process/Cut short as jury dismissed for the day, but confirms Apple's dismissal of market research" Macworld UK 8:25 AM
"Apple making several changes to improve customer experience" iDownload Blog 8:58 AM
"Eat The Rich: The App Economy's Middle Class Is Booming...And So Is The Poor" TechCrunch 10:08 AM
"Hulu blocks access to overseas Apple TV owners, report says: The company has been able to identify and block overseas Apple TV owners trying to access its programming from a U.S. iTunes account." CNET News 8:07 AM
"Amazon Tops iTunes Match Offer with More Storage" Associated Press 12:53 PM
"Amazon updates Cloud Music Player to compete with Apple's Itunes" The Inquirer 8:09 AM
"Apple's iTunes to Face Amazonian Competition" Minyanville 4:27 PM
"This Is Huge: Amazon's New Instant Video App For iPad Offers Offline Viewing" Business Insider 8:30 AM
"Famed iOS Hacker P0sixninja Leaves The Chronic Dev Team" App Advice 8:22 AM
"A Computer Infection that Can Never Be Cured: A hacker demonstrates that code can be hidden inside a new computer to put it forever under remote control, even after upgrades to the hard drive or operating system." Technology Review 12:36 PM
"Facebook App Center goes global" CNET News 2:37 PM
"Roku's Streaming Stick Hooks Up With Hitachi, Mitsubishi, And Others To Make Dumb TVs Smart" TechCrunch 12:34 PM
"Vodafone ousts CWW chief executive, overhauls management: Nick Jeffery, CEO of Vodafone Global Enterprise, will take the reins at Cable & Wireless Worldwide" Techworld 12:01 PM
"Robots bust a move at dance competition: Students from around the world built robots to compete at a dancing competition held in China. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports." [Video Report] NBC News 11:50 AM
"Huawei to introduce 10.1-inch tablet PC in Russia and China" DigiTimes 11:05 AM
"Looking For Mutual Enemies In The Cloud: Up against giants like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft for a share of the public cloud business, Rackspace hopes to make an ally in the rest of the tech world." New York Times [Free Registration Required] 10:12 AM
"Verizon to Allow Third-Party Tethering Apps on Android Phones" PCWorld 11:59 AM
"New Google Jelly Bean 7-inch Tablet Sells for $125 Overseas" IDG News Service 11:59 AM
"Computer Architect Jim Keller Joins AMD as Chief of Processor Group: Industry Veteran Architected Several Generations of Popular Apple, Broadcom and AMD Processors" Marketwire 8:19 AM
"In tit for tat, AMD grabs Apple chip designer: This month an Apple chip designer goes to AMD. Last month it was an AMD chip guy joining Apple." CNET News 3:04 PM
"Apple's CPU architect Jim Keller departs to head up chipmaker AMD's processor group" The Next Web 8:19 AM
"Apple A4/A5 Designer & K8 Lead Architect, Jim Keller, Returns to AMD" AnandTech 8:58 AM
"AMD Hires Apple's Head Chip Designer" AllThingsD 8:30 AM
"Review: MacBook Pro impresses, Retina MacBook Pro dazzles/The new 15-inch MacBook Pro is blazing fast, but the all-new Retina MacBook Pro is unsurpassed" InfoWorld 9:51 AM
"Need a Driver ASAP? There's an App for That" Mashable 12:12 PM
"Favorite Four Apps To Use While At The London 2012 Olympic Games" 148Apps 12:54 PM
"The Best Summer Apps for 2012" SmartMoney 9:31 AM
"Appidemic: Voice Builder for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch" AppleTell 8:51 AM
"'Bar Oasis 2' Review - Hendrick's Gin and Tonic with Cucumber, Please" Touch Arcade 11:51 AM
"Hands-On Preview With 'Gasketball' - A 2D Basketball Meets Puzzle Game" Touch Arcade 2:13 PM
"Roads of Rome 2 Review: Roads of Rome 2 picks up where Realore left us, the core gameplay intact, but updated graphics and a universal build outshine the original." 148Apps 11:08 AM
"SolaRola Review: SolaRola is a puzzle platformer reminiscent of 90s B-type classics." 148Apps 10:08 AM
"Outmaneuver Review: Use intuition, strategy, and clever tricks to outmaneuver online opponents in this turn-based game." 148Apps 8:57 AM
"Castle Man HD Review: A Gilded Castle of Coining Fantasies! Castle Man HD is a lush 3D coin gathering game from SuperTomGame." 148Apps 2:13 PM
"Bucketz Review: Keep those Bucketz properly balanced in this goofy physics-based game." 148Apps 9:07 AM
How-To/Tutorial
"Mossberg: How to Save Your Files in the Cloud" [Video Report] WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 2:03 PM
"How to set up Outlook.com email on your iPhone or iPad" iMore 8:54 AM
"How To Replace Your Cable Subscription With An iPad" [Slideshow] Business Insider 2:05 PM
Tips
"iOS Encryption and Data Protection" iLounge 4:05 PM
"Next-gen IT starts with you: No matter what your job is within IT, it's up to you to either move the organization forward, or scuttle it" InfoWorld 11:41 AM
"Cloud security: Four customers' approaches/IT shops are taking matters into their own hands" Computerworld 10:52 AM
"Can Marissa Mayer turn Yahoo around?" CBS News 10:35 AM
"Our Sad Future: Take Your Robot To Your Room Or Else" InformationWeek 10:15 AM
"Google Fiber Sends A Very Quick Message To CEOs Of America" Forbes 11:26 AM
"Big Data: Facebook's next big idea" ZDNet 1:22 PM
"Facebook's biggest problem: It's not its stock price. Or the difficulty of making its ads business a success. It's something much more, well, fickle." Fortune 10:02 AM
"Mark Zuckerberg, you are no Steve Jobs" MarketWatch 9:34 AM
"Many Devices, Many Files And Four Ways to Share Them" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:26 AM
"HotHardware Two and A Half Geeks 8/1/12: Nexus 7, Open Source Apps, WD My Net N900 and More" [Video Report] HotHardware 9:23 AM
"Are you poor if you have a flat-screen TV?" CNNMoney 9:22 AM
"The Northern Spy: going the new server route" MacNews 11:34 AM
"Greg's Bite: Google's Ball Drops --Nexus Q Ball That Is" MacNews 11:22 AM
"Is There No One at Google Who Knows How to Say No" Tech.pinions 10:37 AM
"NBC and the Olympics: Why Cord-cutting Will be Slow and Hard" Tech.pinions 10:37 AM
"Microsoft's Fresh New Outlook on Webmail" Techland 8:58 AM
"Mark Zuckerberg, you are no Steve Jobs: The Facebook shares touched an all-time low price" MarketWatch 8:14 AM
Humor/Cartoons
"Cartoon: The iPad Is Ready for Working by Hand" ReadWriteWeb 8:31 AM
"Twelve South debuts BackPack 2 shelf accessory for iMac with three enhancements" Engadget 9:30 PM
"Sign and Send Contracts From Your iPhone For Free With HelloSign" Mashable 9:30 PM
"Now TV now available on the Apple iPhone and iPad" T3 9:29 PM
"iMeet® 2.0 Reinvents Online Meetings - from Your Desk or On-the-Go" PRNewswire 4:24 PM
"Never Take a Boring iPhone(R) Picture Again with Wondershare(TM) Powercam(TM) v2.0 iPhoneography App - Over 30 Million Downloads and Counting!" PRNewswire 4:24 PM
"GenieMD Healthcare App for iPhone Streamlines Medical Information" PRNewswire 4:24 PM
"New Infinea™ Tab for iPad® Transforms Shopping" Business Wire 4:21 PM
"iDevices ships iShower speaker for iOS" iLounge 3:06 PM
"Next-Gen Siri Will Teach Kids to Code in New Game" Wired 1:51 PM
"Content Recommendation Startup Thirst Brings Its Twitter App To The iPhone" TechCrunch 12:53 PM
"Readdle Turns 5 And Is Having a One Day App Sale To Celebrate" Best App Site 12:52 PM
"Calif. judge rules in favor of HP in Itanium server case" Reuters 4:06 PM
"Judge Rules in Favor of Hewlett-Packard in Oracle Case" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:06 PM
"In Itanium legal tiff, HP wins over Oracle: A California superior court finds for Hewlett-Packard in the ongoing litigation with Oracle relating to the Intel Itanium platform." CNET News 4:19 PM
"Judge Expected to Rule Today in Oracle-HP Lawsuit Over Itanium" AllThingsD 9:34 AM
"HP kills the platform again: Open webOS not for existing HP devices" ZDNet 1:24 PM
"Rackspace, HP go all in with OpenStack: OpenStack backers call Rackspace and HP public cloud efforts a milestone, critics say code still needs maturing" Network World 12:01 PM
"Microsoft to Motorola: The way to 'patent peace'/Microsoft's lawyers pen a public note to Motorola suggesting a route to peace in the ongoing patent saga." CNET News 10:07 AM
"AAPL: iPhone 5 Important to Restore Confidence, Says JP Morgan" Barron's 4:27 PM
"Is Apple Really In Trouble?" Seeking Alpha 10:56 AM
"The Marginalization Of Apple" Seeking Alpha 10:56 AM
"Investors sweet on an Apple split: Apple, one of America's most successful companies, is missing from the Dow index. But a stock split could make the tech giant eligible." [Video Report] CNNMoney 9:58 AM
"Could Apple finally land in the Dow?" CNNMoney 9:51 AM
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