"Apple vs. Google is the Most Important Battle in Tech: The iPhone vs. Android fight is a dispute between two radically different visions for the future of computing." Time 10:05 AM
"Apple Maps Issue Irrelevant as Massive iPhone 5 Buying Continues; Samsung By Far Best Positioned to Gain from Windows Phone 8" ChangeWave Research 8:01 AM
"Apple iPhone 5 demand sets records, consumers unconcerned by Maps --Changewave" Computerworld 8:03 AM
"ChangeWave: Forget Maps, iPhone 5 Is Still A Major Attraction With Demand At 'Record Rates'; WP 8 And Nokia Still Challenged" TechCrunch 8:55 AM
"ChangeWave: Maps issue had 0% impact on iPhone 5 sales" Fortune 9:34 AM
"'Mapsgate' fails to dislocate iPhone 5 demand" Register Hardware 8:15 AM
"For Apple, the iOS 6 Map Flap is just a mere speed bump: The miserable iOS 6 Maps rollout has given Apple a dose of reality orientation and badly-needed humility: when arrogance has been the company's operating principle. But at the end of the day, Cupertino will prevail." ZDNet 9:51 AM
"iPhone 5 Usage Surpasses Samsung Galaxy S III Less than 3 Weeks on Market" Chitika 8:54 AM
"Apple-Samsung Ruling Shows High Bar for Injunctions" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:22 AM
"Apple Likely to Unveil 'iPad Mini' at October 23 Event" AllThingsD 8:05 AM
"Apple Said to Plan Oct. 23 Debut for Smaller IPad Tablet" Bloomberg 11:58 AM
"Apple iPad mini rumors hum along" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 9:03 AM
"iPad Mini Said to Have 7 to 8 Inch Screen" [Video Report] Bloomberg 4:08 PM
"SBB and close from Apple license agreement. The Swiss Federal Railways SBB and Apple have reached an agreement on the use of the SBB station clock on devices like iPad and iPhone. That the two parties have governed in a license agreement." Google German-to-English: SBB 8:37 AM
"Apple agrees on licensing terms for use of iconic Swiss clock design" The Verge 8:38 AM
"Apple Licenses 68-Year-Old Swiss Clock Design From SBB Railway" Bloomberg 11:58 AM
"Tablets Still Causing Headaches for PC Sales: Credit Suisse says Apple shares look relatively inexpensive." Barron's [Paid Membership Required] 10:59 AM
"Apple's Philip Schiller Tops List As Most Influential CMO" Forbes 9:52 AM
"Beijing's Third Apple Store Confirmed Landing in Wangfujing, Will Open Later This Month" M.I.C. Gadget 11:14 AM
"Apple supplier refutes claim of suicide at China factory" IDG News Service 8:21 AM
"It's a touchy subject, but passing the HSC takes one tablet: No child will live without an iPad by the year 2013. And no parent will be spared the expense of buying that iPad ... or, if their child is prone to losing things, insuring it." Sydney Morning Herald 10:33 AM
"Several Schools in Australia Decide to go the iPad Way" PadGadget 10:33 AM
"iPad installation in Virginia McDonalds first in US" Electronista 8:32 PM
"Foxconn shares surge on brokerage report on iPhone orders" Reuters 8:51 AM
"Apple rumored to be expanding iPhone production to Foxconn subsidiary" AppleInsider 8:51 AM
"Days after Tim Cook's apology, Maps shows improvements" AppleTell 8:49 AM
"Artist Files Copyright Suit against Apple for Retina Display Photo" Patently Apple 10:57 AM
"Photographer sues Apple over promotional eyeball image" CNET News 3:56 PM
"Steve Wozniak calls Apple arrogant: 'I wish the iPhone 5 was wider'" Macworld UK 8:35 AM
"Walmart Sells iPad Box Filled With Notepads" Mashable 9:38 AM
"New Lexus Ad Uses iPad To Animate Printed Page" Cult of Mac 8:51 AM
"The Evolution Of Apple" [Slideshow] Forbes 11:04 AM
"Holiday sales critical for Nokia after weak quarter" Reuters 11:53 AM
"Samsung possibly working on Galaxy Premier device" CNET 11:52 AM
"Whoops! BlackBerry rep shows off secret phone" CNET News 11:52 AM
"Best Buy Insignia Android tablet tipped via Facebook" TG Daily 11:29 AM
"Amazon Web Services upgrades cloud-based Linux implementation: The company has added the R language as well as Apache 2.4 and PHP 5.4 with a new version of the Linux kernel" IDG News Service 10:36 AM
"Facebook optimisation tests leaves some users locked out" V3 11:34 AM
"Twitter users report Facebook down in Europe, Anonymous claims responsibility" CBS News 9:59 AM
"Mozilla releases Firefox 16.0.1 to address four vulnerabilities" IDG News Service 10:51 AM
"SAP CEO Tackles Tough Cloud Questions: Jim Haggeman Snabe discusses SAP's ongoing transformation and takes on Oracle's version of the truth in this video interview from the InformationWeek 500 conference." InformationWeek 9:45 AM
"Google finalizes Web page speed module: The mod_pagespeed open source Apache module is now in use at more than 120,000 sites" InfoWorld 10:03 AM
"Google Officially Speeds Up Web Page Loads: Google's mod_pagespeed software, finally exiting beta after two years, reduces load times of Web pages served by Apache Web servers by as much as 50%." InformationWeek 9:45 AM
"Bromium Strengthens Desktop Security Using Virtualization" InformationWeek 9:44 AM
"Best Buy ready for battle with Amazon on pricing" CNET News 9:37 AM
"Sony reaches the Windows 8 finish line first with two quirky tablets" PCWorld 10:48 AM
"Sony unveils clever take on the all-in-one computer with the Vaio Tap 20" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 9:20 AM
"Infosys turns in lacklustre results, CFO steps down" ZDNet 11:40 AM
"Gene Steinberg meets Jim Dalrymple, of The Loop, and Michael Prospero, of Laptop magazine, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 9:12 PM
"IMG Unveils EB Expo Interview Videos" Inside Mac Games 10:10 AM
"5by5 | The Critical Path #58: Going Commando: We discuss composing presentations on an iPad while on the road and, at long last, the completion of the Critical Path book. We examine Apple's honing technique in design, and how it contributes to forging products that are as uniquely experiential as the traditional samurai sword." asymco 8:59 AM
"Podcast: Lightning Adapters, iPods, iPhone 5 Issues, + More" Insanely Great Mac 8:04 AM
"Apple hires Samsung, AMD chip veteran" ZDNet 8:27 AM
"Mysterious Green Glow seen on iPhone 5s" The Register 8:16 AM
"Forget iPhone purple haze, now there's the green glow" CNET News 8:19 AM
"Apple's Lightning to 30-pin adaptor 'beautifully manufactured' but difficult to mod: An expert looks inside the Lightning adapter to determine whether it is worth the £25 Apple charges" Macworld UK 8:35 AM
"iPod touch glued together, difficult to repair and recycle" Macworld UK 8:35 AM
"iPhone 5 keyboard glitch is software-related: Fix incoming" Electricpig 8:56 AM
"TSMC Seen to be Sole 20nm Process Supplier to Apple Quad Processors" CENS 9:41 AM
"Apple Reportedly Tapping TSMC for 20-nm Quad-Core Chips with Late 2013 Production" MacRumors 9:41 AM
"Report: TSMC to begin making quad-core mobile chips for Apple beginning 2014" iDownload Blog 9:41 AM
"Apple to drop chip-baking partnership with Samsung?" The Register 3:15 PM
"Apple Reportedly Set to Sole-Source Quad-Core Chips From TSMC" The Mac Observer 9:30 PM
"Korea-based panel makers expected to lose tablet panel market share in near future, say sources" ["The sources noted that Apple will most likely start using IGZO panels made by Sharp in the future for its next-generation iPad and is also allocating a large portion of its reported 7.85-inch panels to Taiwan-based AUO, which will further drop Korea-based panel makers' overall tablet panel shipment proportion."] DigiTimes 8:26 AM
"New iPad leads surge in Vietnam tablet market, says IDC" DigiTimes 8:26 AM
"Apple's iPad Sales Skyrocket in Vietnam While US Prepares for First-Strike Cyberattack" Patently Apple 11:15 AM
"The iPad Kiosk: Landing at an Airport Near You: Over the next two years, expect to see iPads in airport waiting areas and restaurants for tracking flights, ordering food and surfing the Web. The deployment challenge? Keeping the iPads secure and keeping the supply chain moving." Computerworld New Zealand 8:31 PM
"Apple Victimized by the Abilene Paradox" The Mac Observer 3:41 PM
"Apple Maps confuse 'Batman': In one of several movie trailers parodies, Batman finds his path to justice foiled by Apple's iOS map app. Jack Nicholson finds a torrent of bad direction in 'The Shining' too." CNET News 2:54 PM
"Did your Apple Lightning to 30-pin Adapter box arrive empty, too?" MacDailyNews 2:46 PM
"Apple iPhone 5 Vs Blackberry: What Are the Odds?" VernonChan 2:46 PM
"Life after Kickstarter: How Pro Pinball plans to return on iOS after failed Kickstarter campaign" RedBull UK 1:27 PM
"Apple: make a keyboard cover for the iPad" ZDNet 11:55 AM
"Apple's new iPad may be 'mini,' but it will soon be bigger than the full-sized model" BGR 10:20 AM
"Customer support: Kudos to Apple: To say vendor customer support has gone down hill is an understatement. It is refreshing to come across a company that still appears to put helping the customer high on its list." ZDNet 10:00 AM
"Apple's New Maps App May Need Work, But Its Turn-By-Turn Is Better Than Google's" Cult of Mac 9:39 AM
"PCs Are So Dead That Even Apple Is Fading" The Motley Fool 9:33 AM
"Heads Up: 'Avengers Initiative' is On Sale for Half Price" Touch Arcade 12:15 PM
"Purple Flares Got You Down? CamHoodie Case For iPhone 5 Can Help" TechCrunch 11:55 AM
"Sure, Why Not: 'Bad Piggies' the Cookbook Goes Digital" Touch Arcade 11:28 AM
"Design studio Teehan+Lax updates their great UI design templates for iOS 6 and iPhone 5" The Next Web 11:28 AM
"Freebie Alert: 'Super Mega Worm' Goes On Sale" Touch Arcade 9:41 AM
"Debuting the Vision Machine iPad app!" ["Speakers: Andy Ihnatko, Barrett Fox, David Libby, Greg Pak, Jonathan Coulton, Karim Ahmad, Phil LaMarr"] New York Comic Con 9:15 AM
"Enjoy World Renown Art and Design on the iPad with Top Museum Apps" PadGadget 8:59 AM
"iPad app listens to conversations, suggests topics" TUAW 8:58 AM
"Angry Birds The Particle Physics Board Game: Rovio And CERN Collaborate On Making Learning Quantum Physics Fun" TechCrunch 8:55 AM
"Dell joins the parade of Windows 8 systems" CNET News 9:39 AM
"Dell Rolls Out Windows 8 PCs for Pre-Order" PC Magazine 10:46 AM
"Dell will still offer Windows 7 after Windows 8 launch: Dell said it will offer Windows 7 as an alternative OS to Windows 8 to business and gaming customers" Computerworld 4:40 PM
"Dell XPS Duo 12 Convertible Tablet With Windows 8 Now Available For Pre-Order" Forbes 9:24 AM
"Dell, IBM address the smart grid's Big Data challenge" ZDNet 11:40 AM
"Windows 8 Device Onslaught: Top Smartphones and Tablets Set To Take On Apple's iPhone 5 and iPad" HotHardware 11:55 AM
"Windows 8: Ready, set, preorder/With two weeks to go before Windows 8 and Windows RT launch, Microsoft and partners are slowly opening the availability pipe." CNET Reviews 9:37 AM
"Microsoft Now Accepting Windows 8 Pre-Orders" PC Magazine 10:46 AM
"Microsoft To Go All-In With $1.5B Windows 8 Marketing Blitz" TechCrunch 11:25 AM
"MS plans $1.5 billion in Windows 8 marketing" Morningstar 11:28 AM
"Microsoft to start Windows 8 marketing blitz this weekend" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:39 AM
"How To Reserve Your Copy Of Windows 8 Right Now" Business Insider 9:29 AM
"Prices and packaging for Windows 8 go public" ZDNet 11:40 AM
"Windows 8 Prices Revealed Online: Major online retailer posts pricing and shipping dates for Microsoft's new, radically redesigned operating system." InformationWeek 11:54 AM
"Windows 8 retail pricing revealed by early-bird retailer" PCWorld 10:47 AM
"New Microsoft Office hits 'RTM' milestone: The new Office is complete and will reach enterprise customers next month, with general availability in the first quarter next year, Microsoft said" IDG News Service 10:37 AM
"Microsoft Office 2013 coming in November" V3 11:34 AM
"Poisoned links plague Microsoft's Bing search: Malware-embedded images are the greatest threat on all search engines" CSO 10:52 AM
"AMD preps layoffs that could hit 30 percent of its workers: The PC chip maker could announce the move as soon as next week, CNET has learned." CNET News 8:03 PM
"SOPA reincarnates to hold your computer hostage" ZDNet 11:41 AM
"US prepares first-strike cyber-forces" BBC 9:51 AM
"Future cyber attacks could rival 9-11, cripple US, warns Panetta: Defense Secretary laid out why the military should help defend critical infrastructure (see video below)" IDG News Service 10:03 AM
"Defense Secretary Panetta Sees a 'Pre-9/11 Moment' for Cyber Security" FOXBusiness 10:31 AM
"Panetta warns of 'cyber-Pearl Harbor'" Salon 10:58 AM
"Bluetooth 4.0 to boom in 2013, say handset makers" DigiTimes 10:10 AM
"Linux Foundation floats Secure Boot workaround: The Linux Foundation's UEFI approach won't secure computers but will allow homegrown Linux distributions to work with new hardware" IDG News Service 10:51 AM
"'Stop-gap' way to get Linux on Windows 8 machines to be issued: The Linux Foundation is temporarily supporting a Microsoft security policy to ensure Linux isn't blocked from running on PCs installed with Windows 8." The Register 11:31 AM
"Linus Torvalds interviewed by Slashdot readers" ZDNet 11:39 AM
"Linus Torvalds Compares Hard Disks to Satan" Wired Magazine 11:37 AM
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