"Without a new product to propel sales, Apple struggles to remain a juicy buy: Sales figures will still be mind-boggling when Tim Cook presents his update on Wednesday, but worries that Apple has lost direction post-Jobs will not go away" The Observer 9:19 PM
"My Journey to the 'Dark Side'" ["I did a lot of research, watched video reviews, and read reviews about several devices from the iPhone 5 to the Samsung Galaxy Note 2. Of all of the choices, the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 seemed like the one that might be able to replace my tablet and cell phone. ... Call me a fanboy if you want, but I've tried both systems, and if this is what Android offers, Apple investors have nothing to worry about."] The Motley Fool 7:58 AM
"The future of iPhone: how Apple's handset could evolve/We take a look at how new and future tech developments will influence the next iPhone" TechRadar UK 10:01 AM
"Apple Needs to Come Up Big Next Week" The Motley Fool 6:50 PM
"Analysis: Apple earnings need to overcome technical malaise" Reuters 7:58 AM
"Sales concern to eclipse Apple results: Apple is expected to deliver the second strongest set of results in its history this week, with analysts forecasting that demand for the iPhone 5 catapulted profits to $12.4bn (£7.8bn) in the final three months of last year." Telegraph 3:58 PM
"Is Apple Losing Its Brand Equity?" Forbes 7:59 AM
"When Apple Met China: Apple products are a status symbol in China, but they're priced beyond most people's reach. Could Apple be considering a less-costly version of the iPhone? 'People love: especially the new models when they come out, if they look different than the previous model, so that people can see: when you pull it out on the train or whatever: that it's an iPhone 5, not an iPhone 4, not an iPhone 3S,' said TechInAsia editor Charlie Custer." TechNewsWorld 8:02 AM
"How Apple used its money and muscle to kill an iTunes competitor" ZDNet 8:09 PM
"How And Why Apple Bought Music Startup Lala" Wall Street Pit 8:09 AM
"To get ahead, Apple must leave Steve Jobs behind" ["With Apple the size it is now, new product categories not only have to scale, they have to come with scaling already attached. So where Jobs would have not worried so much about the atrophy of old product categories, choosing instead to simply invent the next big thing, at the scale where Apple operates presently there are fewer categories and those categories can't reach their potential without sure-fire associated content strategies. This is Tim Cook's challenge."] BetaNews 1/18
"Exclusive - Japan's Sharp curbs iPad screen output as Apple manages demand shift-sources" Reuters 1/18
"Apple iPad 'screen production cut back'" Telegraph 1/18
"iPod inventor says Apple has the right recipe for developing products: At Apple 99 percent of projects that made it past certain milestones ship, so staff on those projects are always motivated" Macworld UK 1/18
"Apple's Cook is 'Charisma challenged', should speak up while Apple in doldrums" Macworld UK 1/18
"Apple CEO Cook Gets Deposition Order in Antitrust Case" Bloomberg 1/18
"Judge Orders Apple CEO Tim Cook To Field Questions At Tech Company Anti-Poaching Agreement Hearing" TechCrunch 1/18
"Apple's Cook, Google's Schmidt and Intel's Otellini to Be Questioned Over No-Poaching Pact" AllThingsD 1/18
"Judge: Tim Cook should answer for Apple's role in 'do not poach' deals" Ars Technica 1/18
"Apple Says Appeals Court Hobbles Its Fight With Samsung" Bloomberg 1/18
"Apple CEO to be questioned over Apple, Google staff poaching pact" ZDNet 1/18
"ITC delays resolution of Samsung v. Apple case by another month -- new target date: March 7" Foss Patents 1/18
"US ITC pushes back Samsung-Apple ruling another month" Electronista 1/18
"Analyst Sets Q1 iPhone Sales at 48M, iPad at 20M" The Mac Observer 1/18
"Apple headed for 1st profit decline in 9 years?" CNNMoney 1/18
"Apple Adds Windows 8 To iCloud Required Operating Systems On PC" AppleBitch 7:26 AM
"Vote now: Tell Apple what to name the next OS X/Make your pick for the next Mac OS's name: and see how others have voted" InfoWorld 1/18
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"How To manage a nonfunctional Terminal in OS X: If your Terminal utility does not drop you to the command prompt, there are several things you can try to get it going again." MacFixIt 1/18
"Bugs & Fixes: Time Machine, AirPort Extreme drives, and multiple Macs" Macworld 1/18
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"GarageBand 101: Using Magic GarageBand to create a jam-along band" GigaOM 8:10 PM
"How to use Photoshop images in Final Cut Pro X" Macworld 1/18
"Steve Jobs' house burglar gets 7-year sentence" iDownload Blog 8:07 AM
"Which OS is loved the most? A new survey sheds light on which operating system users are most attached to." Fortune 1/18
"Amazon Makes Play for iTunes Customers" MacNewsWorld 1/18
"Amazon: Song's Now Available for iPhone, iPod/Amazon says MP3 store optimized specifically for iPhone and iPod touch; iPhone and iPod touch users now able to buy digital music from Amazon's 22m song catalog using Safari browser." [Video Report] Bloomberg 1/18
"S. Korean consumers drop Apple lawsuit: The group of 29 users who filed suit against Apple in South Korea alleging Cupertino's location tracking violated their privacy has withdrew, citing difficulty in proving the case." ZDNet 1/18
"Apple Surging Ahead of Google in Mobile Ads" The Motley Fool 1/18
"Apple kicks off sales of cellular-enabled iPad mini in China" AppleInsider 1/18
"Apple struggles to keep up with iPad mini demand as cellular model launches in China to 2-week delay" The Next Web 1/18
"iPad Mini cellular model debuts in China with two-week delay" CNET News 1/18
"Watch Out for the Startup Using Tiny Antennas to Show the Oscars on an iPhone" Technology Review 1/18
"Facebook Openly Seeks To Disrupt A Key Part Of Both Apple And Google" Business Insider 1/18
"Future Store Location Proves: Apple Likes Universities" ifoAppleStore 1/18
"Apple reportedly opening R&D base in Shanghai while Sony sells US HQ in New York" Digital Trends 1/18
"Rumor: Apple to open Shanghai R&D center this summer" AppleInsider 1/18
"Verizon Activated at Least 5.5 Million iPhones and Could Have Been 6 Million or More in the December Quarter" Forbes 1/18
"ESPN's ScoreCenter for iOS sends passwords in clear-text, susceptible to XSS flaw" ZDNet 1/18
"Petition Asks Apple to Pull NRA Practice Range App" The Mac Observer 1/18
"Happy birthday, Lisa: Apple's slow but heavy workhorse turns 30/The story of the machine the Mac maker would rather you forgot" The Register 1/18
"Latest Ashton Kutcher Steve Jobs Biopic Film Studio Photos 'jOBS" ResExcellence 1/18
"5-Inch Smartphone Displays To Be Standard In 2013: What's in store from handset makers for the remainder of the year? Think full-HD displays." InformationWeek 2:12 PM
"Go ahead and spill on this nanotech menswear: Indochino's new line of menswear comes with a protective coating that supposedly repels liquids and stains and helps keep you smelling good." CNET News 8:29 AM
"Metamaterial camera needs no lens, could herald cheaper imaging tech" Engadget 7:48 AM
"RIM launches final BlackBerry 10 'Portathon' event" CNET News 1/18
"RIM pays developers $500,000 to build apps for BlackBerry 10" ZDNet 1/18
"Conficker worm returns to attack photography enthusiasts: Malware discovered on film scanner software" Techworld 1/18
"BlackBerry Z10 Hardware Pictured In Verizon Promo Leak As Carriers Gear Up For Launch" TechCrunch 1/18
"Angry Birds, tracking device? New research reveals that some of the most popular applications are gathering personal info like location data" Salon 1/18
"Meet 'Consort,' a brand-new classic Linux desktop: The SolusOS project team has forked GNOME Classic and is bringing back numerous key GNOME 2 features." PCWorld 1/18
"The dirty and dangerous side of tech" TechHive 1/18
"Malware masquerades as patch for Java: The malware, ironically, does not actually exploit the Java vulnerabilities, according to Trend Micro" IDG News Service 1/18
"Herrod To Leave VMware, Join Venture Capital Firm" InformationWeek 1/18
"Google sinks millions into plush new £1bn London HQ" The Register 1/18
"Google to set up UK HQ in Kings Cross: Search giant to begin development in property deal worth up to £1 billion" Computerworld UK 1/18
"Google Wants Your Next Password To Be A Physical One" TechCrunch 1/18
"Google pulls 'Make Me Asian' app from Play store" The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 1/18
"Facebook doing a 'really bad job', says Google CEO" Mashable 1/18
"Samsung Galaxy Note set to be 8-inch iPad mini rival" Crave @ CNET 1/18
"Feverish Hype for a Non-Apple Device" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 1/18
Publications/Podcasts
"Building Mega: Ars' pre-launch interview with Kim Dotcom" Ars Technica 7:34 AM
"Wrapping Up With Some of the Sights and Sounds of CES" MacVoicesTV 1/18
"Gene Steinberg meets Kirk McElhearn, Macworld's 'iTunes Guy' and USA Today columnist Rob Pegoraro this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 1/18
"Why Recent Apple Acquisitions Could Mean Radical New iPhone 5S Features On The CultCast" Cult of Mac 1/18
"CES – Tim Angel of ZooGue Introduces The New Case Prodigy for Your iPad, on MacVoices" MacVoicesTV 1/18
"CES – Miveu Captures POV Video Action On Your iPhone, Hands Free" MacVoicesTV 1/18
"CES – Dan Probst of CruxCase Shows An Impressive iPad Keyboard Case" MacVoicesTV 1/18
"Apple may Waterproof Future iDevices with Nano-Coating" Patently Apple 2:18 PM
"iPad Display Supplier Sharp Cuts Production Numbers" PadGadget 5:45 PM
"Chipmaker TSMC drops hints of Apple processor deal" MacNN 7:34 AM
"TSMC achieved close to 100% market share on 28nm process in 2012, as analysts predict Apple deal [updated] The Next Web 1/18
"Pod2g and planetbeing make progress on iOS 6 jailbreak" iDownload Blog 7:49 AM
"Volume production of Apple silicon looms as TSMC triples wafer shipments" iDownload Blog 1/18
"Apple sets course for new display tech in June/July iPhone 5S" ["IGZO is lighter, demands less power and easier to cut into different shapes. In conjunction with Liquid Metal, a process which makes metal castable while retaining its essential robustness, it seems clear to me that Apple's putting itself into position to introduce devices in innovative new shapes and designs -- devices competitors will find extremely challenging to match while still making profits in the inordinately aggressive smartphone game."] Computerworld 1/18
"Sharp cuts iPad display production. Will iPad mini be the bigger hit?" GigaOM 1/18
"Sharp cuts iPad screen output; due to iPad Mini success?" CNET News 1/18
"Skech SkechBook for iPad Mini Review" Run Around Tech 7:52 AM
"First Impressions: the TECK Ergonomic Mechanical Keyboard" AnandTech 7:30 AM
"Top 4 stands for the iPad: Keep your iPad in one place when watching films or using it" Macworld UK 7:48 AM
"Top 4 cases for the iPad: Stylish ways to keep your iPad safe" Macworld UK 7:48 AM
"Top 4 cases for the iPhone 5: Stylish ways to keep your iPhone safe" Macworld UK 7:48 AM
"Corsair Neutron SATA III SSD Review" HotHardware 1/18
"Logitech's Bluetooth Easy-Switch Keyboard Is Just That, Easy: Hands-On Accessory Review" PadGadget 1/18
"Cygnett ICON - Rain Making Case for iPhone 5 Review" Run Around Tech 1/18
"Batman: Arkham City GOTY a great follow-up to Batman: Arkham City" AppleDailyReport 1/18
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"Popular Mobile Twitter App TweetCaster Gets A Web Interface [Review] AddictiveTips 7:53 AM
"Bump update allows for swapping Dropbox files" iDownload Blog 7:49 AM
"Joe Danger; Alpha Squadron – review: Apple iOS, Hello Games, £1.99; Android, Martian Monkey, £1.85" The Guardian 9:19 PM
"Trying (and failing) to out-run my friends: Hands-on with RunKeeper 3 for iPhone/Despite a GPS error claiming a 02:34 mile, we like RunKeeper 3.0 quite a bit." Ars Technica 1/18
"Review: Create photo collages Tumblr Photoset for iOS" Macworld 1/18
"NuffnangX Review: A dependable if slightly unexciting way to read through many blogs in a short space of time." 148Apps 1/18
"Test Run: Maura Magazine, an iPad Mini-Mag" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 1/18
"UK Train Times app review: iPhone app provides up-to-date information on train departures" Macworld UK 1/18
"I Am Vegend: Zombiegeddon: The Title Says It All – iPad App Review" PadGadget 1/18
"Finish Review: Finish for iPhone organizes to-do items and keeps time-sensative items on top to keep users focused on the things that matter." 148Apps 1/18
How-To/Tutorial
"How to create 'blank' icons on the Home screen without jailbreaking" iDownload Blog 7:49 AM
"Kim Dotcom's New MEGA Encrypted Cloud Storage: See No Evil, Store No Evil" Forbes 8:03 AM
"Mega arrives: Ars goes hands-on with Kim Dotcom's new cloud storage site/Free users will get 50GB; $13 to $40 per month buys you 500GB to 4TB of storage." Ars Technica 1/18
"Hands On With Kim Dotcom's New Mega: This Service Could Dismantle Copyright Forever" Gizmodo 1/18
"Analysis and Review: Myspace Returns As New Social Music Site" ResExcellence 1/18
"Copycat Google Copies MIT Student's Invention" Patently Apple 1/18
"Wi-Fi vs. Ethernet: Has wireless killed wired?" Digital Trends 1/18
"Audi's self-parking car: What's stopping the tech getting on our roads?" ZDNet 1/18
"Turn Your Facebook Data Into a 3-D Printed Desktop Ornament" Wired 1/18
"Aaron Swartz and the Two Faces of Power" Wired 1/18
"You've Got to See This Curved OLED TV" Wired 1/18
"Tip: Avoid phony 'Wi-Fi security' programs" USA Today 1/18
"Instagram boasts 90 million active users" USA Today 1/18
"Galaxy S IV Ship Date Is March, Buzz Builds" Tapscape 1/18
"Could a $99 Chromebox be a game-changer?" ZDNet 1/18
"Policing the Web: How Google's 'Cops' Track Down Bad Ads" Time 1/18
"What should Google do about Facebook Graph Search?" CNET News 1/18
"Infographic: Siri and Google Now—Your New Wingman?" PC Magazine 1/18
"Can Google, Microsoft Take Advantage of Apple's Fall?" The Motley Fool 1/18
"Google's Bigger Opportunity: Chrome OS, Not Android" TheStreet 1/18
"Why this app maker targeted Windows Phone first, and what happened after that" GeekWire 1/18
"Microsoft blazes trail to next PC: With its serious processor, and its guts-behind-the-glass design, Microsoft's Surface Pro may well be the template for the new PC. And device makers should pay attention." CNET Reviews 3:53 PM
"Microsoft to raise Windows 8 upgrade prices by 5X: When discount ends in less than two weeks, Windows 8 Pro upgrade jumps to $200" Computerworld 8:01 AM
"Microsoft Jacks Up Windows 8 Upgrade Prices: On the heels of 'good momentum with Windows 8,' Microsoft will start charging much higher upgrade prices effective Feb. 1." InformationWeek 8:54 AM
"Windows 8 Upgrades Will Get More Expensive in February" Tom's Hardware 8:55 AM
"Microsoft goes its own way with Web audio/video spec, despite W3C rebuff" Ars Technica 8:10 PM
"HP: Windows 8 Was Clearly 'A Slower Start Than Many People Expected'" Business Insider 7:52 AM
"Microsoft hires designer who presented bold revamp of the company's brand" The Verge 9:18 PM
"Labor group asks Hewlett-Packard to replace auditor E&Y" Reuters [Free Registration Required] 8:53 AM
"Office 2013 now available for some home users: Office 2013 is still a few weeks away from release, but Microsoft has made it available to certain customers as part of its Home Use Program (HUP), a scheme it uses to sell cheap software to folks whose employers have a Software Assurance deal." The Register 1/18
"Microsoft fights back on antivirus certification fail, claims malware tests aren't realistic" ZDNet 1/18
"Bing beefs up Facebook content in search results: Microsoft says its search engine will incorporate five-times as much Facebook content in results" Techworld 1/18
"Cisco confirms firmware flaw in only Linksys WRT54GL router: Security vendor DefenseCode had previously said that the flaw could be in multiple Linksys models" Techworld 1/18
"Darpa invests $194m in low-power microelectronics" V3 1/18
"If You Can't Disable Java, What Can You Do?" PC Magazine 1/18
"Java Security Warnings: Cut Through The Confusion" InformationWeek 1/18
"Why the Java threat rang every alarm: The latest Java zero-day hole ascended to the level of a national security threat. Has the tipping point for Java finally come?" InfoWorld 1/18
"Save our Internet before we go off the digital cliff: Broadband and cellular carriers are threatening the viability of the digital services Silicon Valley keeps inventing" InfoWorld 1/18
"Plan Would Put a Bank in Every Browser: An open payments system built into Web standards could transform online life, if the proposal takes off." Technology Review 1/18
"Imprint litho firm claims 450-mm first" EE Times 1/18
"Asia-Pacific PC shipments fall for first time in 2012" Reuters 1/18
"What PC Makers Must Do Now: PC makers, licking their wounds after a poor start to the Windows 8 era and still under siege from tablets and smartphones, must re-tool for the new normal." InformationWeek 1/18
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