"Apple Becomes Largest Mobile Phone Vendor in United States in Q4 2012" Strategy Analytics 8:50 AM
"Apple biggest phone maker in the U.S. for the first time: Apple bests Samsung by selling 17.7 million iPhones in Q4, as U.S. market share increases to 34%" IDG News Service 8:43 AM
"With 18M iPhones sold during Q4, Apple outsells Samsung in U.S." GigaOM 8:29 AM
"Apple Becomes Top Mobile Phone Vendor in the US for First Time" The Next Web 8:50 AM
"Apple Ousts Samsung As No.1 Mobile Maker In U.S. In Q4 2012 — Taking Record 34% Marketshare, Says Strategy Analytics" TechCrunch 8:50 AM
"Apple overtakes Samsung as top U.S. mobile phone maker" CNET News 9:00 AM
"Apple Overtakes Samsung With 34% of U.S. Mobile Market" Bloomberg 10:31 AM
"Apple is biggest US phone seller for 1st time" Associated Press 1:09 PM
"Apple Becomes Top Mobile-Phone Vendor in U.S. During Fourth Quarter" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 10:56 AM
"Apple makes modest gains in Chinese phone share" Electronista 9:07 AM
"Apple Executives Meet with Turkish President to Discuss $4.5 Billion iPad Education Initiative" MacRumors 10:28 AM
"Apple Absolutely Has To Make An iPhone With A Bigger Screen" Business Insider 8:29 AM
"Court denies Apple rehearing on Galaxy Nexus injunction plea: Apple said the court had introduced a new requirement for issuing injunctions" IDG News Service 8:42 AM
"Are Apple users superior? Do Apple's mobile devices lead in the U.S. because of technological elitism? Of course not." Fortune 8:38 AM
"Java browser plug-in on OS X re-enabled with update to Java 7" 9 to 5 Mac 5:30 PM
"Apple's anti-malware blacklists Java 7 plug-in again" ZDNet 10:33 AM
"Apple ticks off Mac users with silent shutdown of Java 7: Company sets XProtect to treat Java as malware, leaving Java-dependent users scrambling for guidance" InfoWorld 10:36 AM
"Apple Thinks iWork Pro with Newly Acquired Patents" Patently Apple 10:21 AM
"Apple nabs 18 patents related to 'axis-based user interface technology'" CNET News 11:40 AM
"Apple Looking To Reimagine User Interface In iLife Apps?" AppleBitch 8:23 AM
"Desktop Operating System Market Share" [Mac: 7.08%] NetMarketshare 8:27 AM
"Desktop Browser Market Share" [Safari: 5.24%] NetMarketshare 8:25 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Q&A: MacFixIt Answers/This week, readers sent in questions about keeping a Mac clean and optimized, external drive permissions, and other topics." CNET Reviews 4:48 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"How to Take and Edit Screenshots For Tutorials" Mactuts+ 9:14 AM
"Mac Gems: Inky offers a fresh, human take on email" Macworld 9:15 AM
"MacMost Now 821: Spell Checking In Multiple Language In Pages" MacMost 8:23 AM
"Even More Mastering The Option Key Tricks And Tips [OS X Tips] Cult of Mac 8:53 AM
"Transferring PDF digital booklets between iTunes libraries" iLounge 4:51 PM
"Here's The Alarm And Timer App That Every Mac User Needs In The Menubar" NoodleMac 8:30 AM
"6 Ways To Use The Swiss Army Knife Of Mac Utilities (think launcher, finder, organizer)" Mac 360 8:31 AM
"3 Cheap Ways To Control Flash, Destroy Flash, Or Keep Flash Out Of Your Mac Life" TeraTalks 8:31 AM
"Try The Nutty Way To Improve Your Mac's Speed And Save Battery Life That Actually Works" Mac 360 8:31 AM
"What's The Better Way To View And Switch To Open Apps? A Cute App Apple Should Buy" BohemianBoomer 8:31 AM
"An Ancient Way Of Learning Is Made Completely New Again On The Mac, iPhone, And iPad" McSolo 8:31 AM
Op/Ed
"Best Mac AntiVirus? You Have Choices" FairerPlatform 8:23 AM
Press Releases
"Cloak Protects Your OS X and iOS Network Data from Prying Eyes" The Mac Observer 4:43 PM
"Freeway Pro 6 Goes Big on HTML 5" FairerPlatform 10:23 AM
"SCSC Releases a Major Update of Scannerz for Mac OS X" prMac 8:49 AM
"MacX DVD Ripper Pro Updated to Rip DVD to ISO Image/MKV with Fast Speed" prMac 8:48 AM
"Omni Group unveils OmniFocus 2, OmniPlan, OmniOutliner 4 for Mac: After going 'iPad or bust,' the company's getting back to the Mac." Ars Technica 8:28 AM
"The Super Bowl of Video Games. Literally." Time 11:51 AM
"Quantum crypto still not proven, claim Cambridge experts" The Register 11:50 AM
"Filthy! old! blog! bug! blamed! for! Yahoo! webmail! hijacks! Yahoo! webmail accounts are being hijacked by hackers exploiting an eight-month-old bug in the web giant's blog, security biz Bitdefender warns." The Register 11:48 AM
"GTA V delayed, will launch on September 17" TG Daily 11:45 AM
"TeliaSonera Chief Nyberg Quits After Uzbek Bribery Report" Bloomberg 10:11 AM
"Facebook doesn't talk to Google, says Zuckerberg" Mashable 11:08 AM
"Google Gets Its Act Together: New Nexus 4 Orders Reaching Customers In As Little As 48 Hours" TechCrunch 11:42 AM
"Google begs for secrecy as it files Glass design with FCC" The Register 11:49 AM
"Rotund Mega baron Dotcom offers bounty for breaking his crypto: Kim Dotcom is offering a prize of € 10,000 ($13,600) for anyone who can break the cryptography of Mega, his recently launched cloud-based storage site." The Register 11:47 AM
"French website hits stumbling block indexing Mega files: Mega is keen to avoid copyright infringement accusations" IDG News Service 10:55 AM
"Verizon launches prepaid plans for 3G phones starting at $60" CNET News 9:56 AM
"BlackBerry's Z10 U.S. launch hits roadblock" Bloomberg [Free Registration Required] 9:37 AM
"Panasonic-Sharp Win Time for Turnarounds as Yen Boosts Earnings" Bloomberg 10:10 AM
"PlayStation 4 buzz begins as Sony teases February event" PCWorld 10:54 AM
"Mega explains removal of public files after blocking a third-party search engine that indexed user uploads" The Next Web 8:49 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Gene Steinberg meets TechnoBuffalo's Roy Choi, AppleInsider's Daniel Eran Dilger, and the NPD Group's Stephen Baker, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 8:22 AM
"We're not making this up: Apple trademarks the SHOP/Rectangular tables protected, no word on rounded corners" The Register 8:39 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"Royal Envoy HD (Premium) For iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $4.99)" Apple Sliced 8:21 AM
"SimplePhysics For iPhone and iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $1.99)" Apple Sliced 8:21 AM
"EDGE Extended For iPhone and iPad Is Free Today (Was $2.99)" Apple Sliced 8:21 AM
"Rarefied Retina MacBook Pros get priced closer to earth: The Retina MacBook Pro gets price cuts ranging between $150 and $200 at Best Buy." CNET News 9:22 PM
"15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 8:22 AM
"13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 8:22 AM
"Novell aims to remake image: Will it work?" ZDNet 12:02 PM
"Q&A: can my tablet replace my cable TV?" USA Today 11:52 AM
"Why you should care about cyber espionage" PCWorld 10:53 AM
"The cloud is coming to your business, like it or not/Survey: Significant adoption often had nothing to do with IT, suggesting many businesses have pulled ahead of their CIOs" InfoWorld 10:36 AM
"Hot or not: 10 tech trends for 2013" [Slideshow] InfoWorld 10:35 AM
"Sony Likely To Unveil PlayStation 4 On Feb. 20, But We'll Need To See More Than A Spec Show" TechCrunch 11:41 AM
"Is Sony about to unveil the PlayStation 4?" Houston Chronicle 10:33 AM
"Traveler tips: How to avoid being hacked overseas" Associated Press 11:03 AM
"5 tech tips for enjoying the Super Bowl" CNN 10:19 AM
"PC Makers, Learn From Car Makers: Use Model Years" InformationWeek 10:01 AM
"BlackBerry 10: Forget about the phone - it's the OS that really counts" ZDNet 12:02 PM
"Which Apps Are Coming to BlackBerry 10 - And Which Aren't?" PC Magazine 10:52 AM
"The End Of Smartphones: A First-Hand Account Of What It's Like Wearing Google Glass" Business Insider 10:29 AM
"Chromebook 101: How to make your new toy more Apple-y" TUAW 9:19 AM
"Three Months with Microsoft's Office 365" AnandTech 9:17 AM
"Nest, The iPod Of Smart Home Tech, Preps Consumers For The Future" ReadWrite 9:08 AM
"Who owns your social media account and community when you resign?" memeburn 9:02 AM
"New report shows Windows 8 sales remain sluggish; no significant growth in sight" Computerworld Blogs 10:22 AM
"Windows 8 ekes out 2.2 percent market share" CNET News 9:57 AM
"Windows 8 Adoption Increased 2.26% In January" BGR 8:17 PM
"Microsoft teases IE10 for Win7 with Blocker Toolkit: Microsoft has dropped a strong hint that the long-awaited version of Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 might actually ship soon – ironically, by releasing a tool that blocks installation of the browser on users' PCs." The Register 11:49 AM
"Has Microsoft finally embraced open source? By implementing Git in its developer tools, Microsoft is using GPL-licensed software -- and perhaps ending its war on open source" InfoWorld 10:35 AM
"With Sony Set to Reveal Playstation 4, When Will Microsoft Respond?" Forbes 9:48 AM
"Court rejects Oracle's bid for a quicker end to HP suit" Reuters 10:00 AM
"HP workers halt legal fight against bosses over 29,000 job cuts: HP employees have 'withdrawn' legal action against the company and agreed to return to the negotiating table to hear CEO Meg Whitman's plan to cut 29,000 jobs." Channel Register 11:47 AM
"HP to Close German Enterprise Services Site With 1,100 Employees" Bloomberg 9:44 AM
"HP to close site in Germany, cutting 850 jobs" Reuters 12:13 PM
"HP's building an avatar to manage your mobile connections: The company is developing a cloud-based service to manage mobile devices and wireless connections based on context" IDG News Service 10:36 AM
"HP reels in late for LTO-6 party, yells: Tape is BA-ACK" The Register 11:48 AM
"Oracle Loses Bid To End HP Lawsuit" InformationWeek 4:45 PM
"Oracle: BMO Capital Ups Rating; See Better Enterprise Spending" Forbes 10:30 AM
"IBM May Need Multibillion-Dollar Deal to Jump-Start Sales" Bloomberg 12:14 PM
"IBM buys big-data analytics company Star Analytics" GigaOM 6:17 PM
"Intel plans big splash for Mobile World Congress" CNET News 12:18 PM
"Intel says businesses want ultrabooks not BYOD" V3 11:54 AM
"Intel demands Haswell ultrabooks be equipped with touch screens, say Taiwan makers" DigiTimes 10:27 AM
"Cisco Systems names Motorola CEO Brown to board" Associated Press 12:12 PM
"U.S. Weighs Tougher Action over China Cyberattacks" Techland 11:51 AM
"Patent Producers Clustered in Only a Few Cities" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:34 AM
"IT 'nearshoring' to pick up in 2013" ZDNet 12:02 PM
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