"Apple analysts: Stupid or lazy? Lazy, according to a study of firms, like Apple, with periodic 14-week quarters" Fortune 5:30 PM
"Apple May Lose iPhone Naming Rights In Brazil" Forbes 4:41 PM
"Lenovo Wants A Piece Of Apple, Samsung" Forbes 8:17 AM
"4 February 'Feel Good' Factors For Apple Fanatics" Seeking Alpha 12:21 PM
"Kodak completes patent sale to Apple, Google consortium" iDownload Blog 4:43 PM
"Apple Becomes Largest Mobile Phone Vendor in United States in Q4 2012" Strategy Analytics 2/1
"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 2/1
"With 18M iPhones sold during Q4, Apple outsells Samsung in U.S." GigaOM 2/1
"Apple Becomes Top Mobile Phone Vendor in the US for First Time" The Next Web 2/1
"Apple Ousts Samsung As No.1 Mobile Maker In U.S. In Q4 2012 — Taking Record 34% Marketshare, Says Strategy Analytics" TechCrunch 2/1
"Apple overtakes Samsung as top U.S. mobile phone maker" CNET News 2/1
"Apple Overtakes Samsung With 34% of U.S. Mobile Market" Bloomberg 2/1
"Apple is biggest US phone seller for 1st time" Associated Press 2/1
"Apple Becomes Top Mobile-Phone Vendor in U.S. During Fourth Quarter" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 2/1
"Apple makes modest gains in Chinese phone share" Electronista 2/1
"Apple Executives Meet with Turkish President to Discuss $4.5 Billion iPad Education Initiative" MacRumors 2/1
"Apple Absolutely Has To Make An iPhone With A Bigger Screen" Business Insider 2/1
"Court denies Apple rehearing on Galaxy Nexus injunction plea: Apple said the court had introduced a new requirement for issuing injunctions" IDG News Service 2/1
"Are Apple users superior? Do Apple's mobile devices lead in the U.S. because of technological elitism? Of course not." Fortune 2/1
"Java updates available for OS X on February 1, 2013" Apple Support 4:43 PM
"Oracle rushes out another Java update, fixing 50 vulnerabilities" PCWorld 4:41 PM
"Apple updates Java for Snow Leopard following blockage: Following a recent addition of Java to its plug-in blacklist, Apple has issued an update to its supported Java versions." CNET Reviews 6:30 PM
"Apple Product Security - Java for Mac OS X v10.6 Update 12" Help Net Security 9:27 PM
"Macworld/iWorld 2013: OmniFocus 2 debuts" AppleTell 8:13 AM
"Lynx Sightings Rise, Mac OS X 10.9 Beta Nears" Tapscape 9:46 AM
"Java browser plug-in on OS X re-enabled with update to Java 7" 9 to 5 Mac 2/1
"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 2/1
"Apple Thinks iWork Pro with Newly Acquired Patents" Patently Apple 2/1
"Apple nabs 18 patents related to 'axis-based user interface technology'" CNET News 2/1
"Apple Looking To Reimagine User Interface In iLife Apps?" AppleBitch 2/1
"Desktop Operating System Market Share" [Mac: 7.08%] NetMarketshare 2/1
"Don't type this phrase on your Mac unless you like crashing it: 'File:///'" 9 to 5 Mac 8:14 AM
"Strange Bug Causes Instant App Crashes in Mac OS X by Typing File:///" OS X Daily 2:39 PM
"Typing Eight Characters Will Crash Almost Every OS X 'Mountain Lion' App" Forbes 7:25 PM
"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 2/1
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Mastering The Option Key On Your OS X Mac [Feature] Cult of Mac 12:19 PM
"SCSC Releases a Major Update of Scannerz for Mac OS X" prMac 2/1
"MacX DVD Ripper Pro Updated to Rip DVD to ISO Image/MKV with Fast Speed" prMac 2/1
"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 2/1
"The Super Bowl of Video Games. Literally." Time 2/1
"Quantum crypto still not proven, claim Cambridge experts" The Register 2/1
"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 2/1
"GTA V delayed, will launch on September 17" TG Daily 2/1
"TeliaSonera Chief Nyberg Quits After Uzbek Bribery Report" Bloomberg 2/1
"Facebook doesn't talk to Google, says Zuckerberg" Mashable 2/1
"Google Gets Its Act Together: New Nexus 4 Orders Reaching Customers In As Little As 48 Hours" TechCrunch 2/1
"Google begs for secrecy as it files Glass design with FCC" The Register 2/1
"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 2/1
"French website hits stumbling block indexing Mega files: Mega is keen to avoid copyright infringement accusations" IDG News Service 2/1
"Verizon launches prepaid plans for 3G phones starting at $60" CNET News 2/1
"Panasonic-Sharp Win Time for Turnarounds as Yen Boosts Earnings" Bloomberg 2/1
"PlayStation 4 buzz begins as Sony teases February event" PCWorld 2/1
"Mega explains removal of public files after blocking a third-party search engine that indexed user uploads" The Next Web 2/1
Publications/Podcasts
"Macworld – Boom's Bluetooth Speaker Takes Your Music Almost Everywhere" MacVoicesTV 12:18 PM
"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 2/1
"We're not making this up: Apple trademarks the SHOP/Rectangular tables protected, no word on rounded corners" The Register 2/1
Price Trackers/Deals
"Geared For iPhone Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $2.99), The iPad Version Is Also Free" Apple Sliced 10:05 AM
"Rune Gems -Deluxe For iPhone and iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $2.99)" Apple Sliced 10:05 AM
"Sketch Rolls-Unique Sketching, Note Taking and Drawing Application For iPad Is Free Today (Was $1.99)" Apple Sliced 10:05 AM
"PadGadget Daily App Deal – 17 iPad Apps on Sale" PadGadget 8:14 AM
"Royal Envoy HD (Premium) For iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $4.99)" Apple Sliced 2/1
"SimplePhysics For iPhone and iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $1.99)" Apple Sliced 2/1
"EDGE Extended For iPhone and iPad Is Free Today (Was $2.99)" Apple Sliced 2/1
"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 2/1
"How to follow along with the Super Bowl on iPhone and iPad" iMore 1:28 PM
"Ask Rick: do iPhone and iPad use GPS? A reader wants to know if he can use an iPhone and iPad as an emergency backup for the navigation equipment on his boat." Telegraph 7:56 AM
"Did Someone Really Receive a Trademark for the Name Steve Jobs in Turkey?" Patently Apple 7:26 PM
"Windows 8 iPad killers: Round 1/Be careful what you wish for: Windows 8 tablets that promise to offer a twofer tablet-laptop device -- something not offered by Apple on the iPad -- are here. But are they up to the task?" CNET News 5:32 PM
"How I was able to achieve all my computing needs, for one week, just by using my iPhone 5" PalmAddict 12:18 PM
"The Macalope Weekly: So much better than Apple" Macworld 9:30 AM
"Reality Absorption Field: Forms without Apple function" TUAW 8:13 AM
"Are transparent displays dumb or brilliant? The answer is yes. See-through screens won't be used in phones and tablets, but they'll enable your windows to run Windows. A see-through iPhone hit the Google+ 'What's Hot' list this week. One day later, a transparent-display iPad hit the list as well." Computerworld 8:11 AM
"When Rumors Go Left on Stupid, They're Actually Quite Funny" Patently Apple 2/1
"Meet, The Transparent iPad – [Concept, Video] RazorianFly 2/1
"What's Apple's next big thing? A low-cost iPhone? An Apple TV set? Four experts tackled the issue at Macworld 2013" Fortune 2/1
"This Awesome iPad Concept Features An All-Transparent Body [Video] Redmond Pie 2/1
"Apple May be Reluctant to Revitalize the Mac" The Mac Observer 2/1
"Year-old iPhone 4S spontaneously combusts and oozes acid, but Apple refuses to replace it" VentureBeat 2/1
"FTC Wants Apple, Others to Improve Mobile Privacy" The Mac Observer 2/1
"The Collapse Of Steve Jobs' Empire And Other Quaint Tales" Forbes 2/1
"Graphic: Is this Apple's new lineup of mobile devices?" Fortune 2/1
"If Apple's iPad Has A 50-percent Market Share, What Do Other Tablets Owners Do With Their Tablets?" PixoBebo 2/1
Non-Apple
"Nintendo and the hardware business" Marco Arment 8:29 PM
"BlackBerry 10: Right For You? Use these smartphone decision points to compare BlackBerry 10 to its Apple, Android and Windows Phone rivals." InformationWeek 9:36 AM
"Novell aims to remake image: Will it work?" ZDNet 2/1
"Q&A: can my tablet replace my cable TV?" USA Today 2/1
"Why you should care about cyber espionage" PCWorld 2/1
"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 2/1
"Hot or not: 10 tech trends for 2013" [Slideshow] InfoWorld 2/1
"Sony Likely To Unveil PlayStation 4 On Feb. 20, But We'll Need To See More Than A Spec Show" TechCrunch 2/1
"Microsoft explains how Office 365 allow you to access your files anywhere, just by signing in" WinBeta 1:20 PM
"Suddenly, A Bunch Of Yammer Employees Are Reporting To A Microsoft Exec" Business Insider 8:03 AM
"Microsoft at Bett: UK has 'so much more to do' in IT education" ITProPortal 1:25 PM
"Oracle Loses Bid to End HP Itanium Lawsuit" eWeek 1:25 PM
"AMD Announces New Winter Video Game Bundle: Never Settle Reloaded" AnandTech 4:42 PM
"Google moves closer to resolving EU investigation: Google's offer includes labelling its own services in search results to make them stand out from rival services" Reuters 1:20 PM
"Google's attempts to circumvent grant-back clauses are evil, hurt its reputation as a licensing partner" Foss Patents 8:14 AM
"FTC issues guidelines for mobile applications" Reuters 12:21 PM
"Google's Schmidt: 'Twitter Can No More Produce Analysis Than A Monkey Can Type Out A Work of Shakespeare'" TechCrunch 2:08 PM
"WSJ: Eric Schmidt calls China 'the most sophisticated and prolific' hacker of foreign firms" Engadget 2:08 PM
"China's Cyberattacks — At What Cost?" ChinaFile 8:03 AM
"Dell Could Announce Deal to Go Private as Soon as Monday" AllThingsD 2/1
"Dell Buyout Deal Could Come as Soon as Monday" Reuters 2/1
"Buyout Deal To Take Dell Private Could Be Announced On Monday" BGR 2/1
"Dell LBO Reportedly Could Come Monday At $15-$16 A Share" Forbes 2/1
"Michael Dell negotiating buyout at $13-$14 per share-sources" Reuters 2/1
"Dell shares rise on report of buyout plans" Associated Press 2/1
"Buyout deal to take Dell private could be announced on Monday" BGR News 2/1
"Dell to go private in bid to dump ailing PC business" ComputerWeekly 2/1
"What does Dell expect by going private? Company is cursed by being known as a PC maker" MarketWatch 2/1
"Windows 8 Adoption Increased 2.26% In January" BGR 2/1
"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 2/1
"Some users reporting Microsoft Office 365 access issues" ZDNet 2/1
"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 2/1
"With Sony Set to Reveal Playstation 4, When Will Microsoft Respond?" Forbes 2/1
"Court rejects Oracle's bid for a quicker end to HP suit" Reuters 2/1
"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 2/1
"HP to Close German Enterprise Services Site With 1,100 Employees" Bloomberg 2/1
"H-P lays off 850 employees, closes Germany site" MarketWatch 2/1
"HP to close site in Germany, cutting 850 jobs" Reuters 2/1
"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 2/1
"HP reels in late for LTO-6 party, yells: Tape is BA-ACK" The Register 2/1
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