"Will Apple's plans for an iWatch herald a new era of wearable tech? Apple and Google are just two of the giants working on gadgets that were once the realm of sci-fi – but that also push the frontiers of the privacy debate" The Observer 7:17 PM
"Apple Accused by Greenlight of Breaking Law by Bundling" Bloomberg 8:55 AM
"Apple, Samsung Identify Allegedly Infringing Products" Bloomberg 8:29 AM
"Apple and Samsung identify all infringing devices in Galaxy Nexus patent case" AppleInsider 8:26 AM
"Will Apple envy wreck Samsung? Samsung wants to be like Apple. But to do that, it needs to dump Android: and that's not a good idea." Computerworld 8:19 AM
"Apple Beware, Samsung Plans Smartwatch Too: Mere days after reports surface about an Apple-made smartwatch, leaked screenshots purport to reveal what Samsung's smartwatch will look like." InformationWeek 9:12 AM
"Future PCs threat to Apple? Yes, says Citibank analyst: New hybrid laptop-tablet devices based on Intel's fast but power efficient Haswell chip may threaten Apple's tablet dominance, says a Citibank analyst." CNET News 2:10 PM
"Apple's Not a Hardware Company" TheStreet 8:20 AM
"Apple seeking new blood to lead 'High Priority' next gen Apple TV development" iMore 8:22 AM
"Apple Hires Engineers to Bring 'Next-Generation Features' to Apple TV." X-bit labs 8:20 AM
"Apple: Tim Cook Isn't The Problem" Seeking Alpha 2/15
"The Fall TV Lineup May Include Apple Dominating Gaming" TechCrunch 2/15
"Apple responds to Greenlight's 'Attempt to interfere': Filed a 21-page document with the courts outlining why it thinks that the Greenlight Capital lawsuit shouldn't be given the time of day" Macworld UK 2/15
"Apple-Samsung Judge Says She May Put Patent Case on Hold" Bloomberg 2/15
"Apple thinks your naked wrist needs an iWatch: A voice-activated command-and-control center for the quantified self? Get in line now for your iWatch" Salon 2/15
"Supply chain visualization shows how Apple spans — and impacts — the globe" AppleInsider 2/15
"Skype Video Messages absent from Windows platforms until end of April: iOS, Android and Mac apps given priority" TechRadar UK 12:02 PM
"Photoshop 1.0 source code now a museum artifact" CNET News 2/15
"Is the Chinese Government exploiting a hole in Office for Mac? Chinese authorities may be exploiting a security hole in Microsoft Office for Mac to target the Uyghur people" Macworld UK 2/15
"Apple seeds eleventh OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.3 beta to developers" Macworld UK 2/15
"Happy Eleventh Seed: OS X 10.8.3 12D68 Arrives" FairerPlatform 2/15
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"I need to retrieve data (mostly legacy-format Word documents) from a 16-year-old Power Macintosh. I am having trouble coming up with a strategy to do this." MacInTouch 2/15
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"iTunes Library Locations & How To Quickly Find iTunes Songs on a Computer" OS X Daily 4:42 PM
"How To Make An OS X 10.8 'Mountain Lion' Bootable USB Drive" Forbes 8:23 AM
"Stellar Phoenix Mac Data Recovery" PC Magazine 2/15
"Mac Gems: Email Pro for Gmail brings email seamlessly to your desktop" Macworld 2/15
"How to Give Your Mac a Performance Boost" Mactuts+ 2/15
"MacMost Now 827: Using TinkerTool To Customize Your Mac" MacMost 2/15
"iTunes: Setting Up an Allowance for Your Kids" The Mac Observer 2/15
"What the hell is WebKit anyway? An all-purpose guide" memeburn 2/15
"What's Old Is New Again: How To Get The Yellow Pages To Work On Your Mac" BohemianBoomer 2/15
"4 Reasons To Love The Free Mac App That Brings The Stock Market To Your Menubar Or Desktop" Mac 360 2/15
"Because You Can Never Have Enough Wi-Fi, There's A Free WiFi Signal Troubleshoot App" NoodleMac 2/15
"Just In Time For Tax Season Is The One Stop App To Manage All Your Receipts In A Digital Box" Mac 360 2/15
"Try The Free Mac App That Finds Files Faster And Is More Fun Than Spotlight" TeraTalks 2/15
"Here's A 99-cent Mac App You Don't Need, Won't Use, It's Still Fun To Use, And Is Very Special Where I Live" McSolo 2/15
Op/Ed
"Safari's history and URL shorteners: Pretty useless" Betalogue 7:26 PM
"Why Mozilla Matters And Won't Switch To WebKit" TechCrunch 2/15
Press Releases
"Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition Makes Its Way To The Mac February 22" Cult of Mac 8:18 AM
"Excel Software Integrates Safe Activation with: Provide Instant Serial Numbers for Protected Apps, Documents, Plugins and Other Digital Products" Excel Software 8:00 AM
"Photo Sense Lite For Mac – Easy Photo Enhancement Software Now Free" MacPrices 2/15
"Opera acquires Skyfire Labs for its speedy mobile technology" IDG News Service 2/15
"Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition Coming To Macs February 22" Inside Mac Games 2/15
"Knights And Merchants: Shattered Kingdom Now At MGS" Inside Mac Games 2/15
"Kerbal Space Program Mac OS X demo and trailer released" Macworld UK 2/15
"Apple's new iPad ad campaign promotes 300,000 apps 'for everything you love'" AppleInsider 9:42 PM
"How Apple got serious about style: 'Design Forward,' a book debuting in the U.S. today, reveals Frog Design founder Hartmut Esslinger's challenges helping to transform Apple product design in the 1980s and beyond. Here, a look inside." CNET News 8:20 AM
"A look at Apple's reseller program circa 2007 [Video] 9 to 5 Mac 8:16 AM
"Apple's Jony Ive Picks Up The Ultimate Accolade... A Gold Blue Peter Badge" Forbes 8:52 AM
"The Best Apple Reporter In The World Is A 19-Year-Old College Freshman At Michigan" Business Insider 9:10 AM
"In Terms Of Web Traffic, iPhone 5 Leads Samsung Galaxy S III ... But Just Barely" App Advice 8:25 AM
"Staples to begin carrying Apple devices" SlashGear 4:41 PM
"Apple Wouldn't Give Its Blessing, So Two Guys Built An Apple Museum On Their Own" Business Insider 8:46 AM
"China New Year Retail Sales Growth Slows on Austerity" ["Sales of 'high end' electronics, including Apple Inc.'s iPad and iPhone, jumped 36 percent in shops monitored by the ministry in the eastern city of Nanjing, according to the statement."] Bloomberg 8:30 AM
"Portland's 'financial technology' cluster aims to simplify online commerce" ["Taking design cues from Apple and inspiration from social media, a Portland startup called Simple Finance Technology Corp. hopes to create a more straightforward, low-fee form of banking designed for a generation accustomed to continuous connectivity, their gadgets always within arm's reach."] The Oregonian 8:27 AM
"Jonathan Ive gets gold Blue Peter badge: The BBC's Blue Peter programme has honoured Apple's design chief Sir Jonathan Ive with its highest accolade - the gold Blue Peter badge." BBC 2/15
"Apple's Sir Jonathan Ive gets gold Blue Peter badge" Telegraph 2/15
"Apple's Jony Ive receives the greatest accolade in UK children's TV: A golden Blue Peter badge" The Next Web 2/15
"Apple's Sir Ive honored with BBC kids TV's greatest honor, the gold Blue Peter badge (Video)" Engadget 2/15
"Microsoft: Office On iOS Could Offer $2.5B In Revenue" Forbes 2/15
"Microsoft Could Make Billions From Office for iPad" AllThingsD 2/15
"Samsung starting to catch up to Apple on the mobile web as iPhone traffic share drops" VentureBeat 2/15
"Android and iOS have a duopoly in the smartphone marketplace." Digital Trends 2/15
"Apple tech Found On Android: Passbook gets pay-by-bonk/While Apple and its Android rivals fight like cat and dog over smartphones, one piece of mobile technology from the iPhone maker has wound up on Google-powered devices." The Register 2/15
"Kiwi cops to buy 6,500 iPhones, 3,900 iPads: Smartphones and fondleslabs will do the work of 345 officers" The Register 2/15
"A Peek at Apple's Other Facilities" Apple Gazette 2/15
"Staples Likely To Begin Selling Apple Products In Canada And US Soon" App Advice 2/15
"Apple Products May Finally Go On Sale at Staples Stores in US" Mashable 2/15
"Surpassing Siri? Veveo aims to top Apple with voice search for video" Boston Business Journal 2/15
"Cider store The Apple Shop forced to change name after numerous calls from disgruntled iPhone and iPad owners" Digital Trends 2/15
"Apple store forced to change its name" CNET News 2/15
"Apple Customers Push Cider-Selling 'Apple Shop' to Change Name" The Mac Observer 2/15
"Australia Is Killing 1,300 iMac G4s After They Lasted A Full Decade" Cult of Mac 2/15
"Ousted Apple retail boss John Browett becomes chief executive at Monsoon Accessorize" Macworld UK 2/15
"Former Apple Executive Browett Joins Fashion Chain Monsoon" Bloomberg 2/15
Non-Apple News
"Report: Google Will Open Its Own Branded Stores by Year End" MacTrast 11:52 AM
"The iPod of ThermoStats: The iPod is a tough act to follow. But Tony Fadell, one of its creators, and a team of other Apple vets have used a holistic software and hardware approach to design—of all things—the iPod of home thermoStats." Barron's 8:22 AM
"Preparing for War, Valve Launches Steam for Linux" Wired 2/15
"Archos unveils 116 Platinum Android tablet with 11.6-inch IPS display for $349" ZDNet 2/15
"Control your office door lock from cloud, smartphone" ZDNet 2/15
"Finally, a Trash Can on Wheels That Automatically Catches Your Trash" Techland 2/15
"Firm moves to trademark 'Python' name out from under the language: Open-sourcers struggle against hostile snake snatch" The Register 2/15
"Two Linux tablet projects take a step forward: As the PengPod line begins shipping, the KDE-powered 'Vivaldi' tablet sets a May target." PCWorld 2/15
"Take your smartphone to lunch and let it pay for you" TechHive 2/15
"Google CFO: We want to fix 'broken' world" ZDNet 2/15
"Google Play shares too much personal info, app developer says" CSO 2/15
"Amazon Takes Redshift, Its Cloud-Based Data Warehouse Killer, Global" TechCrunch 2/15
"Amazon's cloud-based data warehouse Redshift becomes generally available: The data warehouse service costs from US$0.85 per hour on-demand" IDG News Service 2/15
"How Nest's Control Freaks Reinvented the Thermostat: Two men who created the iPod and iPhone founded Nest and injected new technology into the humble thermostat. Now they have their sights on the rest of your house." Technology Review 2/15
Publications/Podcasts
"Podcast: Inside the world of a prolific iPhone app maker" GeekWire 11:56 AM
"Macworld 2013 – Kanex' mySpot Gives You A Simple, Private WiFi Network In Your Hotel Room" MacVoicesTV 7:41 PM
"Projectbook Organizes and Integrates Your Project Documents and Assets" MacVoicesTV 9:03 AM
"Gene Steinberg meets Adam Engst, of TidBITS and Take Control Books, and Daniel Eran Dilger, of Roughly Drafted and AppleInsider, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 2/15
"iWatch Fever: Why This Round Of Rumors Might Actually Be True On The CultCast" Cult of Mac 2/15
"Macworld 2013 – BigDay Helps You Give and Get The Gifts You Really Want On Special Occasions" MacVoicesTV 2/15
"Macworld 2013 – Dolly Drive Expands Into Dolly Space, on MacVoices" MacVoicesTV 2/15
"Map of the day: Apple Inc.'s Asian supply chain" Fortune 2:23 PM
"New Model (Early 2013) Retina MacBook Pros use some upgraded internal parts" 9 to 5 Mac 8:26 AM
"Analyst sees new iPad design in April 2013" TG Daily 11:58 AM
"Full-size iPad redesign coming this spring?" T3 11:55 AM
"Apple Software Update Could Disable Counterfeit Lightning Connectors" iPhone Alley 8:16 AM
"New iMac Now Being Offered In Apple Refurbished Program" AppleBitch 8:01 AM
"Piper Jaffray says Apple media event still likely by April, sees 'new iPad body styles'" AppleInsider 2/15
"Apple may update iPad design this spring, Munster says: Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster believes Apple will redesign the larger iPad to make its body similar to the iPad Mini. But he doesn't expect any major products this spring." CNET News 2/15
"New Apple updates likely in spring: Piper Jaffray" MarketWatch 2/15
"Apple event 'likely' in March or April for iPad, analyst says" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 2/15
"NaturalReader Converts Documents & Web Page Text To Natural-Sounding Speech On iPhone" AddictiveTips 8:18 AM
"Useful Photography App for the iPhone: Wood Camera" eXtensions 8:00 AM
"Haze: a gorgeous gesture-controlled weather app for minimalists" iDownload Blog 8:36 AM
"Save battery life at night with AirplaneScheduler" iDownload Blog 8:36 AM
"TuneIn Radio for iOS review: TuneIn isn't perfect, but it's pretty close" CNET Reviews 2/15
"Fooducate review: Best food rating app for iPhone" iMore 2/15
"Kindle App Vs. iBooks. (Spoiler: They're Virtually Identical Now!) [Feature] Cult of Mac 2/15
"Haze for iOS launches, clears the visual clutter of weather apps (hands-on) Mobile" Engadget 2/15
"Haze for iPhone is a fun and attractive way to check the weather: Another entrant tries its hand at replacing the age-old Weather app on your iPhone" The Verge 2/15
"This Is Just What The World Needs. Yet Another Free Photo App For The iPhone (get it anyway)" Mac 360 2/15
"Tech Minute: Apps to reduce paper waste" [Video Report] CNET News 2/15
"Appidemic: Cordy 2 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch" AppleTell 2/15
"Appidemic: Pixel People for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch" AppleTell 2/15
"Review: 'Dragon' Up for iPhone is disgustingly good" Digital Trends 2/15
"Now we know why Apple was leaking stupid iWatch rumors: Samsung's releasing one" VentureBeat 2/15
"Institutional Selling Demonstrates Depth of $AAPL Ignorance" The Mac Observer 2/15
"Rumored HTC handset looks even more like an iPhone 5 in leaked photo" AppleInsider 2/15
"Always Beaten: In thinking about the latest round of rumors of another company supposedly 'beating' Apple to a market in which Apple hasn't entered yet, I remembered how this sort of scenario happened many times in the past. I wanted to understand if 'beating to the punch' is really the parameter we should be looking at." MacStories 2/15
"Apple Analysts: An Unfortunate Rumor Mill Love Story" MacTrast 2/15
"How a Fake Story About Apple's Fake Jobs Turned into the Truth" The Atlantic Wire 2/15
"Does Apple Pay Enough Attention To Security? Maybe Not" Forbes 2/15
"The Evolution of the Mac, Pt 2: Touch Screens" The Mac Observer 2/15
"Apple Stores are prospering, but the SVP of Retail slot seems to be a tough sell" GigaOM 2/15
"DIY Cloud: Choosing your own virtual machine image sizes/Why settle for off-the-shelf virtual machine image sizes when you can customize them?" Network World 2/15
"14 Tips for Selling Software and Services Online" CIO 2/15
"Why You Shouldn't Care About Android 4.2.2" PC Magazine 2/15
"10 Samsung Galaxy S III Tips and Tricks" PC Magazine 2/15
"Facebook's latest revenue trick: Pay to promote friends' posts" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 2/15
"What you can learn from the monster LibreOffice project" InfoWorld 2/15
"The top 15 cities for tech startups: If you're considering working for a tech startup or launching one of your own and need to know where the venture capital is flowing, one of these cities may soon be the place you call home" CIO 2/15
"B is for browser: An homage to 12 Web greats/In honor of Mosaic's 20th birthday, join us for an alphabetical appreciation of 12 of history's great windows on the Web." [Slideshow] Computerworld 2/15
"The Archos Family Pad: Can a tablet be too big?" Austin American-Statesman [Free Registration Required] 2/15
"Did screenshots of a Samsung Altius smartwatch leak?" CNET News 2/15
"Dude, You're Getting Taken by a Dell" Wyatt Research 2/15
Humor/Cartoons
"Common afflictions of kitchen appliances." The Joy of Tech [cartoon] 2/15
"Adobe Comeuppance: Game, Set, Match!" The PC Weenies [cartoon] 2/15
"Dell Deal: The Same as Insider Trading/By its nature, a leveraged buyout by corporate insiders is a betrayal of their fiduciary duty to other shareholders." Barron's 12:02 PM
"Microsoft confirms Office 2013 licenses can't be transferred to other computers" Engadget 8:35 AM
"Microsoft job post gives more info about 'Windows Blue'" CNET News 2:25 PM
"The Surface Pro Is Back In Stock Online" Business Insider 8:37 AM
"Microsoft's Xbox Holds The Top Spot For 25 Months In A Row" RTTNews 12:01 PM
"Microsoft job postings confirm forthcoming Windows Blue upgrade for desktop and phone" The Verge 12:01 PM
"HP Debuts AutoFlow Business Process Outsourcing Platform" eWeek 12:03 PM
"May Itanium Rest in Peace, Almost: Intel won't be using its newer manufacturing process for the next—and possibly the last—iteration of the Itanium, and it's really a shame." PC Magazine 8:54 AM
"Cisco's Big Debut and Ford's Record-Breaking Performance" The Motley Fool 8:48 AM
"Facebook defends Graph Search's privacy controls for teens" TechHive 11:54 AM
"Facebook targeted in 'sophisticated attack'" TG Daily 11:58 AM
"Facebook says it was a target of sophisticated hacking" Reuters 9:13 AM
"Facebook was targeted by 'sophisticated' hackers" [Video Report] BBC 8:54 AM
"With Microsoft as tablet rival, will HP go Android? Hewlett-Packard has a lot of reasons to go Android. Microsoft is one of them." CNET News 2/15
"A new kerfuffle behind Microsoft's anti-Google campaign" Fortune 2/15
"Office 2013 retail licensing change ties suite to specific PC forever: 'If your computer dies, so does your Office license,' says licensing guru; move seen as prod to adopt subscription-based Office 365" Computerworld 2/15
"Windows 8 book authors dish on Windows 8: 14 top-selling writers who dug deep into Windows offer a range of perspectives that show how controversial the new OS is" InfoWorld 2/15
"Support deadline looms for original Windows 7 release" V3 2/15
"Ready or not: Microsoft preps early delivery of IE10 for Windows 7" The Register 2/15
"Microsoft fine-tunes shift from Messenger to Skype: The company is forging ahead in moving its Messenger user base to Skype. Here's the updated timeline for its aggressive plan." CNET News 2/15
"Windows Live Messenger Will Be 'Upgraded' To Skype Starting On April 8" TechCrunch 2/15
"Microsoft Messenger users to be moved to Skype from April" V3 2/15
"Skype Begins Testing Video Messaging Feature" AllThingsD 2/15
"Xbox 360 again the most popular console among U.S. gamers" CNET News 2/15
"Intel research improves moisture-tracking in PCBs" EE Times 2/15
"May Itanium Rest in Peace, Almost: Intel won't be using its newer manufacturing process for the next—and possibly the last—iteration of the Itanium, and it's really a shame." PC Magazine 2/15
"Broadband Speed as Promised: American Internet users generally receive the download speeds that companies advertise, with fiber and satellite connections frequently outperforming expectations, according to a new report from the Federal Communications Commission." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 2/15
"Internet providers maintain speeds as users upgrade: Internet service providers are doing a good job of matching advertised broadband speeds. Consumers are responding by upping their service, an FCC report says." USA Today 2/15
"Businesses Weigh In as Congress Reboots Cybersecurity Issue" E-Commerce Times 2/15
"Why Obama's Cyber Defense Order Won't Amount to Much: The president's executive order falls short of meeting the severity of the cyberattack threat." Technology Review 2/15
"Certificate authorities band together to boost security" CSO 2/15
"Scientists invent a self-repairing computer that will never crash" VentureBeat [Free Registration Required] 2/15
"Greenlight: Here's Why Apple's Plans Will Harm Investors" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 8:30 AM
"Tracking David Einhorn's Portfolio - Q4 2012 Update" Seeking Alpha 8:52 AM
"Apple bruised as Dan Loeb dumps $375m stake" The Telegraph 2/15
"Look who dumped Apple in Q4: SEC filings show institutions selling Apple shares by the millions" Fortune 2/15
"Apple stock drop blamed on huge hedge funds" CNET News 2/15
"Einhorn, Soros increase stakes in Apple" MarketWatch 2/15
"Mass AAPL sell off by four hedge funds caused Apple stock price to plummet: Four of the biggest hedge funds dumped Apple 796,000 shares in fourth quarter of 2012, wiping" Macworld UK 2/15
"Einhorn raised Apple stake by nearly 50%" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 2/15
"Apple Stock Sold by Mindich, Rosenstein in Fourth Quarter" Bloomberg 2/15
"Apple Is Almost Certainly Undervalued At Current Levels" Seeking Alpha 2/15
Industry News
"Apple turns lower; Facebook, Agilent fall: Einhorn, Soros add to Apple holdings; LogMeIn crashes on forecast" MarketWatch 2/15
"S&P 500 up for 7th week; Dow down for 2nd: S&P 500 is up over 6% this year; some fear a correction is coming" MarketWatch 2/15
"U.S. Stocks Fall as Wal-Mart Tumbles Amid Economic Data" Bloomberg 2/15
"Wal-Mart Worries Hit Wall Street" FOXBusiness 2/15
"Stocks Mixed; Wal-Mart Tumbles, Burger King Jumps" TheStreet 2/15
"S&P 500 rises for 7th week in a row" CNNMoney 2/15
"Most Stocks Decline: Stocks edged mostly lower as declines in Wal-Mart Stores WMT -2.15% and the energy sector offset firm readings on consumer confidence and New York manufacturing." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 2/15
"Stocks subdued after recent gains: A handful of new economic reports are on tap Friday, along with corporate results from the tail end of earnings season." CNNMoney 2/15
"U.K. stocks waver; retail sales show surprise drop" MarketWatch 2/15
"Asia Markets: Japan stocks tumble on yen strength before G-20" MarketWatch 2/15
"Europe Markets: Europe stocks slip with G-20 meeting in focus" MarketWatch 2/15
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 2/15
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at the close of trading" Associated Press 2/15
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