"Exclusive: Apple hit by hackers who targeted Facebook last week/Apple Inc computers were attacked by the same hackers who targeted Facebook Inc, but no data appeared to have been stolen, the company said on Tuesday in an unprecedented admission of a widespread cyber-security breach." ["The iPhone and iPad maker said it would release a software tool later on Tuesday to protect customers against the malicious software used in the attacks."] Reuters 12:25 PM
"Apple Says It, Too, Was Attacked by Hackers" AllThingsD 1:14 PM
"What You Need To Know About Today's Apple Hack" Cult of Mac 1:31 PM
"Apple, Facebook, and Twitter hacks Reportedly originated in Eastern Europe" The Verge 9:00 PM
"Apple's search for its next billion-dollar product: A larger iPhone, a smaller iPad, a thinner Mac and a taller iPod are what count for innovation at Apple these days." CNNMoney 8:16 AM
"BYOD Boosts Macs vs. PCs: The emergence of BYOD policies and virtual desktop platforms, plus new integration and management tools, have removed the final barriers to widespread Mac adoption in the enterprise." Network World 8:07 AM
"Apple's Growing Slice Of The Enterprise Market Should Offset Other Concerns" Seeking Alpha 8:08 AM
"For an iWatch to kick butt, Apple must innovate in batteries: If the company is indeed working on a watch-size device with the bells and whistles of a smartphone, battery life could prove a challenge." CNET News 8:15 AM
"Is this the Apple iWatch? Patents say it could be..." Computerworld 10:57 AM
"Is Apple losing its cool?" ["There is no reason to think Apple won't thrive financially for years to come, just like Microsoft. But its continued reputation as the chief arbiter of cool is being challenged. Apple may still have the best-selling smartphone in the world, but the many others powered by rival Google's Android operating system -- and especially those made by Samsung -- far exceed the iPhone."] CNN 9:11 AM
"Barclays: Apple Is Getting Smoked By Samsung, And It Needs An Answer Pronto" Business Insider 10:44 AM
"Apple's Penchant for Sophisticated Simplicity" Tech.pinions 10:05 AM
"Why doesn't anybody copy Apple?" ["Put another way: Why is it that everyone wants to copy Apple's products but nobody wants to copy being Apple?"] asymco 8:07 AM
"Greenlight Makes Case to Stop Apple Preferred-Stock Vote" Bloomberg 8:29 AM
"Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 13: Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 13 delivers improved security, reliability, and compatibility by updating Java SE 6 to 1.6.0_41." [Direct download: 69.32 MB] Apple Support 4:02 PM
"Java for OS X 2013-001: Java for OS X 2013-001 delivers improved security, reliability, and compatibility by updating Java SE 6 to 1.6.0_41." [Direct download: 63.84 MB] Apple Support 4:16 PM
"After hack, Apple releases Java security update for Mac users" 9 to 5 Mac 4:08 PM
"Analyst: A $330 iPhone could triple Apple's market in China/But can Apple make a cheap phone that isn't, in Tim Cook's words, 'a crappy product'?" Fortune 8:16 AM
"Apple could triple share of Chinese market with $330 'iPhone mini'" AppleInsider 8:16 AM
"Industry loses $4 billion since 2010" ["Best Buy, Walmart, Apple, Amazon, and Staples were the top retailers, again, in 2012. Apple, Samsung, HP, Sony, and Dell made up the top five brands for the year and accounted for 45 percent of sales up from 42 percent in 2011. Apple and Samsung accounted for $6.5 billion in increased sales in 2012, while the remainder of the consumer technology industry declined by almost $9.5 billion."] NPD Group 10:42 AM
"Apple grabs huge slice of 2012 consumer technology sales: Consumer tech sales fell 2 percent in the U.S. last year, yet Apple had a good year with almost 20 percent of all sales, says NPD." CNET News 11:50 AM
"Obama Tries But Fails To Ignite Apple And 3D Printing" Forbes 8:22 AM
"iPad Helps Man to 'Speak' Again After 20 Years of Silence" PadGadget 10:56 AM
"The Beauty Of Broken Macs: Photos Of Abandoned Apple Kit Found By Explorers" Digital Arts 8:30 AM
"This toy iPhone appears to be jailbroken" iDownload Blog 8:47 AM
Non-Apple News
"These Videogame Sites Are for 'Mature' Audiences Only: Geezers Play the Senior Leagues to Avoid Young Guns; Minimum Age for 2old2play Is 25" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:25 PM
Publications/Podcasts
"OfficeČ HD tracks all the changes at Macworld|iWorld 2013" iMore 8:46 AM
"Some Sights and Sounds of Macworld/iWorld 2013" MacVoicesTV 8:23 AM
"Apple's Ive on how Cupertino looks at product names: In a recent appearance on the BBC children's show 'Blue Peter,' Apple's design guru talked about how sensitive Apple is toward words, as well as products." CNET News 9:07 PM
"Director Ran Out of Money, Finished Shooting his Oscar-Nominated Movie on an iPhone" MacRumors 9:29 PM
"Cassandra -Wednesday Review: The Week in Full Swing" eXtensions 9:07 PM
"Does A Company Like Apple Need A Genius Like Steve Jobs?" The New Yorker 8:57 AM
"Robert Scoble Is Switching To Android" ["'I'm no longer an Apple fanboy,' Scoble wrote in a post on Google+ yesterday. 'I'm getting ready to leave the Apple platform and switch to Android.'"] ReadWrite 8:31 AM
"Will The iPhone Mini Save Apple?" Seeking Alpha 8:22 AM
"Can a 'nifty' iWatch from Apple catch on? As a phone, maybe not; but as a health monitor, maybe" Computerworld 8:31 AM
"Ex-Apple Exec: An iWatch Is More Likely Than An Apple TV" Business Insider 8:22 AM
"How Tablets Will Impact Future TV Viewing: Many people interact with mobile devices while watching TV, and this second screen phenomenon will influence how televisions offer programming." PC Magazine 8:16 AM
"Don't fear the touchscreen MacBook" Macworld 8:07 AM
"When Will Tablet Shipments Overtake PCs?" Tech-Thoughts 7:51 AM
"Repeating Rather Than Researching Apple News" The Tech Night Owl 7:51 AM
"How To Stop Hating Google And Learn To Love Google Drive And Docs With RocketDocs" Mac 360 7:49 AM
"The Problem That Microsoft, Google, Samsung, Amazon, And PC Makers Really Have With Apple" PixoBebo 7:48 AM
Non-Apple
"The Average American Knows 355 More People Than She Has Facebook Friends" Yahoo! News 7:30 PM
"PlayStation 4 should go all-in on cloud-streaming games: The technology for live-streaming gameplay is still imperfect, but the era of physical media is ending." CNET Reviews 6:42 PM
"Dell beats Wall Street estimates: The company's fourth-quarter results top estimates as its enterprise business holds up with slight declines. The consumer business takes a big hit." CNET News 4:42 PM
"Dell (DELL) is scheduled to release its FQ4 earnings after the bell, with the Street forecasting..." Seeking Alpha 7:13 AM
"Dell Inc. (DELL) Earnings: An Early Look" Insider Monkey 7:14 AM
"Ahead of the bell: More erosion likely in Dell 4Q" Associated Press 7:14 AM
"Dell in a tight spot with results on deck" MarketWatch 7:15 AM
"Dell's Ubuntu Ultrabook lands in UK" PC Pro [Free Registration Required] 7:15 AM
"Dell upgrades its developer edition Ubuntu Linux laptop/In addition to upgrading its Sputnik Ubuntu Linux laptop for developers, Dell is also making it available in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa." ZDNet 7:13 AM
"Dell bringing improved Sputnik to Europe" Heise Online 7:27 AM
"HP's headaches likely to vex fiscal 1Q results" Associated Press 7:19 AM
"HP Plans To Make Android-Based Tablet, Smartphone" CRN 7:18 AM
"HP Envy x2A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing" Wired 7:19 AM
"HP quadruples virtual machines in new blade: New ProLiant WS460c Gen8 blade server adds server efficiency and cuts operational costs, Hewlett-Packard says" Computerworld 1:58 PM
"Outlook.com exits preview with 60 million active users, Hotmail UI to be retired this summer" Engadget 6:48 AM
"Microsoft Says Outlook.com Gained More Than 1.5M New Users In The 12 Hours After Last Night's Official Launch | TechCrunch" TechCrunch 5:45 PM
"Microsoft's Outlook.com comes out of preview phase: Hotmail users will be upgraded to the new email service by summer" Macworld UK 6:49 AM
"The Great Hotmail-to-Outlook.com Transition Begins" Techland 6:56 AM
"Microsoft's Outlook.com breaks 60 million user milestone in six months" V3 7:44 AM
"Microsoft's Outlook takes aim at Google's Gmail" Associated Press 7:46 AM
"Gates admits Microsoft mobile strategy sucked" Tech.Blorge 7:41 AM
"Intel plans to grow smartphone market share in MEA: Chip maker targets telecom operators with smartphone strategy" ITP Technology 7:28 AM
"ARM Turns Up Pressure on Intel as Even Cutlery Gets Smart" Bloomberg Businessweek 7:45 AM
"AMD chip, touch controllers all head to next PlayStation: Report: The company's next console will also allow for cloud-based gaming and possibly, the ability to play games with people on other platforms." CNET News 8:32 AM
"AMD reveals its first 28nm processor: Jaguar is the successor to Bobcat" The Inquirer 7:26 AM
"Cisco's small-cell move is focused, but its network aims are ambitious: The company will show off its first licensed small cells along with services software that goes deep into the carrier core" Computerworld 8:10 AM
"Apple may increase share buyback at shareholder meeting next week: Apple's annual shareholders meeting is scheduled for next week and it's already generating a lot of press" Macworld UK 11:24 AM
"What to Expect at Apple's Shareholder Meeting" Forbes 8:29 AM
"Outside Of The Box Logic And Why Apple Might Still Not Be A Buy" Seeking Alpha 8:21 AM
"Apple spent $1.97m lobbying US government in 2012, Google spent $18.22m" Macworld UK 8:47 AM
"Apple, Google, Microsoft - Only 1 Winner Here" Seeking Alpha 8:57 AM
"The Young And Restless Portfolio: Selling Apple In This Aggressive Growth Portfolio" Seeking Alpha 12:07 PM
"Google tops $800. It's the new Apple ... for now" CNNMoney 12:42 PM
"AAPL: Ecosystem Matters, Says Raymond James; Pondering BB, Lumia Trends" Barron's 11:50 AM
Industry News
"Stocks Ride Deal Talks to October 2007 Levels" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:16 PM
"Dow and S&P close at new 5-year highs" CNNMoney 9:16 PM
"S&P 500 Rises to Highest in Five Years on Merger Optimism" Bloomberg 1:37 PM
"Stock Futures Rise Amid More Deals Activity" TheStreet 8:27 AM
"Futures Follow European Shares Higher" FOXBusiness 8:28 AM
"Google's stock price breaks $800 for 1st time" Associated Press 9:21 AM
"Asia Markets: Shanghai, Hong Kong stocks slide; yen weighs Tokyo/Stocks in Hong Kong and Shanghai got slapped Tuesday after several local Chinese governments imposed further restrictions on home purchases, with the central bank's move to curb liquidity in the money markets also weighing on sentiment." MarketWatch 8:25 AM
"Europe Markets: Europe stocks rise after German ZEW report/European stock markets posted broad-based gains on Tuesday, boosted by stronger-than-expected German economic-sentiment data, with shares of Danone SA among major advancers after a job-cut announcement." MarketWatch 8:25 AM
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at the close of trading" Associated Press 5:18 PM
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