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MacSurfer's Archive: Tuesday, July 10, 2012
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "City of San Francisco to stop buying Apple computers: City officials tell the Wall Street Journal that city money can't be used to buy Apple desktops and laptops. The change comes after Apple withdrew its products from a green-certification registry."  CNET News 4:11 PM
  • "San Francisco Blocks Mac Purchases After Apple EPEAT Pull Out" The Mac Observer 7:05 PM
  • "Apple's EPEAT withdrawal raises recycling, disassembly concerns: Industry observers are expressing concerns about Apple's environmental commitment, but also question the EPEAT process" PCWorld Australia 5:28 PM
  • "Google, FTC Near Settlement on Privacy: Google Inc. is close to a deal to pay $22.5 million to settle charges related to its surreptitious bypassing of the privacy settings of millions of Apple Inc. users, according to officials briefed on the settlement terms."  WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:28 AM
  • "Google Said Near $22.5 Million Settlement in Browser Breach" Bloomberg 8:49 AM
  • "Google expected to cough measly $22.5m for Safari privacy gaffe" The Register 7:58 AM
  • "Report: Google close to deal with FTC to pay record $22.5M fine for violating Apple users' privacy" Network World 11:12 AM
  • "Google to settle FTC charges over Safari, report says" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 10:03 AM
  • "Thou Shalt Not Lie: FTC set to hit Google for millions over Safari incident — Tech News and Analysis" GigaOM 10:24 AM
  • "Google Faces FTC's Largest Ever Fine Over Safari Cookie Debacle" Gizmodo 8:28 AM
  • "Google's Safari cookie evasion may cost it $22.5M, the FTC's largest fine ever" VentureBeat 1:41 PM
  • "10 reasons Apple, Facebook & Google chose North Carolina for their mega data centers"  GigaOM 8:23 AM
  • "Apple Dares Green Advocates To Go Elsewhere" BYTE 8:43 AM
  • "Apple fights websites selling access to iOS6 beta code" BBC 8:03 AM
  • "RIM's corporate customers are preparing for switch to IOS or Android" The Inquirer 8:04 AM
  • "Mike Daisey invites journalist critics to watch revised Apple monologue: Daisey formerly used his monologue to accuse Apple of mistreating its factory workers" Macworld UK 8:29 AM
  • "Iconic Steve Jobs tribute secures job offer for Hong Kong student: Ad agency boss Graham Fink was determined to track down the 19-year-old student who created an iconic image of Steve Jobs following his death. Here he explains why..." Metro UK 8:10 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Information on new Philips 9 series HDTVs leaks" CNET News 12:54 PM
  • "Programmable Cardboard Robotic Arm Hits Kickstarter" Wired 12:33 PM
  • "Graphene Repairs Holes By Knitting Itself Back Together, Say Physicists: Make a hole in graphene and the material will heal itself, say materials scientists who have watched the process in action" Technology Review 12:15 PM
  • "AT&T Galaxy Note users get Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade: Upgrade of Samsung Galaxy Note, available Tuesday, also includes new suite of stylus-centric software" Computerworld 11:32 AM
  • "Bruce Schneier's book: The Internet has created 'the largest trust gap' in history" Network World 11:32 AM
  • "Toshiba Developing New Data Center Products Based on Its Flash Memory Chips" IDG News Service 11:29 AM
  • "Google reduces Chrome's reliance on Flash" ZDNet 12:38 PM
  • "Google open-sources Android 'Jelly Bean' 4.1 for third-party modification" ZDNet 12:38 PM
  • "Google's Schmidt Predicts End of China's Internet Firewall" PC Magazine 11:27 AM
  • "Motorola Atrix HD Coming to AT&T July 15" PC Magazine 11:26 AM
  • "Zuck's new friend: Hulu's Kilar may prove key to Facebook plans" New York Post 11:23 AM
  • "Western Digital Red Hard Drives Boast NASware Technology" eWeek 10:36 AM
  • "Nearly 10 years later, EMC's NetWorker hits Version 8.0: The backup and recovery software is designed to be more efficient and ready for cloud computing" IDG News Service 10:22 AM
  • "Furby, the Furry 1990s Toy, Makes a High-Tech Comeback" ABCNews 10:07 AM
  • "Verizon to sell BlackBerry Curve 9310 for $50 after rebate, starting Thursday" Computerworld 10:23 AM
  • "RIM Plans To Start BlackBerry 10 Rollout In January" Bloomberg 10:10 AM
  • "RIM's CEO: What went wrong and where BlackBerry goes from here/In an exclusive Q&A, RIM CEO Thorsten Heins discusses the state of BlackBerry and how it fell from grace and what the company is doing to ensure things don't get worse" CIO 10:52 AM
  • "Ouya Aims to 'Upend' Gaming With Android-Powered Console" PC Magazine 11:24 AM
  • "Applied Materials slashes outlook: Company cites weak demand for chip making equipment" MarketWatch 9:39 AM
  • "Mobile ads can hijack your phone and steal your contacts" CNNMoney 9:20 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Interview with Ron Avitzur, The Graphing Calculator Story" Your Mac Life 9:06 PM
  • "iPad Minis And Our Favorite New Gadgets On Our Latest CultCast" Cult of Mac 7:44 PM
  • "TUAW and MacTech interview: Matrox Electronic Systems" TUAW 4:07 PM
  • "Security Flaw on Apple's App Store, Android & more" [Interview with Charlie Miller] MacDirectory 1:21 PM
  • "The Portable Podcast, Episode 145" 148Apps 1:18 PM
  • "Mac Geek Gab Podcast: MGG 407: Number 12 On The Beaufort Scale" The Mac Observer 7:37 AM
  • "Interview with Next Issue Media's CTO, Keith Barraclough" Your Mac Life 7:35 AM