More iPad Mini Rumors; Android ICS at 10 Percent; Patent Wars Continue

Didn't have time to check out the tech headlines over the Fourth of July holiday? Here's what you missed.

According to reports, to take on tablets from competitors like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft.

The "iPad Mini" would supposedly sport a 7- or 8-inch screen, reduced from the 9.7-incher on all three generations of Apple's existing tablet, according to a pair of unnamed sources cited by Bloomberg. The smaller iPad could be announced in October and released in time for the holidays.

In other Apple news, Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview, the 1995 hour-long-interview-cum-feature-film, and on the official Magnolia Pictures YouTube site.

Meanwhile, Google's latest operating system, dubbed Ice Cream Sandwich, . Also, Android users with devices up to ICS now have , and those in the U.K. .

The tech patent wars raged on, as Samsung in the U.S., which stemmed from a patent complaint from Apple. Samsung, however, has appealed. Also, Nokia has suggested that Google's new Nexus 7 tablet .

Also making headlines this week:

• :  Despite mounting troubles, BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is not going anywhere, according to its CEO.
• : Apple's Retina display first landed on the iPhone, followed by the iPad and the new MacBook Pro. Next up, however, could be Apple's iMac, according to a new report.
• : The smartphone will be available in Verizon stores and online via verizonwireless.com/galaxys3 next Tuesday.
• : Bill Gates thinks tablets will eventually replace traditional PCs.
• : Britain's Hotel Indigo Newcastle may see an increase in thefts for the remainder of the year, and not because people are pilfering robes.
• : Amazon this week blamed a power outage and a resulting generator failure for a Web services blackout that took down Internet firms like Instagram and Netflix.
• : Microsoft has said that 2012 is "all about" the Xbox 360, but that hasn't stopped the rampant speculation about the company's next-gen gaming console.