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Tuesday Highlights: Chris Foresman of Ars Technica claims inside info on Apple's education announcement which suggests Apple will "digitally destroy" text book publishing, offering set of tools like "GarageBand for e-books", but Philip Elmer-DeWitt believes this to be "seriously over-hyped", and Techland's Matt Peckham says "don't bet on it" noting that the Ars article actually "contradicts the (melodramatic) headline" from Apple's invite?plenty more opinion on the matter in our Op/Ed section; from Fortune's "Inside Apple" book comes this titillating tidbit: Scott Forstall is "CEO-in-waiting" at Apple presenting "one of the great internal dramas of Cook's tenure"; Apple pushes on against Samsung filing new design lawsuit in Germany against 10 of Samsung's smartphones; here's how to contact Microsoft for support of their Mac products; Alec at Foliovision reviews Witopia 2012 VPN for OS X; Steve Jobs action figure production stopped following "immense pressure" from Apple, the Jobs family; Woz says he loves his iPhone, but wishes it could do all the things his Android phones do, finds Siri lacking as compared to Google's voice recognition; Cool Springs Galleria in Nashville, TN slated to fill vacating Abercrombie & Fitch store with an Apple Store; iPad 3 panels expected to exceed iPad 2 panels (shipments) in 2Q of 2012; Apple granted patents for Smart Garments for exercisers, among others in our Hardware/Software section; Tim Bajarin explains why he believes Microsoft and Google are afraid of Siri; David Morgenstern throws his opinion in the ring as to the "great iPhone mute switch crisis" debate between Gruber and Ihnatko.
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"Your iPhone, iPad - Built by Underage, Overworked, Underpaid Chinese Workers!?"?ITProPortal?7:55 AM
"Steve Jobs doll canceled over 'immense pressure'"?CBS News?8:04 AM
"Steve Jobs Action Figure Pulled Amidst Legal Threats From Apple"?PC Magazine?10:50 AM
"This Is The Orange Uniformed Army Of Scalpers That Causes China's iPhone 4S Riots"?Cult of Mac?9:13 AM
"Steve Jobs To Be Inducted Into Creative Hall Of Fame Today In New York City"?Cult of Mac?4:40 PM
"Traitor! Apple co-founder admits Android phones 'offer more' than iPhone (and he doesn't like Siri much either)"?Daily Mail (UK)?7:59 AM
"Secondary iPhone Market a Boon for AT&T, Verizon ? and Apple, Too"?AllThingsD?8:26 AM
"IDG Connect Report Shows 91% of Worldwide IT and Business Professionals Use Their iPads for Work"?MacPrices?12:33 PM
"InMobi: Smartphone Ad Impressions Up 488% In 2011, Tablets Up 771%"?TechCrunch?9:43 AM
"iTunes Match Is Now Open To An Additional 19 Countries Across Latin America & Europe"?Cult of Mac?8:25 AM
"Tennessee Wins 2012 Apple Store Lottery Slot"?ifoAppleStore?8:12 AM
"Apple offers cash for old kit: Apple has begun paying punters for any of its old products they own but no longer want."?Register Hardware?8:04 AM
"Scratch Shield: Nissan Introduces World's First Self-Healing iPhone Case"?TechCrunch?7:56 AM
"Nissan applies scratch resistant auto paint to self-healing iPhone case"?Insanely Great Mac?10:01 AM
"The Real 'Apple' iPhone Ready to Bite (Video)"?M.I.C. Gadget?7:54 AM
"ShopKeep Raises $2.2 Million for Web-based iPad Cash Register"?WSJ Blogs?9:44 AM
"Rockers One Like Son Record Full Album Using Only iPhones"?TechCrunch?9:44 AM
Non-Apple News
"802.11ac to become mainstream WLAN standard in 2013-2014, says Broadcom vice president"?DigiTimes?9:22 PM
"Jerry Yang Has Left the Building; Resigns From Yahoo, Alibaba Boards"?mocoNews?4:32 PM
"Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang resigns"?CNNMoney?4:32 PM
"Yahoo: Jerry Yang Resigns; A Sign That A Deal Is Near?"?Forbes?4:31 PM
"Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang leaving company: Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang resigns from company's board after 17 years"?Associated Press?4:31 PM
"Yang Resigns From Yahoo"?WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required]?4:31 PM
"Yahoo! Announces Resignation of Jerry Yang"?Business Wire?3:59 PM
"Google to protest SOPA on its homepage tomorrow"?VentureBeat?1:51 PM
"Ice Cream Sandwich update failing on some Transformer Primes"?CNET News?11:52 AM
"Nano Coating Could Make All Gadgets Waterproof"?Wired?11:33 AM
"Why I want to bring down the internet ? for a day: Jimmy Wales, the Wikipedia founder, hopes sites from Google to Twitter will join his protest against a legal crackdown"?The Independent?10:40 AM
"Android Ice Cream Sandwich gets free NFC stack"?EE Times?11:05 AM
"Google expected to post strong earnings: Wall Street expects strong top-line gains as search, mobile gains"?MarketWatch?11:44 AM
"Google's 'open sesame' login ditches passwords"?ZDNet Australia?11:39 AM
"Google's QR code log in experiment concluded"?ZDNet?11:38 AM
"Facebook Koobface worm 'hacker gang named'"?BBC?10:13 AM
"Check Point Software net up on new products"?MarketWatch?9:48 AM
"CEO of the Year: Cloud, Fire lifted Amazon's Bezos"?MarketWatch?9:47 AM
"Electronic Arts' Riccitiello aims high: Videogame publisher moves to get ahead of shifting industry"?MarketWatch?9:47 AM
"Samsung to fold Bada smartphone platform into Tizen"?V3?11:29 AM
"Another OS Bites the Dust: Samsung to Fold Bada Into Smartphone Linux Project"?AllThingsD?9:47 AM
"Zynga Chief Talks IPO, Lessons Learned"?WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required]?9:41 AM
"Max Payne 3 Rescheduled for May Release"?PC Magazine?10:51 AM
"Take-Two sees year loss on 'Max Payne 3' delay"?MarketWatch?9:48 AM
"Data Meets Devices at Gadget Show"?WSJ Blogs?9:40 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Rumor Has It, Ep. 16: Whew! iPad 3 is coming! (podcast)"?CNET TV?4:43 PM
"Mac Geek Gab Podcast: MGG 375: Tips on Dock, Resume, AppleCare, Gmail, Ripping, & More"?The Mac Observer?4:01 PM
"iPad Live 88: The last iPad Live ever!"?iMore?9:04 AM
"Steve Wozniak at the Maryland Apple Corps 2003 part 1" [From reader email, this video shows "Woz talking about the beginnings of Apple with Steve Jobs"]?Razz TV?8:29 AM
"Report: iPad event just weeks away"?9 to 5 Mac?10:31 AM
"Apple iPad 3: Launching in February, March, or later?"?Los Angeles Times [Free Registration Required]?7:15 PM
"Rumor: iPad 3 Media Event In February"?AppleBitch?1:02 PM
"Panels used in new iPad to exceed iPad 2 panels in shipment volume in 2Q12, say Taiwan makers"?DigiTimes?7:59 AM
"Suppliers rumored to ship 6M-7M next-gen iPad LCD panels this quarter"?AppleInsider?8:24 AM
"Apple Ends $100 Printer Rebate Program for New Mac Purchases"?MacRumors?3:36 PM
"Apple Earnings Next Week Looking Large As Suppliers Show Strength"?Forbes?8:39 AM
"Apple: Canaccord Sees Ultrabooks Struggling Against Next 'Air'"?Barron's?10:31 AM
"Piper Jaffray lowers its Mac estimate, raises its iPhone"?Fortune?8:05 AM
"Apple Plans For Exercisers To Wear A 'Smart Garment"?MacNews?8:48 AM
"Apple Patent Involves App Management On Mobile Devices"?MacNews?8:49 AM
AppleCare/Helps
"When new apps and old iOS devices don't mix"?Macworld?1:47 PM
"Apple TV - more about audio output options, DACs (digital-analog converters), room acoustics, and differences between first- and second-generation AppleTV models"?MacInTouch?8:57 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"PadGadget Daily App Deal ? 11 iPad Apps on Sale"?PadGadget?8:38 AM
"13" MacBook Pro Prices & Deals"?MacPrices?8:49 AM
"15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales"?MacPrices?8:49 AM
"Monitors: Bigger Isn't Always Better"?Low End Mac?9:26 PM
"Why Are Android Smartphones Bigger Than the iPhone?"?Daring Fireball?7:29 PM
"iPad Could Soon Become a Full-Blown Cash Register"?PadGadget?7:28 PM
"Cassandra -Wednesday Review: The Week in Full Swing"?eXtensions?7:09 PM
"What's in a Brand Anyway?" ["Apple, which jumped from No. 17 in 2010 to No. 8 last year, might be the best example of a brand commanding loyalty and a margin premium in recent years."]?The Motley Fool?3:36 PM
"Power Mac G5: The Economical Alternative to a Mac Pro"?Low End Mac?1:32 PM
"Hidden Dimensions: Apple, The Perils of Power and Human Emotion"?The Mac Observer?1:06 PM
"The PC Landscape is About to Change ? Here's Why"?Tech.pinions?10:54 AM
"My Thoughts Regarding the 'iPad 3'"?iSource?3:38 PM
"English-Speaking Countries Usually Get The Best Prices On Earth On New Apple Products"?Cult of Mac?10:49 AM
"Role reversal: Apple's the corporate standard for mobile/Neither Apple nor IT was looking for the iPhone to be the standard business smartphone, yet that's exactly what it's become"?InfoWorld?10:45 AM
"The iPad3: A Shiny New Object for Hackers?"?Forbes?10:36 AM
"The Macalope Daily: Whiplash"?Macworld [Insider Content]?9:41 AM
"Apple sues Samsung again in Germany over Galaxy S II design"?Electronista?8:58 AM
"Apple Dusts Itself Off and Tries Again, Targets 10 Samsung Smartphones in Germany"?DailyTech?8:58 AM
"Sounding off on the great iPhone mute switch crisis"?ZDNet?8:48 AM
"Opinion: The future of albums"?Macworld?8:39 AM
"Apple's Scott Forstall Will Be Tech Giant's Next CEO [Report]?Cult of Mac?9:15 AM
"Scott Forstall's 10-year wait for the prize"?Mac.Blorge?8:58 AM
"Adam Lashinsky's look 'Inside Apple' profiles iOS head Scott Forstall as Apple's 'CEO-in-waiting'"?9 to 5 Mac?8:38 AM
"Was it Steve Jobs' literally dying wish to upend another lazy industry -science and academic publishing? We'll know more this Thursday"?Les Posen's Presentation Magic?8:21 AM
"PC sales continue to swirl the bowl"?Tech.Blorge?8:21 AM
"Apple Education Announcement Is 'GarageBand For E-Books'"?Wired?9:42 AM
"Apple 'education' announcement: GarageBand for textbooks?"?ZDNet?8:48 AM
"Report: Apple's Education News Could Be A Textbook Example Of Its Growth"?mocoNews?8:38 AM
"Apple Set to Reinvent E-books with Simple New Publishing Tools"?PadGadget?8:37 AM
"Android could benefit from Apple's leap in eBooks for education"?Android Community?8:14 AM
"Apple to Introduce 'GarageBand for Ebooks' [Rumor]?Mashable?8:13 AM
"Woz praises Android, bemoans Siri's dependence on network connectivity"?MacDailyNews?1:07 PM
"The rise and fall of personal computing"?asymco?7:54 AM
Non-Apple
"Can Wintel win the Ultrabook market?"?ZDNet?12:36 PM
"Five best matte-screen LCDs for bright rooms (roundup)"?CNET Reviews?11:52 AM
"Why a Hybrid Approach to Cloud Computing Works Best for Now"?Forbes?11:50 AM
"How do I create a secure password? (infographic)"?ZDNet?11:38 AM
"Malware found in children's gaming web sites"?V3?11:29 AM
"Goodnight, Television?"?Techland?11:27 AM
"Why Google's Biggest Problem with 'Search Plus Your World' Isn't Antitrust"?Techland?11:27 AM
"RIM BlackBerry Bold 9790: Touch and type slimline smartie"?Register Hardware?11:25 AM
"Full Steam Ahead for Gigabit Wireless, Report Says"?IDG News Service?10:53 AM
"Will Android be the death of PCs?"?MSNBC?10:47 AM
"12 effective habits of indispensable IT pros"?InfoWorld?10:39 AM
"How to cope with HTML5's dueling standards bodies"?Computerworld?10:21 AM
"After Zappos Hack, Some Online Security Tips"?ABCNews?10:13 AM
"Smartphone Keyboards Vs. Your Productivity: What's keeping you from being more productive with your smartphone? Users gripe about keyboards and password requirements, survey says."?InformationWeek?10:10 AM
"10 Security Trends To Watch In 2012: From cyber espionage to Android malware, expect to see a greater variety and quantity of attacks than ever before."?InformationWeek?10:09 AM
"What the Geeks Are Giving You in 2012"?TheStreet?9:36 AM
"The trouble with CES: too much electronics, not enough consumer"?ZDNet?11:37 AM
"Reporters' notebook: Why we go to CES"?EE Times?10:25 AM
"Seven Top Gadgets/Tech at CES"?TheStreet?9:57 AM
"10 CES 2012 Technologies You Don't Need"?TheStreet?9:36 AM
"Another OS Bites the Dust: Samsung to Fold Bada into Smartphone Linux Project"?AllThingsD?8:26 AM
"Many Mobile OS Vendors Are Going To Be Left Behind"?MacNews?8:22 AM
Humor/Cartoons
"Goodnight iPad"?iMore?9:22 PM
"Siri Pulls a HAL on 'The Daily Show'"?Minyanville?10:26 AM
"Jon Stewart and Siri Debate Foxconn"?AllThingsD?8:26 AM
"Smule's Ge Wang plays Magic Guitar for us at CES"?TUAW?8:39 PM
"WhatsApp Messenger Updated: Now Available Again."?eXtensions?7:11 PM
"Shush 2.0/By now I am somewhat famous for my slowness in adopting the iOS platforms for my major apps: MarsEdit and Black Ink. The truth is I have been working on these releases for years, but it's also true that work has been intermittent as I refocus on Mac versions of my apps and on other commitments in my life."?Red Sweater Software?4:04 PM
"InCase announces Thermo Snap Case for iPhone 4/4S"?AppleTell?1:35 PM
"Nando's finally launches iOS and Android app for UK chicken lovers"?The Next Web?10:49 AM
"Clackety DAS Keyboard, Now available in Mac"?Wired?9:43 AM
"'Push Panic!' Re-Released, Goes Free for a Short Time"?Touch Arcade?9:41 AM
"Oxygen Forensic Suite 2012 Adds Social Networking Analysis for iOS/Android Devices"?PRWeb?9:24 AM
"Case-Mate Barely There Brushed Aluminum Case Reviewed by iPhone Speaker Reviews"?PRWeb?9:24 AM
"Ocoee Middle School Replaces Slates, Electronic Whiteboards, with Doceri on the iPad from SP Controls"?PRWeb?9:24 AM
"Neverblue Releases Upgraded Mobile Stats iOS 5 App"?PRWeb?9:24 AM
"Leading Publisher of Books for the Construction Industry Partners With Canvas to Offer Forms as Mobile Apps"?PRWeb?9:23 AM
"TurboTax Goes Mobile: Prepare, File Taxes From Smart Phones and Tablets"?Business Wire?9:23 AM
"NewSoft Announces New Versions of Presto! BizCard for iPhone and Android"?Business Wire?9:23 AM
"NextBook: Free Release of NextScript 2.0, Development Tool That Makes Creation of iOS Applications via Markup Language Possible"?Business Wire?9:22 AM
"NES Controller Gets Hacked To Play iCade Games On iPad"?Cult of Mac?9:15 AM
"This Is the First Mouse I Have Craved In Decades"?Gizmodo?9:04 AM
"AVPlayer for iPhone and iPad: Video player performs well, despite some awkward transfer process"?Macworld?8:47 AM
"XtremeMac has new mobile charging solutions for the masses"?Coolest Gadgets?8:25 AM
"BerryMover transfers your BlackBerry contacts, calendar, tasks, notes, text messages and other data over to your iPhone..."?BerryMover?8:18 AM
"OWC gives Mac Pro users the first PCI Express SSD option"?9 to 5 Mac?8:12 AM
"Ralf Chille In Part with PLAYwRRM Releases RubberBalls v1.0 for iOS"?prMac?8:37 AM
"PhatWare Releases WritePad 6.0 for iPad"?prMac?8:37 AM
"lunaform {software} releases USCode 1.0 for iOS - Reference Guide"?prMac?8:37 AM
"Easy Spending keeps track of where your money goes"?prMac?8:37 AM
"Choose a coloring page with your kids and let their imagination run"?prMac?8:37 AM
"Learn More About Yourself Than You Ever Thought Possible With an iOS App"?prMac?6:39 AM
"Night Smasher for iPad a Fun and Entertaining Game - Free Download"?prMac?6:39 AM
"New iOS App Chinese Flash Combines Vocab Study, Tone Practice"?prMac?6:39 AM
"Toccata Technologies Launches New iPhone App BigFatBooth"?prMac?6:39 AM
"Apple Approves first Free Bluetooth Smart (BLE) App for CES 2012"?prMac?6:39 AM
"Metaversal Studios Announces Next Game: Updraft Jack"?prMac?6:39 AM
"Renkara Media Group Introduces KanjiPictoGraphix for iPhone and iPad"?prMac?6:39 AM
"Let your iPhone read your mind - Amazing Mind-Reading Magic Tricks"?prMac?6:39 AM
"How Michael Dell is reinventing Dell Inc.: Reinvention of a geek emphasizes innovation, high-margin markets"?MarketWatch?9:47 AM
"Microsoft Earnings Preview: Windows 8 In Focus"?Seeking Alpha?10:01 AM
"Microsoft Earnings Can Set Stock On Path To $32"?Forbes?9:59 AM
"MSFT earnings likely to mark a top" [Video Report]?TheStreet?10:01 AM
"Windows 8 will adopt new resilient file system, but only on server"?CNET News?11:52 AM
"Windows 8 To Offer A Next-Generation File System"?CRN?10:20 AM
"Windows 8 to get new 'resilient' file system"?V3?11:29 AM
"Microsoft engineers file system for the Windows 8 era: Microsoft's new file system, ReFS, can host filenames as long as 32,000 characters"?IDG News Service?4:40 PM
"Microsoft raises 'state of the art' son of NTFS"?The Register?11:25 AM
"Microsoft details new licensing plans for its cloud management suite"?ZDNet?11:37 AM
"Microsoft Takes on VMware With Almost-Canceled Cloud Program"?Bloomberg?11:49 AM
"Microsoft's System Center 2012 gets first release"?ZDNet UK?11:38 AM
"Microsoft SkyDrive 'Confuses Naked With Nude', Art Account Frozen"?paidContent?10:01 AM
"Surface 2.0 -- giant, interactive table -- now being shipped"?Seattle Times?11:04 AM
"Intel, Microsoft to report as PCs struggle"?MarketWatch?1:27 PM
"HP Networking Boss: Watch Out Cisco, We're Coming On Strong"?CRN?10:20 AM
"HP names new strategy chief"?Reuters?4:32 PM
"Microsoftie takes over HP's strategy"?The Register?4:44 PM
"Cyber Security Startup AlienVault Nabs Seven Senior HP Security Execs"?TechCrunch?11:19 AM
"IBM growth may be weighed by global rut: Big Blue expected to post gain in earnings with small revenue lift"?MarketWatch?11:43 AM
"IBM Showcases Beta for IBM Docs , Next Gen of Collaborative Suite of Office Business Tools"?eWeek?10:27 AM
"Lotusphere: Business use of microblogging tools set to rocket"?V3?11:29 AM
"Oracle, IBM, Microsoft Lead Business Analytics Market: IDC"?eWeek?10:27 AM
"SAP Leads, Oracle Lags In Enterprise Apps: Strong results at SAP, Epicor and Infor present a sharp contrast to Oracle's lagging quarterly sales."?InformationWeek?10:10 AM
"Fundamental Oracle flaw revealed: A design decision made by Oracle architects long ago may have painted some of Oracle's largest customers into a corner. Patches have arrived, but how much will they correct?"?InfoWorld?10:38 AM
"Oracle Riding Exalytics, TimesTen To $37 Stock Price"?Forbes?11:50 AM
"Researcher: Oracle has 'thrown in the towel' on database patching/Oracle says the patch slowdown is happening because most bugs have already been fixed"?Computerworld?4:39 PM
"Oracle says each day's worth of Android activations generates $10 million in annual revenues for Google -- and strengthens Google+"?Foss Patents?3:38 PM
"Intel: J.P. Morgan Downgrades; Sees Margins Peaking"?Forbes?10:33 AM
"Could Intel be dealt out of the Windows 8 tablet fun?"?ZDNet?11:37 AM
"Can Intel Finally Penetrate The Mobile Market?"?Seeking Alpha?11:47 AM
"AMD to launch ultrabook platform with lower cost"?DigiTimes?10:25 AM
"AMD's Ultrathin Set to Undercut Intel Ultrabooks by $200"?PCWorld?10:53 AM
"AMD Gets Ultra-Competitive in Skinny Laptop Market"?AllThingsD?1:30 PM
"Cisco, EMC, SAP Back Cloud Portability Standards Initiative"?eWeek?10:27 AM
"NEC claims terabit-plus record with 10,000 km hop: NEC has demonstrated a single fibre link ? with no repeaters ? running at 1.5 terabits per second over 10,000 km. The company says this is the first time that a single laser source has sent a terabit channel over such a distance."?The Register?4:04 PM
"Women pick the family's mobile tech - and pay for it too: American women are increasingly selecting their families' mobile tech, and paying the bills too, according to the latest figures from US wireless trade body CTIA."?The Register?11:23 AM
"IT Salaries See Slight Rise in 2012: Report"?eWeek?10:28 AM
Finances
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Apple News
"Apple supplier gold mine: There is more than one way to skin a cat. To make money from Apple Inc., it is not necessary to buy Apple stock."?MarketWatch?9:35 AM
"Apple: Piper Trims Mac, Raises iPhone Estimate"?Barron's?10:01 AM
"Dell, Apple, And The Customer Service-Stock Price Connection"?Seeking Alpha?8:48 AM
Industry News
"Apple at record high; RIM up on sale talk: Applied gains after RBC upgrades chip-equipment maker"?MarketWatch?3:56 PM
"U.S. stocks close higher; banks limit gains: Spanish debt sale, China GDP and Empire State index support bulls"?MarketWatch?3:56 PM
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