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Tuesday Highlights: Apple CEO Tim Cook has mysterious meeting with House Speaker John Boehner; Bill Maurer details "the financial significance of the Apple brand name" in which he concludes that we'll buy products from Apple because we want them, not because we need them; Forbes' Darcy Travlos examines current Apple valuation and investor concern of "product commoditization" where Apple could "hit a product ceiling on innovation and uniqueness", but sees iPhone as proof the opposite is happening; Sprint tops Verizon for customer satisfaction, and Apple dominates smartphone competition; Philip Elmer-Dewitt reports that Steve Jobs was caught on camera discussing price-fixing/anti-Amazon book "conspiracy" back at iPad's introduction in 2010; another Woz quote from his Aussie tour purports the genius said Apple, post-Jobs, can be "as strong and good and be open" more like Facebook and Google; US Supreme Court denies Psystar an appeal in Apple cloning case; Apple amends FRAND counterclaims vs Samsung in hopes of fending off dismissal motion according to Foss Patents; photo-sharing, and other goodies rumored to be coming in a revamped iCloud to be unveiled in the near future?additional reports in our OS X section; Apple updates Leopard (10.5) security fixing the Flashback flaw; there's a way to permanently unhide your Library, details over at Red Sweater Software; Tera Thomas O'Brien on the MacMalwareRemover, a fast and free malware evictor; Nokia accuses Apple of rigging Siri's "best smartphone" results to no longer say Lumia 900 is best; Macquarie says Google will be bringing Chrome browser to iOS; the final issue of About This Particular Macintosh (ATPM 18.05) is out; Apple patents a steering wheel remote control, more patents down in our Hardware/Software section; iPhone production cuts rumored in advance of next-gen iPhone; flexible display is, is not coming to the iPhone soon; CNET News is pretty impressed with Google+ app for iOS; MacStories on how iPad is future of education; and Jared Newman over at Time thinks iOS photo sharing is the next Ping, i.e., "failure"; despite denial from Loewe, Paulo Santos believes it could be "realistically" true that Apple will acquire the company, and HardMac agrees that this would be a good move for Apple.
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"Apple TV could make ESPN another trick in its bag: America's biggest sports network could have a home on Apple's TV" Ars Technica
7:02 PM
"Speaker Boehner Meets With Tim Cook, CEO of Apple"?Speaker.gov?7:30 PM
"Apple dominates other smartphone vendors in consumer satisfaction: Annual American Customer Satisfaction Index also finds Sprint topping Verizon for the first time"?Network World?8:33 AM
"Consumers give top marks to Apple, raspberries to RIM"?CNET News?4:29 PM
"It's Official: Cellphone Owners Love Apple Hardware"?Wired?12:02 PM
"Judge: Ample evidence that Apple 'knowingly joined' e-book conspiracy/Apple hasn't been found guilty yet, but the judge's comments don't bode well."?Ars Technica?8:44 PM
"Apple wants the iPad to be the next must-have business tool: That means developing more business apps, and taking on RIM"?Maclean's?10:38 AM
"Steve Jobs on camera: 'The publishers are actually going to withhold their books from Amazon'/Telegraphing an alleged price-fixing conspiracy 2 years before the DOJ caught up to it"?Fortune?8:07 AM
"Steve Jobs' death could clear way for more open Apple - Woz"?The Register?8:31 AM
"Supreme Court denies Psystar's appeal in Mac clone case: The Supreme Court has denied Psystar's request to review an injunction against it set by a lower court in 2009 and upheld last September."?CNET News?8:44 AM
"Apple's amended FRAND counterclaims against Samsung largely withstand motion to dismiss"?Foss Patents?10:34 AM
"Apple outmaneuvers Motorola in Florida litigation, gets lawsuits consolidated and delayed"?Foss Patents?8:34 AM
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News
"Apple 'will add photo sharing to iCloud': Apple will unveil significant upgrades to its iCloud service in June, according to reports."?Telegraph?8:38 AM
"Apple iCloud Refresh Eyes Social Weak Spot: Apple is preparing to make it easier to share photos through its iCloud service. It can't let Google have all the photo-sharing fun."?InformationWeek?10:25 AM
"Apple Releases Security Updates for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard"?TidBITS?8:05 AM
"Apple releases Flashback patch for older OS"?BBC?8:45 AM
"Apple Finally Gives Leopard Users Flashback Removal Tool"?Forbes?10:27 AM
"Apple Releases Two Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Security Updates"?Intego?8:37 AM
"Apple delivers Leopard Security Update, Flashback Removal Update"?FairerPlatform?8:04 AM
"Apple ships Flashback removal tool for OS X 10.5 Leopard"?Help Net Security?2:48 PM
"Apple Releases Flashback Fix for OS X Leopard"?Mashable?8:16 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Apple QuickTime update for Windows only; Macs already secure"?MacFixIt?8:11 PM
"About the security content of QuickTime 7.7.2"?Apple Support?6:13 PM
"To-do app Due delights on the Mac"?Macworld?4:26 PM
"How to Fix Wi-Fi Interference"?Mac|Life?3:34 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"MenuTab Keeps Facebook Nicely Widgetized"?MacNewsWorld?8:44 AM
"Yet Another Free Mac Malware Remover Tool (the fastest scan ever)"?TeraTalks?7:56 AM
"How to Change Your Mac's DNS Servers"?Macinstruct?8:34 AM
"Shut Off iCal Alert Reminders For Increased Sanity [OS X Tips]?Cult of Mac?8:48 AM
"Mac Tip: Shut Down, Restart, And Sleep Your Mac With Keystrokes"?MacTrast?8:32 AM
"Two AppleScripts for unmounting, mounting local disk volumes"?Mac OS X Hints?10:31 AM
"Copy partially played Audiobooks to a playlist"?Mac OS X Hints?10:31 AM
"How To Find And Replace Strings Of Text In Many Files At One Time On A Mac"?BohemianBoomer?7:56 AM
"How To Use The Menubar To Navigate Your Mac's Folders With A Click"?Mac 360?7:56 AM
"The Complicated Mac: Now You Need An App To Manage Your Mac's Screensavers"?NoodleMac?7:56 AM
"How To Plan And Track Your Day With The Mac's Best Free Onscreen Day Planner App"?Mac 360?7:55 AM
"4 Ways This Mac App Dazzles Photo Portraits With A Click (or two)"?McSolo?7:55 AM
Op/Ed
"Lion discussion continues coverage of 10.7.4 update issues, including new quarantine issues, disk-mounting problems, PowerSchool incompatibility and a long-overdue change to the dysfunctional preference for auto-opening on restart. Other notes touch on ClickToFlash; Disksomnia; and Pioneer receiver HDMI connection."?MacInTouch?8:52 AM
"The Apple Security Report: Is OS X Really Ten Years Behind?"?The Tech Night Owl?8:38 AM
"Apple's iCloud crash response only dents customer confidence"?ZDNet?8:13 AM
"WWDC 2012 Forecast: Cloudy with a Chance of New MacBooks"?PCWorld?11:18 AM
Press Releases
"Sparrow for Mac 1.6 adds POP support, unified starred and sent folders"?The Verge?10:28 AM
"Adobe Announces Next Generation of Digital Publishing Suite"?Business Wire?8:53 AM
"Opera Update Fixes URL Buffer Overflow Vulnerability"?Intego?8:37 AM
"FileMaker Pro 12 Updates Themes and Layout Capabilities"?TidBITS?8:14 AM
"Yodot Software Releases Mac Photo Recovery Software"?prMac?9:00 AM
"Theme Inn Releases over 400 Templates for MS Word for Mac"?prMac?8:59 AM
"Eltima Software releases Elsewhere: Ambient Nature Sounds 1.0 for Mac"?prMac?8:02 AM
"Bring Westminster chimes to OS X Lion with this clock add-on"?prMac?8:01 AM
"Cassandra -Wednesday Review -The Week in Full Swing"?eXtensions?9:27 PM
"Stunning Apple news: Men love Zooey Deschanel/The YouGov Brand Index shows that the minute Apple launched Siri ads featuring Zooey Deschanel (and Samuel L. Jackson), its buzz rating shot past Android's."?CNET News?9:21 PM
"Apple TV could make ESPN another trick in its bag: America's biggest sports network could have a home on Apple's TV"?Ars Technica?7:02 PM
"17" MacBook Pro on the Way Out or Changing with the Times?"?Low End Mac?4:29 PM
"Frak, yeah, I'd use iPad if there was Google Chrome"?BetaNews?4:23 PM
"Ted Landau's User Friendly View: Apple's Six Best Decisions of the 21st Century"?The Mac Observer?2:47 PM
"Hidden Dimensions: How to Compete Against Apple... and Win"?The Mac Observer?2:47 PM
"Apple: iSuppli Sees Continued Tablet Dominance; Enter Win 8"?Barron's?11:58 AM
"The Macalope Daily: Cut it out, you guys!"?Macworld [Insider Content]?10:31 AM
"Apple Buying Loewe: One Takeover Rumor That May Realistically Be True"?Seeking Alpha?10:29 AM
"How Cool Is Your Mac?"?ATPM?10:25 AM
"Finales, Friendships, and the Future: Thus, we arrive at the end of the road. Two constants in life are change and death, and this is a bit of both for the staff of About This Particular Macintosh. This is our final issue."?ATPM?10:25 AM
"What Trick, What Device, What Starting-Hole..."?ATPM?10:24 AM
"What a Ride! And It Ain't Over Yet!"?ATPM?10:24 AM
"First and Last: I'm sure you've read my Steve Jobs retrospective, therefore, I'll try not to repeat myself here, however, you've been warned."?ATPM?10:24 AM
"One Last Time, With Feeling"?ATPM?10:24 AM
"Look How Far We've Come"?ATPM?10:24 AM
"Growing Up With Apple"?ATPM?10:22 AM
"Segments: Slices From The Macintosh Life/From the Darkest Hour"?ATPM?10:22 AM
"Supreme Court won't hear Psystar's appeal against Apple"?Ars Technica?10:34 AM
"Psystar DOA: Court Rejects Appeal in Apple Copyright Case"?The Mac Observer?9:13 AM
"Say Goodbye To Shattered Screens! Next iPhone Will Feature Flexible OLED Display [Rumor]?Cult of Mac?8:37 AM
"Rumored iTunes 11, iCloud and iOS 6 updates"?AppleTell?8:37 AM
"Why I Believe In The Apple HDTV (And Why You Should Too)"?Cult of Mac?4:24 PM
"Analyst gives some good reasons why the rumored iTV isn't a given"?9 to 5 Mac?8:36 AM
"5 lessons from a lost iPhone: Lessons learned midway through 48 hours without a smartphone."?CNET News?8:36 AM
"Here's why the Facebook iOS app is so bad (UIWebViews and no Nitro)"?Mobtest?8:33 AM
"Why Would Apple Want to Acquire Loewe"?HardMac?8:32 AM
"The Apple/Google war rages on; manifests itself in Maps"?ZDNet?8:13 AM
"I'm Expecting Retina Display Macs To Be Introduced At WWDC"?MacNews?7:58 AM
"Can The MacBook Air Keep Pace With Dell's New XPS-13 Ultrabook?"?Seeking Alpha?8:06 AM
"Apple MacBooks: A rumor roundup"?Washington Post [Free Registration Required]?12:01 PM
"Roundup: Apple MacBook rumors"?CNET Asia?8:00 AM
"Apple's Siri nominates Nokia as best phone maker: Who'd've thunk it? Apple's voice-assistant, Siri, has suggested Nokia's Lumia 900 as the lead candidate to be the best cell phone ever."?Register Hardware?8:31 AM
"Nokia accuses Apple of 'overriding' Siri to remove Lumia 900 endorsement"?The Next Web?8:13 AM
"Who's Got The Best Phone? Ask The Phone To Find Out"?PixoBebo?7:56 AM
Non-Apple
"Holy moly: Netflix clocks 42B API requests per month"?GigaOM?7:31 PM
"How Yahoo Killed Flickr and Lost the Internet"?Gizmodo?6:36 PM
"Android fragmentation: one developer encounters 3,997 devices/Android devs miss out on market share by not casting a wide support net."?Ars Technica?6:22 PM
"If You Can Copyright an API, What Else Can You Copyright?"?Wired Magazine?12:01 PM
"Mobile Phone Bottom Feeders: Exploring the Depths of Handset Design" [Slideshow]?Wired?12:01 PM
"HP Envy 14 Spectre Ultrabook: Shiny slab of laptop lusciousness"?Register Hardware?11:53 AM
"Red Hat hits 10-year, $1bn Enterprise Linux birthday: How a Unix killer crawled from the dot-com bust"?The Register?11:53 AM
"Honda's UNI-CUB: Segway or Wall-E's girlfriend?"?TG Daily?11:49 AM
"Forrester outlines 5 rising, 5 declining security technologies"?Network World?11:20 AM
"Hands On: Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon"?PC Magazine?11:17 AM
"Why you don't need a firewall"?InfoWorld?11:03 AM
"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Diablo 3 Launch Day"?Forbes?10:57 AM
"Crackdown demanded on software piracy"?Financial Times [Paid Membership Required]?10:54 AM
"NYC IT Sector Booming, but Tech Talent in Short Supply: Report"?eWeek?10:50 AM
"Power, labor shortage in China may affect notebook shipments in 2H12"?DigiTimes?10:46 AM
"Google vs. Bing - what's the difference?"?Slate?11:29 AM
"How Does Gmail Work? Google's Story of Send Site Explains"?ABCNews?10:23 AM
"Sprint Tops List of Most-Satisfied Wireless Customers"?PC Magazine?11:16 AM
"AT&T gains in customer satisfaction as Verizon dips"?CNET News?10:06 AM
"Facebook Users Don't Trust Site on Privacy Issues"?PCWorld?11:18 AM
"Facebook's mobile problem: It's not a smartphone 'super-platform'"?Financial Times [Free Registration Required]?11:00 AM
"How Yahoo can get its mojo back"?Fortune?12:27 PM
"10 Steps Yahoo! Must Take to Succeed"?TheStreet?12:18 PM
"Wil Wheaton to ISPs: Don't throttle my torrents!"?GigaOM?10:42 AM
"Shrinking Into an Expanding World"?ATPM?10:23 AM
"What People Really Think About Online Privacy"?Tech.pinions?9:32 AM
"Android Revenues in Perspective"?asymco?8:33 AM
Humor/Cartoons
"Apple offers bold plan to fix the U.S. economy"?Scoopertino?2:48 PM
"The Spinning Beachball"?ATPM [cartoon]?10:23 AM
"Qaptain Qwerty: Touch?"?ATPM [cartoon]?10:23 AM
"Oracle argues 'Google's reckless path to patent infringement'"?ZDNet?12:04 PM
"HP and Oracle Talk Pretrial Trash in Itanium Case"?AllThingsD?9:55 AM
"HP CEO Whitman: We are proud to be a hardware company"?ZDNet?12:05 PM
"HP loses $190 million tax case against IRS"?Reuters?10:12 AM
"HP preps updated ProLiant Gen 8 servers"?ZDNet UK?12:08 PM
"Consumer love for mobile sparks discontent with Microsoft's software"?Computerworld?10:37 AM
"Windows 8 Lets Parents Track Kids' Internet Use: Microsoft's Windows 8 Family Safety tool generates reports that keep parents informed about their children's online activities."?InformationWeek?10:17 AM
"Windows 8 Pro upgrade for new PC buyers set at $14.99"?ZDNet?12:05 PM
"IBM not interested in deals over $1.5 billion: CFO"?Reuters?10:13 AM
"IBM brings Intel Ivy Bridge architecture to M4 server line"?Network World?11:46 AM
"IBM smashes Flash out of Wimbledon, serves up HTML5 app"?The Register?11:53 AM
"Lenovo ThinkPads Get Ivy Bridge, Fresh Faces"?PC Magazine?11:16 AM
"Lenovo packs 'thinnest' ThinkPad ultrabook with 4G LTE: Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon ultrabook weighs 3.9 pounds and has 4G LTE for $1.99 for 30 minutes"?IDG News Service?10:36 AM
"Lenovo unveils lightest 14in ultrabook with its X1 Carbon ThinkPad update"?V3?11:56 AM
"Lenovo working with Intel on ThinkPad Windows 8 tablet"?IDG News Service?10:35 AM
"Dell intros integration packs for syncing data across cloud apps"?ZDNet?12:06 PM
"AMD's CEO catches Intel's wave of sleek laptops"?Reuters?10:12 AM
"AMD CEO Read Says Flexibility Trumps Speed in Sales Race"?Bloomberg?9:53 AM
"AMD Trinity: Intel Ivy Bridge's New Rival/AMD challenges Intel's upcoming Ivy Bridge processors, with an eye to powerful graphics and long battery life for ultrabook-like machines and laptops."?InformationWeek?11:01 AM
"AMD Makes Play For Thin Laptops With Trinity Chips"?WSJ Blogs?9:35 AM
"AMD Undercutting Intel's Ultrabook on Price With Trinity Chips"?IDG News Service?9:53 AM
"AMD Launches Trinity APUs to Compete With Intel Ivy Bridge Chips"?eWeek?10:50 AM
"AMD's Ivy Bridge alternative, Trinity, has arrived"?The Verge [Free Registration Required]?9:47 AM
"AMD Delivers Second-Generation Trinity APUs"?CRN?10:34 AM
"Intel incorporates security, management into Core vPro processors: New capabilities focus on remote-transaction display protection; remote diagnostics and repair; PKI"?Network World?11:20 AM
"Intel Launches Third-Generation vPro Processor Platform"?CRN?10:34 AM
"Intel delivers first business ultrabooks with Core vPro update"?V3?11:56 AM
"Behind Intel's trash-talking about Windows on ARM: Intel has a strategy to keep users from defecting to ARM-based post-PC devices, but it may not work"?InfoWorld?11:03 AM
"McAfee teams with Intel on energy systems defence"?ZDNet UK?12:08 PM
"New DDR4 memory to boost tablet, server performance: Expect big performance gains in data centers and on consumer devices"?Computerworld?10:37 AM
"Software Engineer: 2012''s Top Job/Hiring demand, high salaries, and some lesser-known perks make software engineering the most enviable profession, CareerCast.com survey finds."?InformationWeek?10:16 AM
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