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Wednesday Highlights: MacNewsWorld recaps Tim Cook's state of the company presentation to savvy investors, as well as his attendance at the President's State of the Union address in which Mr. Obama praised Apple; further deciphering Cook's comments on the rumored cheap iPhone, the UK's Daily Mail believes we heard the strongest hint yet it will be a reality; Horace Dediu, of asymco, shows in charts the rise and impact of Apple's retail; David Einhorn's lawsuit seen as "silly sideshow" by Apple, but is pushing company to consider preferred stock; but Robert Ciura at The Motley Fool thinks Einhorn is on to something, that Apple needs to show investors the money; regulators in Brazil rule Apple doesn't have exclusive rights to "iPhone" in the country; and Reuters says Apple is playing a high-stakes game if they let the e-book "antitrust case go to trial"; Bloomberg reports Apple has a team of 100 people working on a wearable device (iWatch); The Atlantic Wire believes they have a case for Apple to make the iWatch; The Independent separates iWatch fact from fiction; plenty more thoughts and commentary down in our Op/Ed section; Macworld troubleshooting guide on dealing with freezes, crashes on your Mac; Ars Technica shows how to fix broken IPv6 tunneling on your AirPort Extreme; InfoWorld reviews LibreOffice 4; Smashing Magazine explains how to design an open source iPhone game; do you use Dropbox? Macworld explains how to make it the default save folder; Opera browser is moving to WebKit; Intel throws down the TV gauntlet, hopes to beat Apple to the punch; Gartner's latest stats show a decline in mobile phone sales, but increase to 52% of worldwide sales for Apple, Samsung; tomorrow is Valentine's Day, and Jonny Evans says iPads are the preferred gift, so boys, skip the roses, or just make an edible iPad cake instead; the Japanese appear to love Apple, buying enough iPhones to crown the company number one above domestic makers like Fujitsu; Apple announced updates to MacBook Pro Retina processors and pricing, dropping the entry cost by $200; another SSD review at AnandTech features Micron's P400m 200GB drive; Killian Bell explains how Google's Nexus 4 wooed him away from his iPhone; xBox founder tells of woes developing and making money on the formidable console, while suggesting Apple could flip a kill-switch on present-day consoles by integrating a gaming ecosystem in Apple TV.
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News
"Adobe Patches Critical Flaws in Flash and Shockwave"?Intego?4:08 PM
"Old OS X malware used in increased attacks against Uyghur groups: An old vulnerability in Word for OS X is being used in increasing levels of attacks against ethnic groups in China."?CNET Reviews?4:11 PM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Mac troubleshooting: How to handle freezes and crashes"?Macworld?8:33 AM
"Airport Extreme update breaks IPv6 tunnels, but here's how to fix it"?Ars Technica?10:35 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Review: LibreOffice 4 leaves you wanting more/Modest rev of the open source office suite has welcome new features, but old peeves still linger"?InfoWorld?8:35 AM
"Mac Gems: Shush gives you a systemwide mic mute"?Macworld?8:33 AM
"Making Dropbox your default folder"?Macworld?8:52 AM
"MacMost Now 826: Creating a Recovery Disk"?MacMost?7:54 AM
"Sort All Your Passwords By Strength In Mac App, 1Password [OS X Tips]?Cult of Mac?8:53 AM
"How to Open a Zip File That Turns Into a CPGZ"?OS X Daily?2:03 PM
"Quick Tip: Three Ways To Convert Videos on a Mac"?Mactuts+?8:52 AM
"3 Simple Ways To Clean Up Your Mac's Cluttered And Messy Desktop (two think very different, one is free)"?McSolo?7:45 AM
"How To Gain More Control And Functions From Your Mac's iSight Camera With Sight Control"?Mac 360?7:44 AM
"The 3 Free Ways To Manage Flash On Your Mac"?NoodleMac?7:45 AM
"Our Favorite Mac Photo App Turns Boring, Ho Hum Photos Into Works Of Art With A Click"?Mac 360?7:45 AM
"How To Add Needed Functionality To Your Mac's Dock With A Single Click"?TeraTalks?7:45 AM
"A New, Clever, And Free Way To Display And Animate 3D Shapes Into Your Mac Apps"?Mac 360?7:45 AM
"I Am My Father's Son And My Mac Has A Collection Of Pinups From The PinUpGirls App"?BohemianBoomer?7:45 AM
Op/Ed
"Why Your Computer is a Target for Identity Theft"?Intego?8:52 AM
"WebKit is the jQuery of Browser Engines"?John Resig?10:24 AM
"The WebKit Culture & Web Rendering Engine Diversity"?Robert's talk?8:45 AM
"Why some apps belong in the menu bar, not the Dock"?Macworld?8:34 AM
"Is There Anything More Annoying Than a Stalled Progress Bar?"?Gizmodo?8:33 AM
"Why is Opera moving to WebKit? Because it has to."?GigaOM?8:18 AM
Press Releases
"Opera Is Moving to WebKit"?Mashable?4:03 PM
"GIMP 2.8.4 Portable debuts for Windows and OS X"?BetaNews?3:59 PM
"Skype Adds E-Gifting To Its Mac And Windows Applications"?TechCrunch?11:42 AM
"EA's Origin for Mac"?Zacks?10:25 AM
"TACTIC TEAM now available for Mac OS X"?Architosh?10:18 AM
"Opera Confirms 'Gradual' Shift To WebKit ? Starting With Smartphones ? As It Clocks Up 300M Users"?TechCrunch?8:21 AM
"Deals: Lifehacker Mac Bundle for $49.99 and Borderlands 2 bundle for $41.99"?9 to 5 Mac?10:29 AM
"Mac Updates: Flash Security, BBEdit Bugs, evasi0n Jailbreak Tweaked"?FairerPlatform?7:47 AM
"Intel Beats Apple's iTV To The Punch"?Forbes?8:10 AM
"Here's How Many Jobs Apple Will Bring To The US To Make Macs"?Business Insider?8:33 AM
"Apple Gets Special Mention During President Obama's State Of The Union Address"?App Advice?8:38 AM
"Apple Paid $1 Billion To Developers In Just The Last Month"?Business Insider?8:06 AM
"Gartner Says Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales Declined 1.7 Percent in 2012: Apple and Samsung Increased Share to Control 52 Percent of Worldwide Smartphone Sales"?Gartner?10:27 AM
"Samsung, Apple, Dominate 2012 Smartphone Sales"?TheStreet?11:13 AM
"Apple, Samsung Take Smartphone Lead Ahead of Huawei"?PC Magazine?1:51 PM
"Jefferies: 'iPhone 5 Sales Are Decelerating Faster Than Expected'"?Business Insider?11:12 AM
"Apple is killing it when it comes to mobile video"?iDownload Blog?4:07 PM
"Apparently, Apple's iPad is king of Valentine's Day gifts, so skip the roses"?Computerworld?8:45 AM
"Android, Apple iOS flip consumer, corporate market share"?ZDNet?10:22 AM
"Apple is Japan's top phone maker in 2012, says research firm: Counterpoint says Apple edged past domestic makers Sharp and Fujitsu last year, leading a foreign influx"?IDG News Service?8:12 AM
"Apple in 2012 topped Japan's mobile phone market"?iDownload Blog?9:14 AM
"Apple And Samsung Now Control 52 Percent Of Worldwide Smartphone Sales"?Cult of Android?10:26 AM
"Home Depot pulls out of newly-named RIM, gets in bed with Apple"?The Register?8:19 AM
"Apple Maps inaccuracies blamed for Australian bush fire troubles"?The Inquirer?8:15 AM
"Perky smartphone figures can't stop droop of worldwide mobe sales: Total sales shrink 1.7% in 2012"?The Register?8:19 AM
"Imation to shed Memorex as profits plunge" ["Imation Corp. plans to shed its Memorex and XtremeMac consumer electronics businesses in the first half of the year as the struggling data storage company wages another strategic makeover."]?Minneapolis Star-Tribune?11:10 AM
"Siri-creator SRI has a new virtual assistant spinoff, this one focusing on the calendar"?GigaOM?11:13 AM
"PadGadget's DIY Project Spotlight: Edible iPad For Valentine's Day"?PadGadget?8:53 AM
Non-Apple News
"Logitech touts wider angles for video conferencing with new business webcam"?ZDNet?11:38 AM
"Can You Feel Me Now? The Sensational Rise of Haptic Interfaces"?Wired?11:35 AM
"White space spectrum chip approved for M2M use"?V3?11:33 AM
"Opera plans switch to WebKit"?TG Daily?11:29 AM
"Dropbox woos enterprise IT with new admin and security tools"?InfoWorld?10:49 AM
"Meet the Chinese smartphones"?Fortune?10:44 AM
"Google Play privacy slip-up sends app buyers' personal details to developers"?ZDNet?11:38 AM
"The Google Guys grow up but not apart"?Fortune?10:44 AM
"Mozilla delivers 'Metro' Firefox browser to testers"?PCWorld?11:03 AM
"Spanish scientists develop more accurate sat-nav system"?BBC?10:30 AM
"Adobe Adds Responsive Design Tool Edge Reflow To Creative Cloud, Updates To DreamWeaver, Edge Code And Animate"?TechCrunch?11:25 AM
"Adobe releases patches for Flash Player and Shockwave Player: The new updates address 19 critical vulnerabilities"?IDG News Service?11:05 AM
"A keyboard that rises up from flat touch screens"?CNET News?10:12 AM
"Yahoo lambasted for using SiteBuilder with outdated Java"?CSO?10:49 AM
"Yahoo's Mayer says mobile mail is broken"?PCWorld?11:03 AM
"Bit by bit, Marissa Mayer's Yahoo strategy gets clearer"?Fortune?10:45 AM
"Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer to cement Facebook ties while pushing mobile apps"?Bloomberg [Free Registration Required]?9:50 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Interview: Soundfreaq On Apple + The Accessory Market"?iLounge?11:14 AM
"Macworld 2013 ? Mauz Turns Your iPhone Into a Customizable Mouse Device"?MacVoicesTV?4:02 PM
"Macworld 2013 ? Izik Gives Search A Whole New Look on the iPad"?MacVoicesTV?1:39 PM
"Macworld 2013 ? BusyCal's New Features Make It The Go-To Calendar for the Mac"?MacVoicesTV?11:34 AM
"Macworld 2013 ? Paul Kafasis of Rogue Amoeba On Fission, Audio Hijack Pro and Mac Software Availability"?MacVoicesTV?8:12 AM
"Apps Coming To Apple TV Alongside iOS 7?"?Apple'n'Apps?4:06 PM
"No Apple TV SDK event in March. Of course."?iMore?4:02 PM
"A Patent Troll is Suing the Podcasting Community"?Mac|Life?4:01 PM
"My Hardware Upgrade Quandary ? MacBook, iPad, Or Both? ? The 'Book Mystique"?MacPrices?11:53 AM
"Apple faces opportunity ? and risks ? with iPhone expansion"?MarketWatch?11:44 AM
"Retina Macs Are the Future, Here's 'Proof"?Tapscape?1:38 PM
"Is the Mac Pro still a viable platform for Apple? The Mac Pro (affectionately known as 'the cheese grater') hasn't received a major update in 2.5 years, and Thunderbolt expansion chassis technology could render the tower architecture extinct."?ZDNet?11:38 AM
"'iPhablet' Delay May Hurt Apple's Plan To Combat Serious Slowdown In iPhone 5 Sales"?BGR?11:15 AM
"When does a Mac become vintage?"?Amsys?11:11 AM
"How I Fell Out Of Love With My iPhone And Fell In Love With The Nexus 4"?Cult of Android?10:27 AM
"From iPhone To Mac, Convertro's Data Matches Where You See It To Where You Buy"?Forbes?10:25 AM
"Apple TV: What It's Worth to Apple"?TheStreet?10:19 AM
"Law & Apple: Hey Investor, Tim Cook Says Your Lawsuit is Just Silly"?Mac|Life?4:01 PM
"The Problem With Tim Cook"?Forbes?9:15 AM
"Even With A Price Cut, You Should Still Skip The 13-Inch Retina MacBook Pro"?Business Insider?8:55 AM
"Tim Cook: Cheaper iPhone? Maybe..."?BYTE?8:48 AM
"Using the new 128GB iPad as my main computer ? Day 2"?iSource?8:47 AM
"Apple Could Destroy Microsoft's Xbox Business In The Blink Of An Eye If It Wants, Says Xbox Founder"?Business Insider?8:44 AM
"The future of Apple product predictions"?AppleTell?8:38 AM
"Greg's Bite: could Apple disrupt the solar panel market?"?AppleDailyReport?8:22 AM
"How Many Crazy Profitable Legs Does Apple's Revenue Stool Need To Get Some Respect?"?PixoBebo?7:44 AM
"Apple's iWatch and the smartwatch trend: The iWatch reports ramp up, Under Armour unveils a fitness tracker, and Beats is working on its own music service." [Video Report]?CNET News?4:11 PM
"Apple iWatch, Google Glass First Shots in New Clash of Tech Giants"?Money Morning?3:56 PM
"'iWatch' reportedly one of several wearable experiments from Apple"?Ars Technica?10:36 AM
"Apple iWatch: People are getting excited for all the wrong reasons"?BGR?10:29 AM
"What Is Next For Apple After It Conquers 'The Mother Of All Markets?' TV? Or Watches?"?Mac 360?10:25 AM
"Apple 'has team of 100 engineers working on iWatch'"?ZDNet?10:22 AM
"Is Apple Set To Acquire Pebble To Create Their Own Watch?"?App Advice?9:14 AM
"Report: Apple May Have Over 100 Staff Working on Smartwatch"?PC Magazine?9:14 AM
"Apple watch has 100-strong design team, fresh rumour says"?Crave @ CNET?8:13 AM
"Rumor: Apple Smart Watch Development Is Real"?AppleBitch?7:44 AM
Non-Apple
"The six myths of cloud"?ZDNet?11:38 AM
"HP Envy 23-060qd TouchSmart"?Wired?11:35 AM
"Yes, Intel inside your TV could be cool but..."?TG Daily?11:27 AM
"Ultimate Google toolbox: 20 tips, tricks, and hacks"?PCWorld?11:03 AM
"Facebook Graph Search: One Group's Early Lessons"?InformationWeek?10:47 AM
"Valentine's Day Tech Gifts Under $50"?PC Magazine?11:01 AM
"'Guys Who are Into Gaming are Not Necessarily Watching Television'"?Forbes?10:43 AM
"London Calling: The best-connected chip executive/Is Young Sohn of Samsung Electronics the best connected executive in semiconductors?"?EE Times?10:41 AM
"Global mobile phone sales decline for first time since 2009"?Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required]?10:55 AM
"Mobile phone sales fell in 2012, suggests study"?BBC?10:29 AM
"Cell phone sales dip globally, Gartner says"?CNET News?10:14 AM
"Enterprise Software's Next Generation"?Forbes?10:03 AM
"Camera megapixels: Why more isn't always better (Smartphones Unlocked)/A 16-megapixel smartphone camera sounds great, but an 8-megapixel shooter could still produce better pics."?CNET?8:20 AM
"Surface Pro as a gaming rig? It's ready and able"?CNET News?8:19 AM
"Microsoft Surface Pro Teardown Reveals It's Less Repairable Than Apple's iPad"?TechCrunch?8:48 AM
"Microsoft Surface Pro Teardown"?iFixit?7:54 AM
Humor/Cartoons
"Now There's An App That Will Help Get Your Dogs In Shape"?Forbes?4:08 PM
"Seas0nPass jailbreak tool updated for Apple TV 5.2"?iDownload Blog?1:51 PM
"Autodesk Releases 123D Creature, A Tool To Design, Paint, And Print Your Own 3D Monsters"?TechCrunch?1:50 PM
"Turn your iPhone into a Peter Frampton-style talkbox"?CNET News?11:53 AM
"Slacker Radio releases major UI update for iOS, Android, and BlackBerry 10"?ZDNet?11:52 AM
"i-FlashDrive HD Is An Any-File Thumb-Drive For Your iDevice"?Cult of Mac?11:12 AM
"Today Weather 1.2 Goes Universal"?MacStories?10:36 AM
"Real Racing 3 is Now Available on International App Stores"?iClarified?10:35 AM
"Wacky App Wednesday: Bring Valentine's Day to Any Photo with Cupid Booth"?PadGadget?10:35 AM
"Lexx Wallet Sticks Cards To The Back Of Your iPhone"?Cult of Mac?10:26 AM
"Wahoo's new RFLKT is a second screen, iPhone bike computer"?GigaOM?10:24 AM
"Sonnet's High-Performance 6Gb/s SATA PCI Express? 2.5-Inch SSD Cards Now Support Booting in Mac Pro?"?Sonnet Technologies?10:20 AM
"A&E brings full-length episodes to iPhone: for free: As with the iPad version, full episodes of some of the network's top shows are available to stream to the iPhone."?CNET News?10:19 AM
"Cloudier: This simple CloudApp client for iPhone makes mobile file sharing effortless"?The Next Web?8:53 AM
"It's Not TV, It's Apple TV: HBO Go For iOS Finally Updated With AirPlay Support"?App Advice?8:38 AM
"Epson Joins EPEAT Rating System: Multifunction and Large Format Printers Included"?eXtensions?8:20 AM
"EA Announces Tetris Blitz for Apple and Android Devices"?Business Wire?8:06 AM
"Australian Studio Launches New Online Storytelling Experience for iPad"?prMac?8:38 AM
"Improve your French with Livres Audio for Students and Native Speakers"?prMac?8:06 AM
"Disco Ride-Gangnam Style rejected 3 times, Finally got approved by Apple"?prMac?8:06 AM
"Todzilla - Toys For Toddlers to Experience Realism, Interact and Learn"?prMac?8:06 AM
"New wine magazine launched for wine lovers, by wine lovers"?prMac?8:06 AM
"CraveMate Helps iPhone Users Gain Control of Junk Food Cravings"?prMac?8:06 AM
"Byte By Byte LLC Releases Furious Ferglings"?prMac?8:06 AM
"Announcing the Newest Pets+ App for iPhone"?prMac?8:06 AM
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