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Weekend Highlights: ; Los Angeles Times recaps Tim Cook interviews which Chris O'Brien says "underscored the difference in both style and substance" between Cook and Jobs; trio of Bloomberg writers analyze Cook's pledge to invest in building Macs in the US suggesting only 200 jobs would be created; and an unlikely partnership of Apple and Google making $500 million+ bid on Kodak's vast patent portfolio, and could lead to "a somewhat less litigious atmosphere in the future"; Gordon Kelly at Trusted Reviews says Apple may continue roll as "arch puppet master", but hopes Tim Cook's approach may "give a little slack on the strings"; NBC posts the full interview with Tim Cook; transcripts available at the Los Angeles Times, 9 to 5 Mac; Cook says the television is of intense interest to the company, tells Brian Williams no one should bet against Apple, Forbes' Anthony Kosner suggests though, that Cook mutes the real issues, while fellow Forbes writer Connie Guglielmo has ten follow up questions for Cook; the Associated Press says Apple's "softer side" is emerging; from the Albany Times Union comes word of top-secret talks that Apple, chip suppliers are looking to area for chip factory; WSJ on Apple's power within; MacStories maps out Apple's retail expansion; Judge Koh says Apple/Samsung spat feels like she's in Groundhog Day; Jonny Evans doesn't see a realistic scenario where the two companies will have patent peace; Horace Dediu on "the real threat" posed to Apple by Samsung; there is a hint in Microsoft's Hotmail-to-outlook.com push that a Mac client is in the works; whether Tim Cook's USA manufacturing comments are symbolic or not, hope is that other companies will step up and make it happen; Chuck Jones at Forbes analyzes Chitika's November report comparing iPad ad impressions against unit market share; Pepsi promo launched, to use Passbook; where do Apple's glass projects go from here?; if you were hoping your new 27" iMac would be under your Christmas tree, unfortunately you'll have to wait until January; the 21.5" model reviewed at Macworld, and Ars Technica which says the new box has taken two steps forward, but one back; PC Advisor reviews the 13" MacBook Pro; do you find reading text a little difficult on your iPad mini?; CNET's Maggie Reardon on whether malware should factor into the iPhone vs. Android debate; and Macworld's Chris Breen and Melissa Perenson debate iPad mini versus the Nexus 7.
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"Apple and Google team up for $500 million bid on Kodak patents" iDownload Blog
7:45 AM
"Apple to create 3,800, bringing back innovation and jobs to U.S."?Examiner?1:00 PM
"Apple and Google making joint bid for Kodak patents, report says: An Apple-Google joint effort to procure Kodak's patents could auger a somewhat less litigious atmosphere in the future."?CNET News?7:29 AM
"Why is Wall Street losing its appetite for Apple?"?Associated Press [Free Registration Required]?7:47 AM
"Judge Frustrated with Apple, Samsung Lawyers in Copyright Trial"?eWeek?1:02 PM
"Billions at stake in Apple's decision: Chip factory search, which may include region, comes as industry's tides shift"?Albany Times Union?8:01 AM
"Apple's 'Made in USA' computer likely to be Mac Pro"?Fortune?7:37 AM
"Watch Tim Cook's Full Interview On Last Night's NBC Rock Center Here [Video]?Cult of Mac?12/7
"Apple CEO Tim Cook Announces U.S. Mac Production, Warns: 'Don't Bet Against Us'"?Time?12/7
"Tim Cook Again Expresses Intense Interest In TV Market, But Mutes The Real Issues"?Forbes?12/7
"FaceTime: Apple Television' killer feature/Tim Cook hints heavily that video chat will be the Apple Television's killer feature"?Macworld UK?12/7
"Apple to Reel In Some Manufacturing Jobs"?MacNewsWorld?12/7
"Apple brings manufacturing of Macs back to the U.S."?Marketplace?12/7
"Apple's Power Within/Whether Apple's share-price plunge is justified comes down to one question: Is the iPhone maker a hardware or a software company? Right now, it is more the latter. And that is why the 22% drop in the shares since their September peak creates an opportunity for investors."?WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required]?12/7
"On Legacy iPhones and Cannibalization"?AllThingsD?12/7
"Apple Scoffs At Judge's Notion Of 'Global Peace': Apple, Samsung trial judge makes a plea for peace, but Apple isn't having any of it."?InformationWeek?12/7
"Apple v. Samsung: Why peace can't happen in the patent war"?Computerworld?12/7
"German court stays Samsung lawsuit against Apple over smiley input method patent"?Foss Patents?12/7
"The real threat that Samsung poses to Apple"?asymco?12/7
"Apple v. Samsung Back in Court: Here's What the Judge Will Decide"?Mashable?12/7
"Apple and Samsung: A defining rivalry in a changed mobile market"?Reuters?12/7
"Federal Circuit grants FRAND supporters more time to file amicus briefs in Apple-Google case"?Foss Patents?12/7
"Wi-LAN Sues Apple over LTE based iPhone 5 and iPad 3"?Patently Apple?12/7
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News
"Microsoft starts to push Hotmail users to Outlook.com, hints at future Mac client"?The Verge?12/7
"Apple hires ex-Microsoft Vista security researcher"?The Inquirer?12/7
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"One way to tackle captive network connection errors in OS X: Adjustments to certificate handling for some captive network setups may help overcome network access errors or blocks that prevent e-mail or Web access."?MacFixIt?12/7
"Organize your OS X Spotlight searches for better results: While it may seem logical to prioritize commonly accessed file types in Spotlight's search results, doing the opposite may in fact be more convenient."?MacFixIt?12/7
"Join CD Tracks option not appearing in iTunes 11"?iLounge?12/7
"How to Add Retina Display Support to Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac"?MacTrast?1:06 PM
"Q&A: MacFixIt Answers/This week readers e-mailed in questions about Target Display mode in iMac systems, RAM purchases for Macs, and more."?MacFixIt?12/7
"iTunes 11 for old fogies: Where did all that stuff go?"?TUAW?12/7
"Review: Curio 8 gives you more planning and presenting power"?Macworld?12/7
"How to use iTunes in the Cloud under iTunes 11"?iMore?12/7
"Use These Sweet Keyboard Shortcuts To Control iTunes 11 [OS X Tips]?Cult of Mac?12/7
"Scripts to disable and enable password for lock screen after sleep or screen saver"?Mac OS X Hints?12/7
"How Do You Track Carbs On A Mac? There's A Carbydacious App For That"?TeraTalks?12/7
"You Can't Do Anything About The Weather But You Can Watch It Better On Your Mac"?BohemianBoomer?12/7
"How To Convert Video Files On A Mac, Free And With Drag and Drop Simplicity"?McSolo?12/7
"An Easier And Free Way To Take Notes On Your Mac (the secret is in the Mac's menubar)"?NoodleMac?12/7
"The Mac And iPhone Home Budget App I Want To Love (but love is a fleeting thing)"?Mac 360?12/7
"Bored With Your Environment? Fix It With The Environment Enhancer App"?Mac 360?12/7
"The New Animation Kid In Town: Animationist Brings Easy Title Art Animation To The Mac"?Mac 360?12/7
Op/Ed
"I'm not a troll, stop calling me one/OPINION: The other day I wrote a column criticizing iTunes. It was somewhat harsh. 'Each new upgrade brings more suckage into your computer,' I argued under the headline, 'Won't Someone Take iTunes Out Back and Shoot It?'"?Slate?12/7
"iTunes 11 and Classical Music"?Kirkville?12/7
Press Releases
"Wallpaper Weekends: Winterize Your New iMac"?MacTrast?1:06 PM
"Mac Apps: Little Snitch 3.0.2, OS X Server 2.2, Quicksilver 71 updates"?FairerPlatform?7:33 AM
"Cult of Mac Discovers Unix"?Rixstep?7:32 AM
"SecureMac Guide - Top 10 Security Tips for Mac OS X Mountain Lion"?prMac?12/7
"Batman: Arkham City GotYE Available For Pre-Order At MGS"?Inside Mac Games?12/7
"ResExcellence is under new ownership. The new site will take a different approach than the original, but we'll never forget our roots - there will be Mac OS X customization articles and a legacy category for pre-OS X content. The new site will focus on Mac/iOS news, reviews, tips and more."?ResExcellence?12/7
"Mac Video Pro: Final Cut Pro, Compressor, Motion updates"?FairerPlatform?12/7
"Heartless teen steals iPhone from wheelchair of quadriplegic man with cerebral palsy who needs device to SPEAK"?Daily Mail (UK)?1:01 PM
"Soon Your Phone Will Be Able To Figure Out How You're Feeling"?Gizmodo?9:49 AM
"A U.S. Apple factory may be robot city: Apple will need to rely on automation to make its U.S. factory work"?Computerworld?12/7
"Aerial photos offer overhead look at Apple's Oregon data center site"?AppleInsider?12/7
"Live stream: Brian Williams & The Verge editor Joshua Topolsky answer questions about Tim Cook interview"?NBC News?12/7
"Apple move excites Elk Grove: It was a source of community pride ? the first candy-colored iMac computers, the ones that fueled Apple's comeback in the late 1990s, were assembled at the company's Elk Grove campus."?Sacramento Bee?12/7
"'Made in USA' not just Apple: Apple's announcement that it will shift some of its production back to the United States hopefully will encourage other companies to follow suit, manufacturing industry insiders said: even if Apple's move is mostly a symbolic step."?Fortune Small Business?12/7
"Apple's iPad Ad Impressions vs. Unit Market Share"?Forbes?12/7
"Amazon, Samsung, Google tablets are 'credible competition' to the iPad: report"?ZDNet?12/7
"Scalpers Lay Seige to iPad Mini Launch in Beijing"?WSJ Blogs?12/7
"Turnout for Apple's iPad mini in mainland China is minimal"?Fortune?12/7
"China's mini Apple takes slice of smartphone pie"?Reuters?12/7
"Video: Apple's iPhone 5 draws crowds in Samsung's home turf"?Fortune?12/7
"Apple Brings iPad Mini to India"?WSJ Blogs?12/7
"iPad mini and iPad 4 Goes on Sale in Malaysia Today"?VernonChan?12/7
"iPhone Sales Should Get a Modest Lift From T-Mobile"?AllThingsD?12/7
"Without iPhone, Japan's biggest mobile carrier is losing subscribers at a record rate"?VentureBeat?12/7
"China's mini Apple takes slice of smartphone pie"?Reuters?12/7
"Mobile developers: this is how you get 500,000 installs in one day"?VentureBeat?12/7
"Apple's Jony Ive supports UK design industry as they tell Michael Gove to put design into the EBacc: Apple's design chief signed a letter to education minister asking him to reconsider omission of art and design in the EBacc qualification"?Digital Arts?12/7
"iPads Continue To Vanish At The Airport Thanks To Thieving TSA Officers"?Cult of Mac?12/7
"Pepsi Launches Promo With Apple's Passbook"?Mashable?12/7
Non-Apple News
"Samsung Galaxy Muse takes on the iPod Shuffle: The tiny and stylish MP3 player does for Samsung what the iPod Shuffle does for iOS."?CNET Reviews?12/7
"Make IT Better: Every pupil should have the chance to code, says Raspberry Pi creator"?V3?12/7
"RIM touts importance of 4G to BlackBerry 10 success"?V3?12/7
"Sony silently surprises with web-based digital store"?TG Daily?12/7
"These contact lenses have embedded LCD displays"?TG Daily?12/7
"A Personal Assistant Created from the Crowd by Smart Software"?Technology Review?12/7
"Samsung's New Premium Suite Update Brings Split-Screen Multitasking To The Galaxy S III"?TechCrunch?12/7
"PayPal phishing scams ramp up for holidays"?CSO?12/7
"Cablevision Increasing Broadband Prices by $5 Per Month"?PC Magazine?12/7
"Go Phishing: Rapid7 Lets Companies Test Their Own Networks"?CRN?12/7
"Kindle Fire Family Now Available at GameStop"?PC Magazine?12/7
"Kindle Fire line builds its voice and touch accessibility skills: Amazon is expanding support for two important accessibility features to its entire Kindle Fire tablet series."?CNET News?12/7
"YouTube redesigns again, tightens focus on channels"?Washington Post [Free Registration Required]?12/7
"Google Kills Free Google Apps For Business, Now Only Offering Premium Paid Version To Companies Of All Sizes"?TechCrunch?12/7
"Google to start charging small businesses for Google Apps: The company has done away with a free version available to firms with 10 or fewer users, but private users are still free"?IDG News Service?12/7
Publications/Podcasts
"The Vergecast 057 - December 7th, 2012"?The Verge?9:40 AM
"Gene Steinberg meets Kirk McElhearn, Macworld's 'iTunes Guy,' and best-selling author Bob 'Dr. Mac' LeVitus this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!"?The Tech Night Owl LIVE?12/7
"Podcast: Tim Cook, GTA Vice City, T-Mobile, iPhone sans contract, Eneloop Batteries"?Insanely Great Mac?12/7
"Finally: Apple and Google said to bid $500M for Kodak imaging patents"?VentureBeat?1:08 PM
"Op-Ed: An Apple Television Would Be A Horrible Idea"?App Advice?1:06 PM
"Barbra is bullish on Apple"?Fortune?1:00 PM
"The Macalope Weekly: It's a wonder"?Macworld?9:44 AM
"Mumbling at Siri"?iSource?9:40 AM
"Apple and Google team up for $500 million bid on Kodak patents"?iDownload Blog?7:45 AM
"Apple and Google supposedly join forces to buy out Kodak patents"?iMore?7:45 AM
"Apple + Google Bid on Kodak Patents"?Tapscape?7:33 AM
"Why Apple Got a 'Made in U.S.A.' Bug"?New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required]?12/7
"Apple iPad & iPad mini Smoke the Competition's Battery Life"?The Mac Observer?12/7
"How to Change the TV Habits of Viewers, 10 Million at a Time"?The Mac Observer?12/7
"Why I'm writing on the iPad"?Macworld?12/7
"Apple's Bad Omen From Losing To Nokia In China"?Forbes?12/7
"Apple's bringing some manufacturing back to the U.S. But is it just a stunt?"?VentureBeat?12/7
"iPad 5: release date, specs, price, news and rumours"?T3?12/7
"Would You Pay More For A 'Made In The U.S.A.' Mac?"?Forbes?12/7
"One future of Apple's US manufacturing, as suggested by the fantasy assembly line Steve Jobs built at NeXT in the 1980s"?Quartz?12/7
"What Tim Cook's interviews revealed about the past, present, and future of Apple"?iMore?12/7
"10 Follow Up Questions For Apple CEO Tim Cook, If You Please"?Forbes?12/7
"'Post-PC' is more than just marketing buzz for Apple CEO Tim Cook"?BGR?12/7
"Apple CEO Tim Cook to Brian Williams: 'Don't bet against us.'/NBC interview offers a few frank quotes from Cook about Apple and Steve Jobs."?Ars Technica?12/7
"Quotations from CEO Cook"?Fortune?12/7
"Excited About Apple TV? Don't Watch This Video"?AllThingsD?12/7
"Apple sees TV 'as a market that's been left behind'"?GigaOM?12/7
"Has Apple gone soft? Tim Cook, say it ain't so: Bloomberg Businessweek suggests that with recent corporate expressions such as moving some Mac production to the U.S., Apple is showing its 'softer side.' Oh, really?"?CNET News?12/7
"Tim Cook tells Brian Williams that 'TV has been left behind'"?The Verge?12/7
"Apple CEO Tim Cook Goes Public To Reveal More Of What Makes Apple Tick"?PixoBebo?12/7
"Modern Combat 4 for iPad, iPhone: The Reviews Are In"?Tapscape?12/7
Non-Apple
"So this is how it ends: DARPA demos a flying drone with a 6-foot claw (Video)"?Engadget?12/7
"Want to see what the first GamePad looked like?"?CNET News?12/7
"McAfee's wild and crazy ride leads back to Belize"?MarketWatch?12/7
"My Nexus S can't keep up with Android's pace, but I'm (mostly) not bitter"?ZDNet?12/7
"Inside ARM: The British success story taking the chip world by storm"?ZDNet?12/7
"Your Own Private Google: The Quest for an Open Source Search Engine"?Wired Magazine?12/7
"Christmas tablet frenzy to shake up corporate IT in 2013"?V3?12/7
"Developers Will Love This: Facebook Now Auto-Generates Documentation From Source Code"?TechCrunch?12/7
"Carrier Wi-Fi, optical net markets are booming"?EE Times?12/7
"10 gifts for obscenely wealthy PC fanatics" [Slideshow]?PCWorld?12/7
"Triumph and disaster: Two migrations to OpenOffice/Two cities dumped Microsoft Office for OpenOffice, with vastly different results. Here's what went right -- and terribly wrong"?InfoWorld?12/7
"GameStop: Can it brave the digital storm?"?Fortune?12/7
"US video game sales 'dip' despite mega-launches"?BBC?12/7
"T-Mobile Ending Phone Subsidies: A Victory For Transparency"?BYTE?12/7
"My Best Tech Gift Ever: A 133MHz IBM PC 350"?CNET News?12/7
"CarryAlongs Dominate, Enterprise Struggles and Hacktivists Rule in 2013"?AllThingsD?12/7
"Tech Guru Mark Anderson's Top 10 Predictions For 2013"?Forbes?12/7
"Reality Absorption Field: The one-two punch (minus the two)"?TUAW?12/7
Humor/Cartoons
"Windows 8 Sales Plagued By Tablet Delays: Windows 8 tablets powered by Intel's Atom 'Clover Trail' chip were supposed to hit the price-performance sweet spot: but just try finding one."?InformationWeek?9:42 AM
"Microsoft Surface Pro has only 4 to 5 hours battery life"?PC-Tablet?7:54 AM
"Is Microsoft Taking a Bite of Apple's Chinese Success?"?The Motley Fool?7:48 AM
"Bringing the start menu back to Windows 8 is bad news"?The Next Web?7:56 AM
"HP, RIM take flak from nervous financial industry customers"?Reuters?7:59 AM
"HP to Apple: We already make PCs in the US, thank you very much"?Neowin?9:41 AM
"Can HP and Dell Duplicate IBM's Success?"?TheStreet?12/7
"IBM Draws Flak for Change to 401(k) Plan"?Bloomberg?12/7
"IBM Launches Cloud Docs; Eyes Google, Microsoft: IBM gets serious about becoming a player in end-user cloud services for the enterprise."?InformationWeek?12/7
"IBM adds collaboration tools to SmartCloud"?V3?12/7
"Goldman Sachs: Microsoft has gone from 97% of computing market to 20%"?Seattle Times?12/7
"China Unicom, Microsoft Forge Alliance To Boost Windows Phone Sales In China"?TechCrunch?12/7
"Microsoft to release 'critical' Windows 8, IE10 patches"?ZDNet?12/7
"Windows 8, RT to receive more critical patches next Tuesday"?CNET News?12/7
"Microsoft to push Surface tablets through retailers in two-phase rollout?"?ZDNet?12/7
"Surface tablets may be heading to retailers soon: Redmond is set to begin selling its Surface RT devices through non-Microsoft retail stores in two phases, a source tells one Windows watcher."?CNET News?12/7
"Microsoft pulls the plug on its Silverlight.Net site"?ZDNet?12/7
"Xbox 360 outshines Wii U in November, NPD says"?CNET News?12/7
"2 Emerging Markets HP Should Enter to Turn Itself Around"?CIO?12/7
"Dell storage boss Topgun Thomas leaves 'to pursue a new opportunity': Darren Thomas, head of Dell's Storage Group, is leaving the company, following several quarters of declining revenue and an influx of new executive blood into Dell."?The Register?12/7
"AMD Cuts Chip Orders From Globalfoundries Amid PC Slump"?Bloomberg?12/7
"AMD slashes chip orders as PC market slumps: The company has reduced orders to contract chip maker GlobalFoundries in the current quarter from $500 million down to $115 million"?IDG News Service?12/7
"Intel upping Atom ante"?EE Times?12/7
"Intel releases open source GraphBuilder for big data"?V3?12/7
"Intel says it remains committed to user-replaceable CPUs for 'foreseeable future'"?ZDNet?12/7
"Cisco's Chambers: Here's How We've Outgunned Our Competitors"?CRN?12/7
"Cisco's mid-term growth strategy betting on IT software, security"?ZDNet?12/7
"Cisco bets on software and services for mid-term growth"?Reuters?12/7
"Cisco CEO sees tech services driving steady growth"?MarketWatch?12/7
"Cisco to 'Bring Sex' to Marketing Campaign"?TheStreet?12/7
"FAA urged to allow portable devices during takeoff"?TG Daily?12/7
"The UN's Internet power grab: An FAQ/What it is, what it isn't, and how it will affect you."?PCWorld?12/7
"Silicon Valley Needs To Get Out More: The next great technology problems to solve are out there in rail yards, power plants and farm fields. If Silicon Valley is going to drive this 'Internet of things,' it needs to build closer ties with companies in established industries."?InformationWeek?12/7
"The grinch who stole IT's Christmas: Bad news about IT wages and bonuses, as well as job pressures from offshoring and shift to the cloud, dampen holiday cheer"?InfoWorld?12/7
"Why the desktop PC may see a comeback in the mobile era"?InfoWorld?12/7
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