Apple loses Brazilian iPhone trademark ruling: Brazilian regulators have ruled that Apple does not have exclusive rights to use the 'iPhone' trademark in the country."
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"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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