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Thursday Highlights: It appears Apple's television plans may not include an Apple-branded TV set after all, but rather integrating cable with the Apple TV "hobby" set top box?reports aplenty in our Apple/Macintosh, and Op/Ed sections including Jay Yarow suggesting this isn't "going to be the big revolution everyone wants", to Forbes' Dorothy Pomerantz's eagerness for this to be reality welcoming "anything to make watching TV a better experience"; challenge ahead is cracking the "tough nut" that are cable operators; The Next Web details reasons for Apple's hurried purchase of AuthenTec being they needed "'new technology' for upcoming products, and quickly"; while Judge Koh urges Apple, Samsung to settle before jury deliberations, suggesting both sides have much to lose, Philip Elmer-DeWitt differs, seeing Samsung as the one with most to lose; live courtroom blog continues today over at the San Jose Mercury News; meanwhile, the proposed settlement in Apple vs US Department of Justice is "fundamentally unfair", says Apple, which wants to see the trial through to end; InfoWorld deathmatch between Windows 8 and Mountain Lion; eXtensions looks at the Energy Saver preference in the new OS, while LAPTOP mag shows how to use the new dictation feature; is Apple cutting retail staff or not? ifoAppleStore says cuts are due to profit goal, but Business Insider says the cuts aren't happening; gamblers take note, iPhones will become a mobile casino with real money on the line using your finger swipe to play virtual slots; iPad allowing doctors to provide better healthcare; has Apple abandoned third-party podcast apps in iTunes in favor of Apple's app?; find Apple's latest patent applications in our Hardware/Software section today; Bare Feats presents a shootout between iPhone 4S and the Samsung Galaxy S III; MIT Technology Review says the "spat" between Apple, Google will only get worse.
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"Apple's rumored set-top box said to include cloud DVR, interface similar to iPad, social features" The Next Web
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"Apple's rumored set-top box said to include cloud DVR, interface similar to iPad, social features"?The Next Web?7:31 PM
"Apple envisions new Web DVR, social space in new set-top box: New device may have the ability to start any show at any time and start shows just minutes after they have begun, sources tell the Wall Street Journal."?CNET News?7:40 PM
"Are Cable Channels Coming to Apple TV?" [Video Report]?WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required]?8:53 AM
"It's The Set-Top Box Stupid! Apple's Cracking Of TV Is Hiding In Plain Sight"?Forbes?7:35 AM
"Is Apple About to Take Over Your Cable TV Box?" [Video Report]?Bloomberg?9:24 AM
"Apple Is Talking to TV Companies About a Deal That Could Change TV Forever"?Daily Ticker?7:53 AM
"Short on time, Samsung rests case versus Apple"?Electronista?9:25 PM
"Judge says Apple's 'smoking crack' with giant witness list: The judge in the case between Apple and Samsung once again loses her cool, chiding Apple for lining up too many last-minute witnesses."?CNET News?3:50 PM
"Apple lawyer faces 'smoking crack' jibe by patent judge"?BBC?4:09 PM
"Samsung expert knocks Apple's $2.5 billion damages tally: Surprise, Samsung thinks Apple's asking for too much in its damages bill."?CNET News?3:57 PM
"Samsung expert: Apple damages estimates are overstated"?Reuters?3:57 PM
"Samsung turns tables on Apple, demands $400M for its own patents/Samsung rolls through its patent counterattack: Apple's $-figures are way off."?Ars Technica?3:56 PM
"Samsung Attacks 'Unique' Features Of Apple iPhone, iPad: In patent case testimony, Samsung expert witness says iPhone's snap back feature was used in other tech products long before Apple implemented it."?InformationWeek?8:47 AM
"Samsung fights Apple on copying and patent fronts"?Electronista?8:16 AM
"Judge begs Apple, Samsung to get a room, or trial will end in tears"?The Register?7:32 AM
"Judge reminds Apple, Samsung to whittle down cases"?CNET News?11:28 AM
"Apple-Samsung Trial Day 10, Samsung Royalty Analyst Vincent O'Brien on Stand [Liveblog]?Cult of Mac?3:58 PM
"Apple wants DOJ to wait till trial's end for settlement with three publishers: Apple called the proposed judgment 'fundamentally unfair'"?IDG News Service?7:38 AM
"Apple opposes DOJ ebooks price-fixing settlement, wants 'its day in court': Apple called the proposed judgment 'fundamentally unfair'"?Techworld?8:14 AM
"Apple: Amazon played DOJ's antitrust division like a violin"?Fortune?8:15 AM
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News
"Apple releases OS X Lion 10.7.5 build to developers"?Macworld UK?8:10 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Some Retina MacBook Pro owners seeing interface lag: Hardware limitations may be a factor, but choppy or laggy scrolling and window movement might be remedied by an OS reinstallation among other options."?MacFixIt?1:02 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Deathmatch: Windows 8 vs. OS X Mountain Lion/Microsoft is intent on shipping Windows 8 as is despite all the criticism, so it's time to see if OS X can truly take its place"?InfoWorld?10:40 AM
"System Preferences in OS X 10.8, Mountain Lion: Energy Saver"?eXtensions?7:41 AM
"How to Use Dictation in Apple OS X Mountain Lion"?LAPTOP Magazine?10:39 AM
"Fine-tune the Expose transition speed in OS X: Apple provides a default Expose transition speed that is suitable for most people, but it can be altered if needed."?MacFixIt?1:02 PM
"Automator 101: Building Your First Workflow"?Mactuts+?8:27 AM
"How to get Absinthe 2.0 working on OS X Mountain Lion"?iMore?10:25 AM
"View multi-page previews of Word files on Finder icons"?Mac OS X Hints?10:25 AM
"Set keyboard shortcuts to share web Page from Safari via Twitter or Messages"?Mac OS X Hints?10:25 AM
"The 2 Best Ways To Manage A Cluttered, Crowded Menubar On Your Mac"?NoodleMac?7:39 AM
"Someone Reinvented The Alarm Clock. The Result? A Mac Alarm Clock App That's Fun (with a crazy flaw)"?Mac 360?7:42 AM
"The best text editors for Mac"?Stemmings?3:43 PM
"Beauty And Functionality: What Live Wallpaper Can Do To Personalize Your Mac"?TeraTalks?7:42 AM
"The Absolute Coolest, Most Useful Mac Password Generator App Ever Is Missing One Feature"?Mac 360?7:42 AM
"8 Ways To Love Launchpad On Your Mac: Just Add The Launchpad Manager"?BohemianBoomer?7:41 AM
"Finally, An Easier, Cheaper, Simpler Way To Control iTunes Music From Within Any App On A Mac"?McSolo?7:43 AM
"Dammit Is Da Bomb: How To Add Speed Dial Buttons For Files And Folders On Your Mac"?Mac 360?7:39 AM
Op/Ed
"Ask Mat Honan About the Hack That Erased His Digital Life"?Wired?3:45 PM
"Microsoft Office Mac & Retina Displays"?Mike McHargue?11:27 AM
"Microsoft Continues to Fade into Obscurity" ["When it comes to Microsoft's Mac software, the Mac Business Unit has apparently backed off from the promise of full Lion compatibility for Office 2011."]?The Tech Night Owl?8:50 AM
"Waiting on Final Cut Pro X 10.0.6: August 16th"?FCPXtv?8:06 AM
"To End The Nonsense Once And For All Time: Why Apple Won't License OS X. Ever."?Mac 360?7:39 AM
Press Releases
"Pop Dot Comics For OS X Is A Fun Way To Transform Your Boring Photos Into Comic Book Style Illustrations"?Redmond Pie?7:38 PM
"Growl 2.0 SDK now available, adds Apple Notification Center integration"?The Verge?3:56 PM
"4 Beautiful New Screen Savers and 14 Ways to Show Them Off in OS X Mountain Lion"?OS X Daily?3:55 PM
"Free Mac Apps: MacLegion 'Keep Your Money' bundle"?FairerPlatform?11:40 AM
"Indeeo Releases iDraw 2.1 for OS X adding Appearance FX and PDF Import"?Indeeo?10:56 AM
"Cocktail 6.0.2 (Mountain Lion Edition) has been released."?Maintain?8:55 AM
"Macgo Mac Blu-ray Player Brings UHD Blu-ray to Mountain Lion"?PRNewswire-Asia?8:43 AM
"Oracle updates Java SE 7 for OS X"?HardMac?8:27 AM
"Thursby ships OS X Mountain Lion Mac-Windows integration software"?prMac?7:57 AM
"Browett: Apple Retail Layoffs Due to 'Mess Up,' Will Be Fixed"?The Mac Observer?1:00 PM
"New Apple retail chief makes 'mistake' in firing staff, hires them back"?Ars Technica?3:58 PM
"Here's Why Apple Is Suddenly Laying Off Employees From Its Retail Stores"?Business Insider?8:29 AM
"Apple: We Are Not Cutting Back On Our Retail Employees"?Business Insider?10:25 AM
"Apple Employees Are Being Sacked Just In Time For The New iPhone Launch"?App Advice?12:30 PM
"Apple files plans for Oregon data center"?TUAW?9:19 PM
"iOS and Android are stomping on Sony and Nintendo's portable game businesses"?BGR?9:36 PM
"IPhones Become Mobile Casinos By Adding Real-Money Bets: IPhone users will soon be able to gamble with real money on virtual slot machines, trying their luck with the swipe of an index finger."?Bloomberg?10:22 AM
"Blodget's Take on Wal-Mart & Apple"?CNBC?8:02 AM
"Better Care Delivered by iPad, M.D.: In hospitals, tablets save serious time ? and let patients see their health in high res"?Healthland?10:24 AM
"How to Carry Your Doctor in Your Pocket"?Techland?8:19 AM
"Steve Jobs' stolen iPad unwittingly used by local clown after burglary"?Bay Area news Group [Free Registration Required]?9:36 PM
Non-Apple News
"Twitter dictates third-party app form and function in new API, gives six months to comply"?The Verge?8:16 PM
"Kodak Auction Makes Odd Bedfellows"?WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required]?7:39 PM
"Google's 'Speak to Tweet' Patent Comes to Light"?Patent Bolt?2:17 PM
"Cray to plug Kepler GPUs into future Cascade supers"?The Register?11:18 AM
"Nokia EVP Chris Weber: Hey Samsung, Look Out For Our New Windows Phones"?TechCrunch?11:12 AM
"TiVo Announces Four-Tuner TiVo Premiere 4"?PC Magazine?10:53 AM
"Fujitsu's Android-Powered Stylistic M532 Tablet Is Ready for Abuse"?PC Magazine?10:53 AM
"EA Exec Says He's Seen the Next Xbox and Playstation"?Forbes?10:33 AM
"1 Million Public Transit Stops Now on Google Maps for Android"?PC Magazine?10:53 AM
"Purported Google Play gift cards surface, good for music, movies"?CNET News?11:39 AM
"A Big-Think Talk With Eric Schmidt and Dick Costolo"?TechCrunch?11:12 AM
"Google Boosts Bug Bounties as Fewer Chrome Flaws Found"?eWeek?10:28 AM
"Dish reportedly readying nationwide satellite broadband: Satellite TV provider will utilize a satellite recently launched by sister company EchoStar for a service launching this fall, sources tell Bloomberg."?CNET News?10:03 AM
"In the War Between Apps vs. HTML5, Goko Tries to Make Cross-Platform Gaming Work"?AllThingsD?9:43 AM
"Out of nowhere, Sony debuts new Reader"?TG Daily?11:15 AM
"New Sony Reader Gets Social"?AllThingsD?9:43 AM
"Japan's Dimwitted Smartphones: Electronics Makers Sony and Sharp Play Catch-Up to Apple's iPhone; 'The Golden Age of TV is Over'"?WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required]?9:38 AM
"Creator Of BlindType, A Keyboard App For The Blind Acquired By Google, Reveals New Keyboard App Called Fleksy"?TechCrunch?10:37 AM
"Spotify and Pandora to help digital music overtake physical in 2012"?Ars Technica?8:24 AM
"Korean breakthrough points to quick-charge Li-ion batteries"?Electronista?8:16 AM
"Verizon LTE Network Now Covers 75% of U.S., Ready for LTE iPhone"?The Mac Observer?7:51 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Ted Landau Gives Up His MacBook Air, Doesn't Trade His TV, andLooks at Safari and RSS"?MacNotables?11:51 AM
"iPad mini, fake rumors, Google security, online backups (Podcast)"?Insanely Great Mac?10:32 AM
"German Shell rewards program leaks September Nano refresh"?iPodNN?3:41 PM
"German Branch Of Shell Slips Indication Of iPod nano Refresh Due This September"?Redmond Pie?3:56 PM
"2012 iPod nano: Coming Soon, Says German Shell"?Tapscape?3:59 PM
"Third-party apps ditched in iTunes search for 'podcasts': When iTunes users on the desktop search for podcasts, they'll find that only Apple's app comes up."?CNET News?7:50 AM
"Third Party Apps Missing from iTunes Search for 'Podcasts'"?The Mac Observer?7:51 AM
"Apple wants fingerprint sensors in its products"?CNET News?11:41 AM
"HTC May Benefit From Problems of Rivals: HTC, Taiwan's leading smart-phone maker, may be able to overcome its business bottleneck, as Samsung is being haunted by storm of 'sweatshop' in mainland China and Apple is being troubled by the shortage of power amplifier and other components for its iPhone 5."?CENS?8:36 AM
"iPhone 5 Display Yield Could Limit Rollout"?Tapscape?11:40 AM
"BLU makers to see drops in revenues due to iPad shipment adjustments"?DigiTimes?7:59 AM
"Forrester Research points Autodesk in right direction on iOS"?Architosh?9:49 AM
Apple Patent Applications
"Huge Patent Day for Apple's iMovie and Final Cut Pro Apps"?Patently Apple?1:28 PM
"Boom! Apple Invents Next-Gen Virtual Drawing App to Take on Adobe's Photoshop & Illustrator"?Patently Apple?8:50 AM
"Pre-merger, Apple, AuthenTec were working on new tech together"?GigaOM?10:39 AM
"What Bill Belichick and Steve Jobs Have in Common"?TheStreet?10:22 AM
"Why Does Jack Dorsey Want To Be Just Like Steve Jobs?"?TechCrunch?10:14 AM
"Apple Calls DOJ eBook Settlement 'Unlawful and Unprecedented'"?The Mac Observer?9:28 AM
"Apple calls DOJ settlement with publishers unlawful, says trial is necessary"?9 to 5 Mac?8:32 AM
"Analysis: Why We'll All Rush to the iPhone 5, no Matter What"?The Mac Observer?3:40 PM
"For iPhone 5, Apple Must Go Big and Skinny"?MacNewsWorld?8:26 AM
"Is this Apple's new iPhone 5 dock connector plug?"?ZDNet?8:12 AM
"Apple's iPad Mini: Less Is Less Interesting/Whatever the next level is for Apple, the iPad Mini won't be enough to get there. Apple needs another revolutionary product line."?InformationWeek?10:12 AM
"Apple's vision for a set-top box blurs the distinction between live and on-demand videos"?VentureBeat?9:21 PM
"The Future of Apple TV Is Every Episode of Every TV Show On-Demand Using the Cloud"?Gizmodo?8:23 PM
"Analysis: Report: Apple TV Settop Box to Offer DVR, On-Demand Shows"?The Mac Observer?7:27 PM
"Dear Apple, Please Take Over My Television"?Forbes?12:29 PM
"Apple TV Is Not Going To Be The Big Revolution Everyone Wants"?Business Insider?10:39 AM
"Rumor: Apple TV to be Revamped with TV Set on Hold"?PCWorld?10:25 AM
"Is Apple's iTV television plan in trouble?"?Computerworld?10:21 AM
"Apple's toughest nut yet: Cable operators"?TUAW?9:48 AM
"Apple TV: Changing the Channel?"?TheStreet?9:24 AM
"Has Steve Jobs' iTV Been Cooked?"?App Advice?9:21 AM
"Rumor: Apple Looking To Offer Live TV With New Apple TV Device"?Apple Bitch?8:46 AM
"Apple's Next Big Thing Will Be Live TV"?PadGadget?8:28 AM
"Apple 'in TV talks over set-top box': Apple is in talks with US cable companies about developing a set-top box to deliver live television, according to reports."?Telegraph?8:19 AM
"Apple in Talks to Upgrade Apple TV to Full Featured Set-Top Box"?The Mac Observer?8:18 AM
"Apple vs. Samsung Judge Encourages 'Horse Trading' to Narrow Case"?AllThingsD?11:01 AM
"So I went to Best Buy to confuse an iPad with a Samsung"?CNET News?7:46 AM
"The Latest Apple Rumor Roundup Has My Head Spinning"?PixoBebo?7:39 AM
Non-Apple
"The end of the RAID era"?ZDNet?11:27 AM
"Dear PC makers: Don't whine about Microsoft's Surface, top it"?ZDNet?11:27 AM
"Time's Mobile Tech Issue: Three Myths About Cell Phones"?Healthland?11:20 AM
"Go Outside and Play: The Future of Mobile Gaming"?Techland?11:20 AM
"Video: How to Be Everywhere ? Tips and Tricks for Doing Things Remotely"?Techland?11:19 AM
"Your Life Is Fully Mobile: We walk, talk and sleep with our phones. But are we more?or less?connected?"?Techland?11:19 AM
"Surfing far too tedious or terrifying, say Northern Irish women"?The Register?11:18 AM
"Android 4.0: The Ultimate Guide (Plus Cheat Sheet)"?Computerworld?10:54 AM
"IQ test: Know your tech mascots"?InfoWorld?10:39 AM
"Three Luxuries That Became Essentials"?Forbes?10:32 AM
"Lenovo ? vanity versus sanity"?Financial Times [Paid Membership Required]?10:30 AM
"'Horrible Problems' May Be Rolling In With the Cloud"?E-Commerce Times?10:27 AM
"How To Tackle Thorny IT Security Issues" [Slideshow]?CRN?10:22 AM
"Big Data Development Challenges: Talent, Cost, Time/Data variety, storage costs, and other key factors can make it difficult for enterprises to take advantage of their accumulated data."?InformationWeek?10:06 AM
"Pop went the social media bubble. Now what?"?Fortune?9:59 AM
"Does Samsung's Book Case beat the iPad's Smart Cover?"?InfoWorld?10:39 AM
"Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1: What You Need to Know Before Buying"?PCWorld?10:55 AM
"Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Vs. Apple iPad: Samsung's $499 iPad competitor reaches store shelves across the U.S. Thursday. Look for two main differences."?InformationWeek?10:37 AM
"Impatience Won't Turn Yahoo! Around"?TheStreet?9:35 AM
"The Digital Skeptic: Google Plays Apple Dress-Up"?TheStreet?9:35 AM
"We Never Talk Anymore: The Problem with Text Messaging/Texting is replacing the phone call as our preferred means of mobile conversation. But just because it's easier, faster and makes us less uncomfortable doesn't mean we should do it."?Techland?8:19 AM
Humor/Cartoons
"I Love My New iPad"?MacMost [cartoon]?8:27 AM
"Learn How to Count Cards and Win at Blackjack with This iOS App"?Gizmodo?9:35 PM
"Instagram 3.0 released for iOS and Android"?It's All Tech?9:26 PM
"Ustream's Broadcast For Friends App Brings Live iPhone Video To Facebook"?TechCrunch?8:24 PM
"The New iPhone Will Make This Repurposed Audio Gear Obsolete Again"?Gizmodo?4:07 PM
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