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Monday Highlights: Anticipation high for Apple's expected iPad mini unveiling on Tuesday in an event seen focusing on iPad's educational value; John Paczkowski at AllThingsD notes Shaw Wu stating the iPad mini will be priced aggressively, but at top of its class; however, if priced at $250 would be considered a "barnburner"; PC market likely victim of the mini; case makers seem to be convinced of the new tablet's unveiling in a 7" size; stock rises in trading, target recalibrated to $840; good news for Apple from Tokyo court which rejected Samsung request for iPhone injunction; Mactuts+ helps you understand Power Nap on your Mac; California Theatre all gussied up for Apple's Oct 23 event; two AT&T iPhone owners suing Apple over iPhones being locked to AT&T's network; Apple to Samsung over display manufacturing: "You're fired." Samsung: "Oh yeah, well I quit"; report suggests iPad mini costs Apple $200 to build; Register Hardware reviews new iPod touch, but concerned it may be killed with iPad mini, cheap tablets; Robert Guerra sent us his blog posting in which he notes iPhone 5 GSM connectivity problems in both the UK, and with some Verizon users; Macworld's Dan Moren on Passbook's slow adoption, sees biggest challenge for Apple is "connecting it to other companies"; Ars Technica's Jaqui Cheng on Apple's secretive garden which is plagued by leaks, notes employees say it's not "coming from inside the house".
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"Site Of Apple's 'iPad Mini' Event Decked Out With New Signage, Hip Posters"?App Advice?8:58 AM
"Apple's venue all dressed up for 'little' event on Tuesday"?CNET News?2:10 PM
"California Theater All Dressed Up & Ready for Apple (Photos)"?The Mac Observer?7:52 PM
"Apple, Microsoft gambling on a growing taste for tablets"?The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required]?11:01 AM
"Microsoft vs. Apple goes up another level"?Miami Herald?8:32 AM
"A Detailed Look At How Much Money Foxconn Employees Are Paid For Making iPhones" [Video Report]?Business Insider?3:48 PM
"iPhone Becomes Mobile Device Of Choice For U.S. Immigration And Customs Enforcement"?TechCrunch?1:48 PM
"Federal agency to switch to iPhone, drop BlackBerry"?Reuters?3:47 PM
"iPads to Outnumber BlackBerries in the Office by 2014"?AllThingsD?4:11 PM
"Gartner: More iPads Than Blackberries In Business In 2 Yrs"?Forbes?9:57 AM
"Apple sued over exclusive iPhone deal with AT&T: Two users are seeking for a court to order Apple to unlock their phones, which were tied to AT&T Mobility's network"?Computerworld?8:49 AM
"Pair sues Apple over iPhone locking"?TG Daily?8:43 AM
"Naughty Siri breaks law by listing Chinese escorts"?The Register?8:48 AM
"Video: Steve Jobs building NeXT"?The Loop?12:15 PM
"Paid iBookstore Content Going Live in New Zealand and 17 Latin American Countries"?MacRumors?11:32 AM
"Paid iBookstore content now live in New Zealand, 17 other countries"?TUAW?3:57 PM
"Live Blog: Apple's More to Show event"?Macworld?3:46 PM
"Apple Special Event Live Blog"?Mac|Life?2:08 PM
"Apple's October 23 event liveblog: 'a little more to show you'"?Ars Technica?11:01 AM
"List of Sites Liveblogging Apple's Press Event on October 23rd, 2012"?Your Mac Life?3:51 PM
Non-Apple News
"Google's Research Shows Tablets Are For Games And Email, Mostly Used On Couch & In Bed"?TechCrunch?2:07 PM
"With Zappar, Augmented Reality Is Ready for Prime Time"?Techland?11:52 AM
"PS3 firmware 4.0 coming soon"?TG Daily?11:47 AM
"Ericsson launches world's first WebRTC-compatible mobile browser with Bowser"?Techworld?11:39 AM
"Vidyo Takes On Polycom By Launching Browser-Based Telepresence And A $750 Executive Desktop System"?TechCrunch?11:35 AM
"Twitter Poaches Former Google Exec Matt Derella As New Director Of Agency Business Development"?TechCrunch?11:34 AM
"RIM CIO aims to reassure unhappy enterprise BlackBerry users"?Computerworld?11:21 AM
"Motorola's answer to Jelly Bean upgrade woes: $100 off a new phone"?ZDNet?12:02 PM
"Video-sharing applications put users in the picture"?Reuters?10:10 AM
"Acer Profit Misses Estimates as Market Share, Sales Decline"?Bloomberg?9:58 AM
"Yahoo CEO to make first earnings report: Investors looking for clues on Mayer's long-term vision for company"?MarketWatch?9:46 AM
"LG's H160 Windows 8 tablet has a pop out keyboard"?TG Daily?11:47 AM
"Joanna Shields leaves Facebook to join UK's Tech City"?BBC?10:16 AM
"Google Maps Gets 25 Million New Building Footprints"?PC Magazine?11:15 AM
"Google expected to launch Samsung 10 tablet and LG Nexus 4 smartphone next week"?Computerworld?10:31 AM
"CloudLock aims to protect Google Apps from rogue apps"?GigaOM?9:38 AM
"Google develops computer inspired by Star Trek: A Star Trek-inspired computer interface that is always on standby to answer questions quickly and courteously is being developed by Google."?Telegraph?8:42 AM
"Who do you go to if you have a problem with Google apps? Google doesn't have the same level of tech support for its ecosystem that Apple has with iOS. This is a point that is often overlooked when comparing the iPhone with any Android phone."?The MT Show?7:51 AM
"If Apple Has Its Way, You Won't Need Microsoft Office On The iPad"?Business Insider?3:53 PM
"Rumor: Apple planning cloud-based iWork suite for iPad to fight MS Office"?AppleInsider?5:24 PM
"Samsung dumps Apple display manufacture as iPad mini launch looms"?Computerworld?8:30 AM
"With iPad Mini, Apple Continues to Sever Samsung Supply Ties"?Wired?8:31 AM
"Samsung To Cut The Cord, End LCD Panel Supply Relationship With Apple"?TechCrunch?11:37 AM
"Could Apple Use Intel For ARM Chips Instead Of Samsung?"?Forbes?8:38 AM
"Apple will also offer some Mini protection products to its Mini iPads?"?9 to 5 Mac?11:53 AM
"Apple may spend $200 to make each iPad Mini, says analyst"?CNET News?8:51 AM
"With The iPad Mini On Its Way, It's Time To Say Farewell To The iPad 2 [Report]?Cult of Mac?8:58 AM
"Third-Generation iPad Gets Refresh Alongside iPad mini Release"?PadGadget?3:57 PM
"Leaked 13in Retina MacBook Pro photos and pricing surface"?Macworld UK?8:56 AM
"Apple starts testing iOS 6.0.1 for release, iOS 6.1 after holidays"?BGR?3:32 PM
"Apple Testing iOS 6.0.1 with Fixes for Keyboard Screen Glitch, Camera Flash Issues, and More"?MacRumors?9:47 AM
"iOS 6.0.1 reportedly in testing with bug fixes in tow"?CNET News?12:17 PM
"Rumor: Apple Starts iOS 6.0.1 Carrier Testing, iOS 6.1 To Come In 2013"?AppleBitch?9:47 AM
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AppleCare/Helps
"Apple's Forstall says iPhone 5 keyboard flickering is a software glitch, promises fix"?iDownload Blog?2:10 PM
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Price Trackers/Deals
"Infectonator For iPhone and iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)"?Apple Sliced?8:45 AM
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"iPad (2012) Prices & Sales"?MacPrices?8:27 AM
"MacBook Pro Prices & Sales"?MacPrices?8:27 AM
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"Refurbished MacBook Air, $749; New MacBook Air, $749"?FairerPlatform?11:29 AM
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"Apple October 23rd event: What we know, expect and some new tidbits"?9 to 5 Mac?8:55 PM
"Why the iPad Mini should be your next tablet"?Stuff Magazine?4:23 PM
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"Apple iOS 6 Adoption Surpasses 60% in One Month"?The Next Web?1:32 PM
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"Apple iPad mini draws strong interest from MarketWatch readers"?MarketWatch?12:18 PM
"Alt Text: A Disquieting Peek Inside the Apple Rumor Mill"?Wired?11:59 AM
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"Here's Why Apple's iPhone 5 Supply Problems Are A Bigger Deal Than You Think"?Business Insider?8:38 AM
"Apple's 'iPad mini': A last-minute rumor roundup"?Washington Post [Free Registration Required]?4:23 PM
"Five Burning Questions for Tim Cook's Smaller iPad"?WSJ Blogs?3:54 PM
"iPad Mini won't be the only Apple news"?CNET News?3:52 PM
"iPad mini review: Apple's smaller and cheaper iPad looks set to be a Christmas smash, but is Apple's product going to be worth your money?"?Macworld UK?11:03 AM
"7 reasons not to wait for Apple's iPad mini"?ZDNet?12:02 PM
"5 questions about the Apple iPad mini: poll"?MarketWatch?11:01 AM
"October 23 preview: Imagining Apple's iPad mini event"?iMore?9:47 AM
"Big thoughts on a little iPad"?Macworld?8:38 AM
"Tablet Grudge Match ? The iPad vs The Surface: A purely hypothetical and theoretical comparison between the iPad and the Surface RT."?tech2?8:37 AM
"Apple iPad Mini Launch: What Else On Deck? Apple is expected to debut the iPad Mini Tuesday, but that's not all. Here's a look at the other gear that may be coming our way."?InformationWeek?11:54 AM
"Apple Event Preview: iPad Minis And Retina MacBook Pros And iMacs And Mac Minis, Oh My!"?TechCrunch?11:36 AM
"What to Expect at Apple's iPad Mini Event"?PC Magazine?11:29 AM
"Apple iPad Mini: What Can We Expect"?TheStreet?8:34 AM
"The Only CEO Who Could Hold Steve Jobs's Jock Strap"?TheStreet?8:34 AM
"And then there were two: what to expect from Apple's iPad mini event"?GigaOM?8:31 AM
"Why Microsoft Wants To Be Like Apple: Microsoft is developing competitive products to emulate Apple's hardware, software, and services ecosystem."?PC Magazine?8:31 AM
"Best iPhone 5 Carrier? Perhaps Sprint"?Tapscape?8:30 AM
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"Why Google Hates Apple (and why it's a life or death struggle)"?PixoBebo?7:46 AM
Non-Apple
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"Gartner: 10 Critical Tech Trends For The Next Five Years"?Forbes?10:56 AM
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"Virtualization Lets Little Bank Play on Big-Bank Turf" [Podcast]?E-Commerce Times?10:50 AM
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"Verizon Data Collection Doesn't Bother Me"?BYTE?10:11 AM
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"Nokia Lumia 920 Pre-Orders Have Mysteriously Disappeared From Best Buy"?Business Insider?10:03 AM
"Will Yahoo revert back to a technology company?"?VentureBeat [Free Registration Required]?9:47 AM
"Motorola DROID RAZR HD Full Review"?HotHardware?9:39 AM
Humor/Cartoons
"Why Microsoft Wants To Be Like Apple: Microsoft is developing competitive products to emulate Apple's hardware, software, and services ecosystem."?PC Magazine?11:17 AM
"Microsoft Dives Into the Retail Scene: Firm Takes Unprecedented Role in Dictating How Big-Box Stores Should Display Computers and Pitch Them to Shoppers"?WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required]?11:55 AM
"Microsoft's Plan to Bring About the Era of Gesture Control: Apple might have made the touch screen ubiquitous, but Microsoft thinks hands-free interfaces will be just as big."?Technology Review?11:37 AM
"Microsoft's Mobile Strategy Ripples Through Industry"?WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required]?11:55 AM
"Bill Gates: 'Windows 8 Is Key To Where Personal Computing Is Going'"?TechCrunch?11:35 AM
"Bill Gates talks about Windows 8, Surface"?Seattle Times?11:26 AM
"Windows Devices: The Future Is Called RT"?Forbes?9:55 AM
"Microsoft Tightens Personal Data Rules"?New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required]?9:09 PM
"Microsoft all out of Surface RT tablets: More expensive models join $499 tablet on backorder"?Computerworld?10:31 AM
"Can The Microsoft Surface Finally Make Me A Winner?"?Forbes?10:02 AM
"Windows prelaunch paranoia: 17 years of gloom and doom"?PCWorld?11:18 AM
"Enterprise sends Windows 8 to the grave before launch"?ZDNet?12:02 PM
"Controversial Windows President Steven Sinofsky in spotlight as Windows 8 launches"?Seattle Times?11:26 AM
"Microsoft's Sinofsky way unavoidable for Windows 8/Summary: Windows chief Steven Sinofsky gets criticized for central planning, but that may be necessary to get Windows 8 launched. Windows 9 may be a different story."?ZDNet?12:00 PM
"Windows 8 versions will confuse the punters, say OEMs: Consumers must rely on retailers to explain difference between Basic x86 and RT"?Channel Register?11:49 AM
"Windows 8: 8 things you should know about Microsoft's upcoming operating system"?VentureBeat [Free Registration Required]?9:47 AM
"Analysis: Most companies won't be early adopters of Windows 8"?Reuters?10:03 AM
"Windows 8 An Enterprise Dud: Salesforce.com's Benioff/Salesforce.com's CEO says 'there will be no Windows 8 upgrade cycle' as enterprises embrace social, mobile, and device diversity."?InformationWeek?10:11 AM
"Windows 8 will mark 'the end' of the Microsoft OS, says Salesforce.com CEO Benioff"?Techworld?11:38 AM
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"HP betting big on cloud to help company turn around: HP GM says cloud is a 'big deal' for turning around the struggling tech giant"?Network World?11:22 AM
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"Big Data Is Faster and Cheaper But Not New Or Revolutionary - IBM"?Forbes?9:56 AM
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"Oracle's Hurd: World is 'drowning in data,' warns of overload"?ZDNet?12:01 PM
"Oracle brings cross-platform Java dev to mobile devices: The Oracle ADF Mobile extension allows developers to write one program that can run on both Apple and Android devices"?IDG News Service?11:03 AM
"Cisco's Chambers: Bet On Us Because We Don't Lose"?CRN?10:30 AM
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