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• Bear and wolf, friends for life [video]

  Holy Kaw!

  9 Feb 2012 | 2:12 pm

  All too often we lose track of our friends from childhood, but this bear and wolf appear to be BFFs despite the differences. Full story at YouTube via io9. Can’t we all just get along? Permalink | Leave a comment  »

• AirPort Utility 6.0 Screencast Walkthrough

  TidBITS: Apple News for the Rest of Us

  9 Feb 2012 | 8:14 am

  Curious about the new version of AirPort Utility for Lion? Glenn Fleishman recorded a 15-minute screencast showing where all the features are hidden and some of the differences between the earlier 5.x version and the new 6.0 one. Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed, help support our work and become a TidBITS member! Members also enjoy an ad-free version of our Web site, email delivery of individual articles, the ability to make long comments with live links, and discounts on Take Control…

• Google Working On Wireless Home Entertainment System

  MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page

  Jordan Golson

  9 Feb 2012 | 2:44 pm

  Google is developing a wireless home entertainment system designed to stream music throughout the home, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. The system would be marketed under Google's brand and would be based on Google's Android platform. Google has sold a few items under it's own name, but has never designed consumer electronics hardware itself. The Google Nexus phone, for example, was made by HTC. Google's Android unit has led a multi-year effort to develop the new entertainment device, which may possibly stream other digital media besides music and is expected to be…

• Labor group: Apple has comparatively decent record in China, but could do more

  Infinite Loop

  9 Feb 2012 | 1:49 pm

  Fair labor activists across the globe are continuing to pressure Apple to do more to improve working conditions and labor standards in China. Despite Apple's efforts to make its suppliers adhere to its own supplier "code of conduct," activists in the US and China believe Apple could use just a small portion of its massive profits to make meaningful change. Factories in China pump out hundreds of thousands of iPhones, iPads, and Macs annually—indeed, China is responsible for manufacturing a vast majority of consumer electronics and other products sold here in the US. Stories of poor…

• Fix home button delays on iOS devices

  MacFixIt

  Topher Kessler

  8 Feb 2012 | 5:42 pm

  If the home button on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch is unresponsive, calibrating it could help.

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  Holy Kaw!

• Bear and wolf, friends for life [video]

  9 Feb 2012 | 2:12 pm

  All too often we lose track of our friends from childhood, but this bear and wolf appear to be BFFs despite the differences. Full story at YouTube via io9. Can’t we all just get along? Permalink | Leave a comment  »

• Can dessert for breakfast help you lose weight?

  9 Feb 2012 | 1:39 pm

  New research suggests that, in the early morning, you can have your cake and shed pounds too A new study from Tel Aviv University finds that eating a small dessert as part of a balanced breakfast can actually help you shed unwanted pounds. Staying skinny and eating chocolate? Here, a brief guide to what sounds, frankly, impossible: Full story at The Week. Photo: CC by ::paqman:: All the top stories from The Week. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

• Romance survey [infographic]

  9 Feb 2012 | 12:02 pm

  Via Hotels.com. Infographics to put you in the mood. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

• Do aliens go invisible by 'going green'?

  9 Feb 2012 | 11:24 am

  As we discover more and more planets around other stars, the Fermi Paradox is becoming, well, more paradoxical. The Fermi Paradox simply asks the question "where are they?" Our Milky Way galaxy is so big and so old -- and we are estimated to be accompanied by at least 100 billion planets -- that aliens should have visited us by now. Instead, when we peruse the heavens, we are faced with the Great Silence, which is one of the biggest challenges to modern astronomy. Full story at Discovery News. More news from Discovery Communications. Photo credit: Fotolia Permalink | Leave a…

• Mysterious sounds reported around the world

  9 Feb 2012 | 11:23 am

  People around the world have reported hearing strange sounds from the skies over the past month. Sometimes they describe it as a hum or low rumble; other times it’s a whine, thump, or even a melody. Often the sounds have been recorded and posted online, fueling rumors and conspiracy theories. One blogger wrote, "either the world is ending, aliens are landing or everyone is getting hoaxed. Or, possibly, there’s an actual scientific explanation for the mass amount of YouTube videos capturing bizarre sounds that are being heard around the globe. Are we witnessing the beginning of a…

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  TidBITS: Apple News for the Rest of Us

• AirPort Utility 6.0 Screencast Walkthrough

  9 Feb 2012 | 8:14 am

  Curious about the new version of AirPort Utility for Lion? Glenn Fleishman recorded a 15-minute screencast showing where all the features are hidden and some of the differences between the earlier 5.x version and the new 6.0 one. Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed, help support our work and become a TidBITS member! Members also enjoy an ad-free version of our Web site, email delivery of individual articles, the ability to make long comments with live links, and discounts on Take Control…

• External Link: iTunes Match a (Small) Moneymaker for Copyright Holders

  9 Feb 2012 | 7:17 am

  Subscribers to Apple’s iTunes Match service are sending copyright-holders “magic money,” writes Jeff Price at the blog for the TuneCore online music distribution service. And while not an overwhelming amount ($10,000 in the first two months, spread out across 55,000 TuneCore artists), Price points out that it is more than the null sum that artists were previously receiving. Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed, help support our work and become a TidBITS member! Members also enjoy an…

• Bookle 1.0.3

  9 Feb 2012 | 6:43 am

  Fixes addition of “-Temporary” to some EPUB display names plus disappearance of table of contents when resizing window in Mac OS X 10.6. ($9.99 new, free update, 2.6 MB) Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed, help support our work and become a TidBITS member! Members also enjoy an ad-free version of our Web site, email delivery of individual articles, the ability to make long comments with live links, and discounts on Take Control orders and other Apple-related products.

• FileMaker Go Brings FileMaker Databases to iOS

  9 Feb 2012 | 5:56 am

  Ever wanted to access a FileMaker database on your iPhone or iPad? The solution to that problem is FileMaker Go, but you may need to modify your database to make it useable, particularly on the iPhone’s small screen. Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed, help support our work and become a TidBITS member! Members also enjoy an ad-free version of our Web site, email delivery of individual articles, the ability to make long comments with live links, and discounts on Take Control orders and…

• Piezo 1.1.2

  8 Feb 2012 | 12:13 pm

  Fixes issue that prevented recording audio from Skype on Mac OS X 10.7.3. ($10 new, free update, 2.8 MB) Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed, help support our work and become a TidBITS member! Members also enjoy an ad-free version of our Web site, email delivery of individual articles, the ability to make long comments with live links, and discounts on Take Control orders and other Apple-related products.

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  MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page

• Google Working On Wireless Home Entertainment System

  Jordan Golson

  9 Feb 2012 | 2:44 pm

  Google is developing a wireless home entertainment system designed to stream music throughout the home, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. The system would be marketed under Google's brand and would be based on Google's Android platform. Google has sold a few items under it's own name, but has never designed consumer electronics hardware itself. The Google Nexus phone, for example, was made by HTC. Google's Android unit has led a multi-year effort to develop the new entertainment device, which may possibly stream other digital media besides music and is expected to be…

• Apple's Mac App Store Sandboxing Requirement Gaining Renewed Scrutiny as Deadline Approaches

  Eric Slivka

  9 Feb 2012 | 2:03 pm

  Last November, we reported on Apple's plan to require all Mac App Store apps to be sandboxed, a move that would increase security by preventing apps from overstepping their bounds should they be affected by malware but which could hamper the functionality of certain apps. The requirement had been scheduled to go into effect in November but was pushed back to a March 1 implementation date as apparently sought to give developers more time to digest and prepare for the change. With the implementation date now just a few weeks away, The Wall Street Journal again takes a look at the impact of the…

• iPad 3 to Have 'Truly Amazing' Screen

  Eric Slivka

  9 Feb 2012 | 1:35 pm

  Following a report from AllThingsD earlier today claiming that Apple will introduce the iPad 3 in the first week of March, The New York Times is now weighing in with its own sources corroborating claims of a faster processor and a "truly amazing" screen in a package nearly identical in appearance to the iPad 2.An Apple employee said that the version of the new iPad that is being tested inside the company is “essentially the same size and shape as the iPad 2,” with an improved and “truly amazing” screen. The tablet will include a faster processor, said the employee, who did not want to…

• AT&T Says Throttling of Unlimited Data Users Done on Case-by-Case Basis

  Eric Slivka

  9 Feb 2012 | 1:18 pm

  Last week, a firestorm erupted over the publicization of AT&T policies that can result in users on grandfathered unlimited data plans seeing their data speeds throttled after burning through as little as 2 GB in a month. Early reports on the policy, which went into effect last October as intended to affect the top 5% of users on unlimited plans, had pegged the carrier as enforcing throttling on customers using in excess of 10 GB, but the limit appears to have been coming down over time. The lower limits have left some wondering why they are continuing to pay for a $30/month "unlimited"…

• Microsoft Lays Out Plans for Windows on ARM Processors

  Eric Slivka

  9 Feb 2012 | 12:05 pm

  Back in September, we covered Microsoft's announcement of Windows 8, the next step in the operating system's evolution that seeks to encompass not only traditional PCs but also mobile devices running on ARM processor architecture. Microsoft's Steven Sinofsky showing off prototype Windows 8 hardware at September's BUILD conference Steven Sinofsky, president of Microsoft's Windows division, today issued a massive blog post laying out in more detail how the company plans to tackle Windows on ARM (WOA). Sinofsky notes upfront that WOA will be a new member of the Windows family, based heavily on…

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  Infinite Loop

• Labor group: Apple has comparatively decent record in China, but could do more

  9 Feb 2012 | 1:49 pm

  Fair labor activists across the globe are continuing to pressure Apple to do more to improve working conditions and labor standards in China. Despite Apple's efforts to make its suppliers adhere to its own supplier "code of conduct," activists in the US and China believe Apple could use just a small portion of its massive profits to make meaningful change. Factories in China pump out hundreds of thousands of iPhones, iPads, and Macs annually—indeed, China is responsible for manufacturing a vast majority of consumer electronics and other products sold here in the US. Stories of poor…

• FBI document on Steve Jobs: apparently more than fit for office

  9 Feb 2012 | 10:20 am

  Did you know that Apple cofounder Steve Jobs was considered for an appointment with the US government under George Herbert Walker Bush? Now you do—along with the rest of the world—thanks to newly released documents by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The FBI posted on Thursday a 161-page document of its extensive background check on Jobs as a result of a Freedom of Information Act request filed by the Wall Street Journal—the document doesn't otherwise contain much new information that wasn't covered in Walter Isaacson's recently released biography on Jobs, though it does…

• Hackers target iPhone manufacturer to protest harsh working conditions

  9 Feb 2012 | 8:49 am

  Hackers protesting harsh working conditions at iPhone manufacturer Foxconn dumped what they said were megabytes of private data belonging to the outsourcing giant. "Note: The passwords inside these files could allow individuals to make fraudulent orders under big companies like Microsoft, Apple, IBM, Intel, and Dell," a group calling itself Swagg Security wrote in a message posted to Pastebin. "Be careful." The purported contents were made available in a torrent on The Pirate Bay. The group said Foxconn's network was protected by "an appropriate firewall, but fortunately to our intent, we…

• Etc: TED Talks are now available as free downloads via iTunes U, collected and arranged by topics such as design, science, and religion.

  9 Feb 2012 | 7:16 am

  TED Talks are now available as free downloads via iTunes U, collected and arranged by topics such as design, science, and religion. Read More: iTunes U Read the comments on this post

• First week of March fingered for iPad 3 announcement

  9 Feb 2012 | 6:50 am

  There have been many rumors about the launch of Apple's next-gen iPad, but the first substantial bit of info comes courtesy of All Things D. According to sources speaking to the publication, the iPad 3 will be introduced at an event in San Francisco during the first week of March—the same week the iPad 2 was announced in 2011. Rumors have been all over the map as for what the iPad 3's specs might be. It has been generally accepted at this point that it will come with a higher-resolution "retina" display, but others have pointed to upgraded cameras, a slightly thicker body, a quad-core…

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  MacFixIt

• Fix home button delays on iOS devices

  Topher Kessler

  8 Feb 2012 | 5:42 pm

  If the home button on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch is unresponsive, calibrating it could help.

• EFI updates extend Lion Internet recovery to more Macs

  Topher Kessler

  8 Feb 2012 | 9:44 am

  Apple has released new EFI firmware updates to in part bring the Lion Internet recovery option to more 2010-model Macs.

• Apple knowledgebase Web pages not loading in Safari

  Topher Kessler

  7 Feb 2012 | 2:55 pm

  Apple's knowledgebase articles have not been loading properly for some Safari users.

• Boot argument options in OS X

  Topher Kessler

  7 Feb 2012 | 2:14 pm

  The OS X boot arguments are useful for troubleshooting problems with system startup and how the system behaves when running.

• Purge the OS X disk cache to analyze memory usage

  Topher Kessler

  7 Feb 2012 | 11:01 am

  The disk cache in OS X can sometimes use a fair amount of the system's RAM, and clearing it can help you figure out how much RAM your applications and system processes are using.

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  Cult of Mac

• In Another Blow For RIM, NOAA Ditches BlackBerry For iPhone and iPad

  Ryan Faas

  9 Feb 2012 | 1:43 pm

  Earlier this week, it was revealed that energy giant Haliburton is was going to begin a transition that will replace all corporate BlackBerry devices with iPhones. RIM got more bad news today in the form of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announcing that the federal agency will also be dropping the BlackBerry platform in favor of the iPhone. The news came via a memo from the agency’s CIO Joseph Klimavicz dated February 3. The memo, obtained by Jim Dalrymple of The Loop indicates that BlackBerry support will extend only until May 12 of this year. After which,…

• How To Quickly Check Your Twitter Timeline With Siri [Jailbreak]

  Alex Heath

  9 Feb 2012 | 1:30 pm

  We’ve already shown you jailbreak tweaks like AssistantExtensions that let you tweet using your voice and Siri, and now there’s a way to easily read your Twitter timeline with Apple’s digital assistant. Using a simple keyword, you can have Siri show your recent tweets from within its linen window. TweetLine is a plugin for AssistantExtensions that loads your Twitter timeline inside Siri’s interface. To trigger TweetLine in Siri, simply say the word “timeline.” The last 5 tweets from your timeline are displayed in plain text, but you can’t open links…

• Businesses Can Disable iCloud But Won’t Gain Much Security In The Process

  Ryan Faas

  9 Feb 2012 | 12:35 pm

    There’s no doubt that iCloud offers some great value to Mac and iOS users. It even has some potential as a business tool. Unfortunately, like many other personal cloud services, iCloud presents some major securtiy concerns when it comes into the workplace – either on a user’s iOS device or on a business Mac or PC. Those concerns stem from the ability to sync business data to outside devices and computers as well as its capacity to archive some of that data on Apple’s iCloud servers. Unlike most personal cloud products, which can be difficult to effectively…

• Apple Supplier Foxconn Got Hacked For The Lulz

  Buster Heine

  9 Feb 2012 | 12:13 pm

  As if Foxconn didn’t have enough to worry about with the protests today and labor conditions controversies of the past few weeks, it looks like their network servers suffered a huge security breach last night by a mischievous hacker group called SwaggSec that exposed the usernames and passwords of Foxconn’s clients and employees. What motivated the group to expose Foxconn’s vulnerabilities? Were they looking to make a statement on labor conditions? Nah, they just wanted to screw with Foxconn for laughs. Last night’s assault by SwaggSec gave outsiders temporary access…

• Use Your iPhone & The Joypad App To Control Games On Your iPad [iOS Tip]

  Killian Bell

  9 Feb 2012 | 12:00 pm

  Isn’t it frustrating when you’re playing a game on your iPad and your hands keep spoiling the view? That’s the problem with virtual controls on touchscreen devices, but there is a way around this. Joypad allows you to control a selection of iPad games using your iPhone, so you can enjoy your favorite titles without your hands blocking the view. It features a selection of control pad layouts that are individually tailored to certain games, and you can customize things like the touch radius for each button. Here’s how to get started with Joypad. First, ensure you have an…

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  Daring Fireball

• Detox

  John Gruber

  9 Feb 2012 | 11:53 am

  Nifty Safari extension by Shaun Inman: Ever wonder why links you find via Twitter don’t show up in your browser history and aren’t suggested by autocomplete in the url bar? The t.co link shortener serves known browser user agents an HTML page containing a JavaScript or meta refresh redirect (instead of the standard Location header) so that Twitter can stake itself out as the referrer when coming from third-party clients. This confuses Safari. Keeps your history from filling up with indistinguishable untitled t.co URLs.  ★ 

• Twittelator Neue

  John Gruber

  9 Feb 2012 | 11:46 am

  I sing the praises of Tweetbot every few weeks, but I still believe what I wrote almost three years ago: “Twitter Clients Are a UI Design Playground”. Another new iOS Twitter client that deserves attention is Twittelator Neue, from Stone Design. In a sense it’s a rather opposite design approach from Tweetbot — light vs. heavy.  ★ 

• Stealing Your Address Book

  John Gruber

  9 Feb 2012 | 11:37 am

  Dustin Curtis: Usually, when I am curious about something Apple has done, I try to understand the design thinking that went into the decision. In this case, I can’t think of a rational reason for why Apple has not placed any protections on Address Book in iOS. It makes no sense. It is a breach of my privacy, and it has allowed every app I’ve installed to steal my address book. I understand that Apple doesn’t want us to be badgered by too many permission-granting alerts, but address book data is sensitive enough to warrant it, in my opinion. Why not treat it like they do…

• John Williams Turns 80

  John Gruber

  9 Feb 2012 | 11:27 am

  Five of his classic scores, with a bit of his own commentary. You could argue that Williams is the most successful artist in the history of film. (Via Jim Coudal.)  ★ 

• John Paczkowski: Apple to Announce iPad 3 First Week in March

  John Gruber

  9 Feb 2012 | 9:14 am

  John Paczkowski: Sources say the company has chosen the first week in March to debut the successor to the iPad 2, and will do so at one of its trademark special events. The event will be held in San Francisco, presumably at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Apple’s preferred location for big announcements like these. I believe it.  ★ 

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  Slashdot: Apple

• FBI File Notes Steve Jobs' Reality Distortion Field

  timothy

  9 Feb 2012 | 10:01 am

  Hugh Pickens writes "Bloomberg reports that the FBI has released a decades-old file it kept on Steve Jobs, the deceased Apple co-founder, after a background check for a possible appointment by former President George H. W. Bush conducting interviews with unnamed associates of Jobs to judge his character, drug use and potential prejudices. 'Several individuals questioned Mr. Jobs' honesty stating that Mr. Jobs will twist the truth and distort reality in order to achieve his goals,' according to the materials. Several people commented 'concerning past drug use on the part of Mr. Jobs,'…

• US Air Force Buys iPads To Replace Flight Bags

  samzenpus

  8 Feb 2012 | 3:31 pm

  redletterdave writes "Following the precedent set by commercial airliners, the U.S. Air Force plans to buy up to 18,000 iPads for its Air Mobility Command (AMC), replacing heavy flight bags with light and efficient Apple iPad 2s for the crews that fly cargo aircraft. The devices will reportedly be used by the crews on the C-5 Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster aircraft. There are several benefits to using electronic flight bags instead of physical versions. For one, the iPad can instantly update charts electronically, while the AMC would require flying charts get reprinted every 28 days to stay…

• Labor Activist: Apple May Be Terrible, But All Others Are Worse

  samzenpus

  8 Feb 2012 | 2:07 pm

  CheerfulMacFanboy writes "Labor Activist Li Qiang wants you to know that the iPhone 4 in his pocket is not an endorsement of Apple's policies, just an acknowledgment that the company is doing a better job of monitoring factory conditions than its peers. The founder of leading advocacy group China Labor Watch (CLW) told us that, though the Cupertino company does more-thorough inspections than competitors, it is responsible for poor working conditions at its suppliers' factories and needs to invest some of its record-breaking profits in improving them. 'Although I know that the iPhone 4 is made…

• The iPhone Is a Nightmare For Carriers

  Unknown Lamer

  8 Feb 2012 | 10:02 am

  New submitter HungryMonkey writes "According to the latest EBITDA numbers from AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon, the subsidies they have to pay Apple in order to carry the iPhone are drastically reducing their profits. From the Article: '"A logical conclusion is that the iPhone is not good for wireless carriers," says Mike McCormack, an analyst at Nomura Securities. "When we look at the direct and indirect economics that Apple has managed to extract from the carriers, the carrier-level value destruction is quite evident."' So one money sucking leech has attached itself to another money sucking…

• Apple Could Lose $1.6 Billion In iPad Lawsuit

  Soulskill

  7 Feb 2012 | 12:51 pm

  redletterdave writes "Proview Technology, which currently uses the 'iPad' name on several of its products including computer monitors, stands to win up to $1.6 billion and an apology from Apple for allegedly infringing upon Proview's trademarked name to use on its bestselling tablet. Proview International, which owns subsidiaries Proview Technology in Shenzhen and Proview Electronics in Taiwan, originally registered the name 'iPad' in Taiwan in 2000 and mainland China in 2001. Proview eventually sued Apple in 2011, and even though the Cupertino-based company retaliated with a counter-suit of…

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  CNET News - Apple

• Apple shares jump, hover shy of $500 mark

  Josh Lowensohn

  9 Feb 2012 | 1:29 pm

  Apple shares were big on Wall Street today, almost brushing $500. The surge followed word that the company may unveil the iPad 3 next month. Originally posted at Apple Talk

• Amazon fires shot at iPad's screen glare, price in new Kindle ad

  Don Reisinger

  9 Feb 2012 | 10:14 am

  Amazon doesn't mention the iPad by name, but Apple's tablet makes an appearance, and it's no secret which competitor it's referencing. Originally posted at The Digital Home

• Ethical-iPhone activists deliver petitions to Apple stores

  Roger Cheng

  9 Feb 2012 | 8:42 am

  Members from Change.org deliver a quarter of a million signatures to Apple's Manhattan flagship store in Grand Central Terminal on petitions calling for an ethical iPhone 5. It was part of the delivery of signatures to stores around the world.

• Read FBI background report on Apple co-founder Steve Jobs

  Greg Sandoval

  9 Feb 2012 | 7:23 am

  In 1991, George H.W. Bush considered Jobs for an appointment on the President's Council, and the FBI dug into the Apple honcho's youthful behaviors.

• Apple supplier Foxconn hit by hackers

  Lance Whitney

  9 Feb 2012 | 6:28 am

  A hacking group calling itself Swagg Security claims to have breached network security and publicly released names, passwords, and other private data from the Apple supplier.

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  dealmac - Today's Edition

• Sauder Traditional L-Shaped Desk for $170 + free shipping

  9 Feb 2012 | 1:57 pm

  OfficeMax offers the Sauder Traditional L-Shaped Desk for $199.99. Coupon code "BIGDEAL30" cuts it to $169.99. With free shipping, that's $30 under our December mention and the lowest total price we could find. Sales tax is added where applicable. This 29.25" x 62.50" x 58" desk features three storage drawers, a file drawer, T-lock drawer system, and more. Deal ends February 11.

• Seagate 3TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive for $150 + pickup at Best Buy

  9 Feb 2012 | 1:22 pm

  For in-store pickup only, Best Buy offers the Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 3TB USB 3.0 External Desktop Hard Drive, model no. STAC3000102, for $149.99 ($0.05/GB). That's the lowest price we could find by $20, although we saw it shipped for $50 less on Black Friday. (For further comparison, this is the least expensive 3TB USB 3.0 drive we've seen since that week.) Sales tax is added where applicable.

• Nova Development SuperBundle for Mac: 10 Mac apps for $49

  9 Feb 2012 | 1:05 pm

  Nova Development offers its SuperBundle for Mac 10-Application Bundle for $49. That's tied with last week's mention as the best discount we've seen in almost a year from Nova Development. (It's also a savings of $422 compared to paying the list price for each program.) The apps include Parallels Desktop 7, LittleSnapper, iStopmotion Home 2, Flux 3, and more. Deal ends February 11.

• newegg coupon: 10% off digital SLR camera lenses + free shipping

  9 Feb 2012 | 12:54 pm

  For its newsletter subscribers, newegg takes 10% off new and in-stock digital SLR camera lenses via coupon code "EMCNHNA23". With free shipping, many lenses are at the lowest total price we could find. A maximum $300 discount applies. Deal ends February 15. A best bet is the Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM Telephoto Zoom Lens (pictured), model no. 2578A002, for $619 before the above coupon, $557.10 after. With free shipping, it's the lowest total price we could find by $82.

• JVC Motion Sensing Clock Radio with Dual iPod Docks for $55 + free shipping

  9 Feb 2012 | 12:48 pm

  800PhotoVideo via eBay offers the JVC Motion Sensing Clock Radio with Dual iPod/iPhone Docks, model no. NX-PN10, for $54.97 ith free shipping. That's $25 under our November mention as the lowest total price we could find, this time by $28. This docking station can accommodate two iPods (or iPhones) side-by-side. Features include blue LED illumination, back-illuminated LCD display, clock, timer, and remote control.

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  AppleInsider

• Workers' rights petitions delivered to Apple's Grand Central store

  9 Feb 2012 | 1:18 pm

  As promised, activists on Thursday hand-delivered signed petitions to Apple's store in Grand Central Terminal, which were politely accepted by retail employees.

• US NOAA ditches BlackBerry, chooses Apple's iPhone and iPad

  9 Feb 2012 | 11:57 am

  The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is the latest government organization to adopt Apple's iPhone and iPad after ditching Research in Motion's BlackBerry.

• FBI file on Steve Jobs reveals he was considered for White House position

  9 Feb 2012 | 9:55 am

  The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has released its 191-page file on Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, revealing he was considered for an appointment to the White House in 1991, and that there was a bomb threat against him in 1985.

• Apple now worth more than Google and Microsoft combined

  9 Feb 2012 | 8:12 am

  First on AI: Apple's stock soared to new heights on Thursday, pushing the company's market capitalization to $456 billion, a number that is greater than the values of rivals Google and Microsoft combined.

• Apple exploring 3D frame-of-reference iOS interface based on eye, light location

  9 Feb 2012 | 6:54 am

  Apple has shown interest in creating a unique user interface for iOS, allowing new features like dynamic shadows based on the angle of light hitting an iPhone screen.

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  9to5Mac

• AAPL passes 10 percent of all of NASDAQ value as analysts target half a trillion dollar valuation

  Christian Zibreg

  9 Feb 2012 | 8:44 am

  Apple’s blockbuster holiday quarter sent shares to an all-time high of $431 a share, which is enough to close in on a market valuation of $400 billion. However, that was last month. Today, AAPL briefly passed a record $460 billion market cap with new historical stock price high at $493.97 a share. Exxon Mobil Corporation’s [XOM] market valuation is just $402.72 billion. Analysts featured on Bloomberg Television said Apple is an “absolute phenomenon.” Both Needham and Canaccord raised their price target for Apple shares to $620 and $650, respectively, maintaining a Buy…

• Steve Jobs’ FBI file reveals he’d been considered for a Bush 1 White House ‘sensitive position’ in 1991

  Christian Zibreg

  9 Feb 2012 | 7:05 am

  Federal Bureau of Investigation has posted on its website an interesting and exhaustive file on Apple’s Cofounder and late CEO Steve Jobs. According to Gawker, which first spotted the file, the 191-page document reveals that Jobs was considered for a “sensitive position” in the Bush I White House back in 1991. It also contains results of an investigation into a 1985 bomb threat against Jobs. How did Jobs do in High School?  2.65 GPA - hallmark of all geniuses. An excerpt also includes comments from several people who noted Jobs’ reality distortion field, included…

• Logitech takes a page from the Magic Mouse playbook for its new touch mouse M600

  Christian Zibreg

  9 Feb 2012 | 6:56 am

  We are so in love with Logitech’s new touch-sensitive Touch Mouse M600 that it would most likely be a replacement if we broke our mouse. Akin to Apple’s Magic Mouse and Microsoft’s Explorer Touch Mouse, the M660 is all about gestures and touch. It also looks great with its sleek design and smooth curvature. Moreover, just like Apple’s mouse, the M600 lets you swipe, scroll, and flip through pages, bookmarks, and websites. The device fetches $70 and it will be available in the United States and Europe beginning in February 2012… Unfortunately,…

• iPad announcement coming in less than a month, claims AllThingsD

  Seth Weintraub

  9 Feb 2012 | 5:38 am

  “First Week in March,” claimed AllthingsD. Sources say the company has chosen the first week in March to début the successor to the iPad 2 and will do so at one of its trademark special events. The event will be held in San Francisco, presumably at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Apple’s preferred location for big announcements like these. No word yet on a street date for the iPad 3 (assuming that’s what it’s called), though my guess is retail availability will follow roughly the same schedule as that of the iPad 2: available for purchase a week or so after the event.

• High-res Sharp panel spotted, is it for iPad 3?

  Christian Zibreg

  9 Feb 2012 | 5:02 am

  iPad 3 parts are supposedly cropping up all over China. Following yesterday’s spy shots of a purported iPad 3 enclosure (here and here), Japanese blog Macotakara today published the above photo allegedly depicting a high-resolution panel manufactured by Sharp. According to the blog, the part was obtained by parts reseller Eye Lab Factory, which means take this with a few pinches of salt. It looks like 9.7-inch panel, and Macotakara said its flat cable corresponds to a similar cable connecting the iPad 2′s LCD panel to the motherboard. The display is said to be a XQGA variety…