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Saturday, 19 January 2013

Address: Obama looks to turn a page on first term

A painter touches up an entrance post outside the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, in preparation for this weekend's 57th Presidential Inauguration, where President Barack Obama will be sworn in for a second term. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

A painter touches up an entrance post outside the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, in preparation for this weekend's 57th Presidential Inauguration, where President Barack Obama will be sworn in for a second term. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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A cyclist prepares to pass visitors standing in front of the Inaugural Parade Reviewing Stand outside the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, in preparation for this weekend's 57th Presidential Inauguration" where President Barack Obama will be sworn in for a second term. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

(AP) ? President Barack Obama has been looking to historians for guidance on how to shape his second inaugural's words into a speech for the ages, eager to make good use of his twice-in-a-lifetime opportunity to command the world's attention.

He will take the oath of office Sunday in an intimate White House ceremony witnessed by family, and then again Monday at the Capitol before a crowd of hundreds of thousands on the National Mall. Washington will also play host to the traditional inaugural parade and formal balls Monday, as well as a day of service Saturday that kicks off the festivities.

But it's Obama's inaugural address that will be the centerpiece of the three-day affair. The president will seek to turn the page on a first term consumed by economic turmoil and set an optimistic tone for four more years that will help define his legacy.

The president has been working on his speech since early December, writing out draft after draft on yellow legal pads, aides say. He's read several second-term inaugural addressed delivered by his predecessors. And last week, he invited a small group of historians to the White House to discuss the potential ? and the pitfalls ? of second-term inaugurals.

Heading into his speech, Obama does have history on his mind, particularly two of the great American leaders he most deeply admires, Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. The start of Obama's second term coincides with the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and the 50th anniversary of King's March on Washington, and he has chosen to take the public oath with his hand on both their bibles stacked together.

"Their actions, the movements they represented are the only reason it's possible for me to be inaugurated," Obama said of Lincoln and King in a video released Friday by the Presidential Inaugural Committee. "It's also a reminder for me that this country has gone through very tough times before but we always come out on the other side."

Aides say the president will touch on some of the challenges he'll take on in a second term but won't delve deeply into the policy objectives he'll tackle in the next four years. Those details will be saved for his Feb. 12 State of the Union address.

But the tone and theme of Monday's speech will set the stage for the policy fights to come. Obama may in some way to reference the Connecticut elementary school shooting that pushed gun control to the top of his agenda. He may also speak of a need to tackle comprehensive immigration reform, another second-term priority, and to bring U.S. troops home from Afghanistan.

Obama's speech won't be overly political. But aides said he will make the point that while the nation's political system doesn't require politicians to resolve all of their differences, it does require Washington to act on issues where there is common ground. And he will speak about how the nation's core principles can still guide a country that has changed immensely since its founding.

The president was still working on his speech heading into inauguration weekend. He's been hammering out the details for many weeks with longtime speechwriter Jon Favreau, who worked with the president on his first inaugural address and nearly every other high-profile speech he's given since.

White House spokesman Jay Carney said the president takes the responsibility of a second term "enormously seriously."

"He didn't seek re-election just to be re-elected," Carney said. "He believes that we have work to do, and he believes that both the agenda he has put forward so far and the agenda he will put forward in the future will help this country move forward in a variety of ways. This is something he feels very deeply."

The crowd spread before Obama is expected to be much smaller than the record 1.8 million who packed the National Mall four years ago to see him sworn in as the nation's first black president. But the estimates of 600,000 to 800,000 this time still would make it the largest attendance ever for a second presidential inauguration.

Obama has cut back on some of the reveling from four years ago ? there will be no concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and only two balls instead of 10. But there will still be elaborate celebration ? a long list of top entertainment acts including Beyonce, Katy Perry and Brad Paisley have signed on to perform at the weekend's events, including the two official balls that are expected to draw around 40,000 people to the Washington Convention Center.

Part of Obama's weekend also will involve thanking the donors who are contributing toward his committee's $50 million fundraising goal to put on the celebration. The president and first lady hosted supporters Friday at the White House, and he planned to attend a Sunday night reception at the National Building Museum with more donors.

Obama is trying to expand the National Day of Service that begins the weekend's events Saturday ? a call for Americans across the country to honor King's legacy by serving their communities. He is hoping the day will become an inaugural tradition and also is looking toward his legacy with the speech.

The president sought advice from a small group of historians during a dinner at the White House last week. Beyond just the mechanics of second inaugural addresses, the dinner focused broadly on how presidents manage their second terms.

Perhaps more than any of his predecessors, Franklin D. Roosevelt's second inaugural address could serve as a model for Obama.

Each man took office amid economic turmoil that eased during his first four years in the White House. When Roosevelt spoke to the nation after taking the oath of office a second time, he reported economic progress but cautioned that there was more work to do. Obama has often voiced similar sentiments, using the signs of improvement as his justification for re-election throughout the 2012 campaign.

Obama may aim for brevity in Monday's speech. Still, he's certain to speak longer than Lincoln, who offered the nation just 700 words in his acclaimed second inaugural.

Douglas Brinkley, one of the historians who met with Obama, endorsed the "brief is better" strategy. But he also said that with Obama scaling back some of the grandeur of the broader inaugural celebration, there is an opportunity for his speech to become the focal point.

"This time around, I think the inaugural speech has to carry the day," Brinkley said. "There are less balls, fewer people. There's a chance to make this stand out."

The inaugural ceremonies are a national tradition but not constitutionally required. The 20th Amendment says the president and vice president automatically start their new terms at noon on Jan. 20.

Obama plans to take the oath officially shortly before noon Sunday in the White House's Blue Room, an oval space with majestic views of the South Lawn and the Washington Monument. Named for the color of the drapes, upholstery and carpet, it is not typically used for ceremonies and instead has primarily been a reception room as well as being the site of the only presidential wedding held in the White House, between Grover Cleveland and Frances Folsum in 1886.

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Bears hire Alouettes' Marc Trestman as head coach

The Chicago Bears hired Montreal Alouettes coach Marc Trestman on Wednesday to replace the fired Lovie Smith and gave him two basic tasks ? get the most out of quarterback Jay Cutler and lead the team to the playoffs on a consistent basis.

It's not exactly a simple task. But the Bears believe he's up to it.

It's the first head coaching job in the NFL for Trestman, a longtime assistant in the league who spent the past five seasons coaching the CFL's Alouettes and led them to two Grey Cup titles. Trestman was an offensive coordinator with Cleveland, San Francisco, Arizona and Oakland.

Chicago general manager Phil Emery cast a wide net in his search, meeting with at least 13 candidates. Besides Trestman, he also brought back Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell and the Indianapolis Colts' Bruce Arians for second interviews.

Trestman wasted little time starting to assemble his staff.

A person familiar with the situation said the Bears have hired New Orleans Saints offensive line coach Aaron Kromer as their offensive coordinator, hoping to revive an attack that often sputtered with Mike Tice calling the plays. The person spoke Wednesday on the condition of anonymity because the move had not been announced.

Kromer served as the Saints' head coach for six games this season while interim head coach Joe Vitt was suspended for his role in the bounty scandal. Saints coach Sean Payton had to sit out the year.

For Chicago, the moves come on the heels of a 10-win season in which the Bears fell apart after winning seven of their first eight games.

Smith was let go after nine years, ending a run that included a trip to the Super Bowl but also saw Chicago miss the playoffs five of the past six seasons. That move did not sit well with some players at the time, but there's at least one who is looking forward to working with Trestman.

"Heard so many GREAT things about Coach Trestman can't wait to follow his lead," star receiver Brandon Marshall wrote on Twitter. "Reading his book now."

Trestman authored "Perseverance: Life Lessons on Leadership and Teamwork," a motivational biography released in 2010. According to his website, it mixes his philosophies with personal stories that "provide a unique insight into the secrets of his success."

The Bears, who have scheduled a news conference for Thursday morning, are turning to the 57-year-old Trestman in part because of his background with quarterbacks.

He worked with Bernie Kosar as an assistant at the University of Miami and again when he was on the Browns' staff in the 1980s. Trestman helped the Raiders reach the Super Bowl at the end of the 2002 season with an offense he geared for Rich Gannon, the league's MVP that year.

In recent years, Trestman has worked as a consultant in the NFL and in the offseason helped develop quarterbacks entering the league ? including Cutler. His biggest task will be maximizing the man behind center and getting the offense to click.

That's something that never really happened under Smith, who helped build a top defense around stars such as Brian Urlacher and Lance Briggs but never could solve the issues on the other side of the ball. The Bears' offense never ranked higher than 15th under Smith, and the problems in that area along with the postseason misses ultimately led to his dismissal.

The Bears have big holes on the offensive line and at tight end, but the No. 1 task is connecting with Cutler. As gifted as he is, questions remain about his makeup and demeanor. He has one year left on his contract, and the Bears have to figure out if he can lead them to the top. In Chicago, the deck at times has been stacked against him.

His relationship with former offensive coordinator Ron Turner seemed icy, and he took a beating in Mike Martz's system. Cutler will now be working in his fourth system since the Bears acquired him from Denver in 2009.

Beside the issues on the line, Cutler also lacked a go-to receiver his first three years in Chicago, but that changed in a big way before this season. The Bears hired Emery to replace the fired Jerry Angelo as GM after a late collapse last year, and although he was given a mandate to work with Smith for at least a year, he was able to retool the roster.

The biggest move? That was the trade with Miami for Marshall, Cutler's favorite target in Denver.

Marshall set club records for catches and yards, but the Bears still ranked 28th on offense.

It didn't help that receivers Alshon Jeffery and Earl Bennett missed time with injuries or that running back Matt Forte was banged up and uninvolved at times, whether it was in the running or passing game.

The Bears also have an aging core on defense and a big question at middle linebacker. Urlacher has an expiring contract and missed the last four games with a hamstring injury after being limited by a knee problem, and the eight-time Pro Bowler might have played his final down for Chicago.

Pro Bowl cornerback Charles Tillman, star defensive end Julius Peppers and linebacker Lance Briggs all are in their 30s.

Despite having some aging stars, the Bears' defense ranked fifth overall and picked off a league-leading 24 passes while returning an NFL-best eight interceptions for touchdowns. Their special teams remain a strong point, too, even if Devin Hester failed to return a kickoff or punt for a touchdown.

With files from The Canadian Press

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US to Syria neighbors: Be ready to act on WMDs

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U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is greeted by Brig. Gen Serdar Gulbas, center, and Col. Christopher E. Craige during a stopover to visit U.S. troops in Turkey on Dec. 14.

By R. Jeffrey SmithThe Center for Public Integrity

The Obama administration has quietly arranged for thousands of chemical protective suits and related items to be sent to Jordan and Turkey and is pressing the military forces there to take principal responsibility for safeguarding Syrian chemical weapons sites if the country?s lethal nerve agents suddenly become vulnerable to theft and misuse, Western and Middle Eastern officials say.

As part of their preparations for such an event, Western governments have started training the Jordanians and Turks to use the chemical gear and detection equipment, so they have the capability to protect the Syrian nerve agent depots if needed ? at least for a short time, U.S. and Western officials say.

Washington has decided moreover that the best course of action in the aftermath of Syrian President Bashar Assad?s fall would be to get the nerve agents out of the country as quickly as possible, and so it has begun discussions not only with Jordan and Turkey, but also with Iraq and Russia in an effort to chart the potential withdrawal of the arsenal and its destruction elsewhere.


Using allied forces from Syria?s periphery as the most likely ?first-responders? to a weapons-of-mass-destruction emergency is regarded in Washington as a way to avoid putting substantial U.S. troops into the region if the special Syrian military forces now safeguarding the weapons leave their posts. A Syrian withdrawal might otherwise render the weapons vulnerable to capture and use by Hezbollah or other anti-U.S. or anti-Israeli militant groups, U.S. officials fear.

This article is based on conversations about international planning for the disposition of the Syrian stockpile with a half dozen U.S. and foreign officials who have direct knowledge of the matter but declined to be named due to the political and security sensitivities surrounding their work.

They said the Western planning, while not yet complete, is further along than officials have publicly disclosed.

But so far, the Turkish and Jordanian governments have not promised to take up the full role that Washington has sought to give them, U.S. and foreign officials said.

Asked for comment, Jordanian embassy spokeswoman, Dana Zureikat Daoud, said the training under way is ?not mission-oriented,? meaning that Jordan does not have a fixed responsibility. But she added that the government is indeed concerned about the possibility of Syrian chemical armaments falling into extremist hands. ?Our contingency plans ? are discussed and elaborated with like-minded, concerned countries,? she said.

A spokesman at the Turkish Embassy declined comment. But James F. Jeffrey, the U.S. ambassador to Turkey from 2008-2010, said that although Ankara is eager for the United States to play a larger role in resolving the Syrian crisis, the Turks are ?usually reluctant to be our foot-soldiers.? He added: ?When Americans come up with a plan to use country x?s soldiers, the plan is often self-fulfilling inside the Beltway,? but sometimes runs into trouble when it is broached in foreign capitals.

The prospect of lethal nerve agents at any Syrian sites suddenly becoming unprotected is one of many alarming developments that have been war-gamed at the Pentagon over the past year, as the conflict there deepens and president Assad?s grip over his deadly arsenal comes into greater question, U.S. officials say.

Private messages to Syrian commanders
Worries about the fate of the chemicals ? in a stockpile estimated at 350 to 400 metric tons -- have become so great that Washington and its allies have recently passed messages to some of the Syrian commanders that oversee their security, offering safety and a continued role under a new government if the commanders act responsibly, two knowledgeable officials said on condition they not be named.

It is unclear what the results of that effort have been. But similar messages, urging restraint and good behavior in handling the chemicals, have also been passed in recent weeks to rebel forces inside the country, according to a Western official.

One of Washington?s concerns has been that Assad might order the chemicals used against his own citizens, a fear that spiked late last year when chemicals at one base were seen being loaded into artillery shells and bombs. Western and Russian officials issued stiff warnings, and those concerns abated somewhat, although Foreign Policy magazine reported Jan. 15 that some evidence exists that Syria used a generally nonlethal incapacitating gas against rebels in Homs last month.

?We found no credible evidence to corroborate or to confirm that chemical weapons were used? in that incident, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said on Tuesday.

The principal U.S. concern in a post-Assad period, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said at a press briefing on Jan. 10, is ?how do we secure the CBW (chemical and biological weapons) sites?...And that is a discussion that we are having, not only with the Israelis, but with other countries in the region, to try to look at ? what steps need to be taken in order to make sure that these sites are secured.?

?We?re not working on options that involve (U.S.) boots on the ground,? Panetta said.

At one extreme, officials said, special forces now in the region might have to intervene on short notice if it appears that weapons at one of the sites are about to fall into the wrong hands or to be employed on a large scale. They would be tasked with swiftly neutralizing both the agent and any hostile forces present and likely stay on the ground only for a few hours.

The Obama administration?s preference is to have other nations? forces undertake such an intervention, and so the United States and Britain have been conducting joint planning and training operations with Jordanian and Turkish commandos for more than a year, to prepare for their possible emergency insertion into Syria, according to U.S. and foreign officials familiar with the plans.

The protective suits, along with detection equipment and decontamination gear, began arriving in the late fall amid concern that the Syrian government might be considering using the weapons to halt rebel advances. Syria?s arsenal ? which was developed for a potential conflict with Israel -- includes mustard gas, which burns and blisters the skin and lungs, More problematically, it also includes sarin and VX, liquids that interfere with the nervous system and produce swift death by paralysis after minute, drop-size exposures, U.S. officials say.

Syria devised its nerve weapons as binary agents, in which two less toxic chemicals are routinely stored in large, separated canisters and then loaded into separate compartments inside a bomb. For example, sarin uses a formulation of alcohol, plus another chemical. The agents combine to pose their most lethal threat only when launched or during flight, making them relatively easy to handle or transport before then ? by the Syrian military or by terrorists and militant groups.

Syria regime 'reeling, armed to the teeth' with chemical weapons

But the separation of the basic components also opens the door to at least a partial elimination of the threat onsite, since the alcohol used in sarin could simply be drained onto the ground and allowed to evaporate.

Jordan and Turkey initially agreed to undertake Western training in dealing with chemical weapons because they might have to deal with panicked refugees and victims if Assad?s forces use such arms against the rebels; some risk also exists in that circumstance of clouds of dangerous gas wafting onto their own territory from Syrian cities near their border. Even medical workers would be at grave risk in dealing with those who became contaminated; as a result, they are being trained now by Western powers, according to foreign officials.

?Their primary concern is a spillover of these things into their territory,? one U.S. official said. The salience of this worry was demonstrated when a Syrian mortar round crashed into a Turkish field near a refugee camp on Jan. 14. As Daoud, the Jordanian spokeswoman, said, ?Naturally, we will do everything that needs to be done to defend our people and our borders.?

Seeking Assad exit strategy
Partly because of worries about the stockpile?s security, Washington and its allies still hope that Assad might be persuaded to leave in exchange for a guarantee of his personal security elsewhere. In such a negotiated transition, Western powers would seek to keep the existing Syrian military units responsible for safeguarding the chemical weapons sites in place, officials said.

?The people in Assad?s regime responsible for security at the chemical sites are among the very best soldiers,? a U.S. official said. ?If one could keep those forces in place ? that would be the best and probably the cheapest and most efficient outcome.?

But Assad, in a defiant address on Jan. 6, said he had no intention of stepping aside or negotiating with the rebels engaged in a bitter struggle for national control that so far has claimed at least 60,000 lives.

?We?re engaged in planning to develop options against alternative futures ? (including) collaboration or cooperation, permissiveness, non-permissive, hostile, all of which would have different requirements,? Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey said at the Jan. 10 briefing.

?The options are not good in any scenario,? said another senior official, adding that Washington is as worried about the chemicals falling into the hands of rebel forces that may seize power, either locally or nationally, as it is about their misuse by terrorists or by rogue Syrian military units and commanders. At least one of the major Syrian rebel groups, Jabhat al-Nasra, has been designated by the United States as a terrorist organization.

Also, U.S. intelligence agencies have warned policymakers that once Assad is gone, the country?s turmoil will increase, with rival groups potentially seeking to brandish possession of the chemical weapons as symbols of their power. Officials said that as a result, they have pressed the Syrian National Coalition, a rebel group recognized by Western countries, to appoint a coordinator now for all chemical weapons-related policymaking and negotiations.

Simply blowing up the chemicals inside Syria with bombs or other weapons is not an option, as Panetta made clear in a briefing for reporters during a December visit to Turkey: He said the plumes from such explosions would cause ?exactly the kind of damage? that would result from the weapons? deliberate use.

Incinerating the chemicals inside Syria would be logistically challenging and pose high security risks, since Western countries have only a few portable destruction kits for chemical weapons, developed primarily to deal with single, leaking shells, not large stocks.

As a result, U.S. officials said they would likely seek to transport the chemicals out of Syria as quickly as possible once a new government can be formed, preferably under the supervision of the United Nations-affiliated Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, with the new government?s formal approval.

?We maintain regular communication with States Parties as well as the United Nations on developments in Syria and continue our efforts to prepare for various scenarios which could potentially involve the OPCW in that situation,? said OPCW spokesman Michael Luhan.

Under one scenario now under discussion between Washington and its allies, the chemicals would be moved to secure military bases in Jordan, Turkey or Iraq, where the United States and others would erect chemical incinerators over a six- to 12-month period that could destroy the bulk agent in a year or so after that. Using similar incinerators to destroy a small stockpile of chemical weapons in Albania more than five years ago cost $48 million.

But even this task would be logistically awkward, not to mention politically controversial in those states. Undertaking it would first require further consolidation of the stocks inside Syria and then their transport outside the country in hundreds of truckloads.

Russia said to offer help
Another option, which officials said has tentatively been explored with senior Russian officials, is to truck the chemical agents to the Syrian port of Tartus, where the Russian Navy keeps a small presence, so that the arsenal could be placed on a ship for transport to Russia, where multiple chemical weapons destruction plants have been constructed with Western help.

By the accounts of several officials, Russia has expressed some desire to help. And Western officials emphasized that in their view, the country has a special responsibility to do so, because of reports that the head of its chemical weapons program helped Syria obtain key VX components in the early 1990s.

No final policy choice has been made about these options, senior officials said. And bringing a large weapons stockpile into Turkey or Russia ? which are signatories of an international treaty barring use or possession of chemical arms ? might require a waiver of the treaty?s rules against importing even the components of such weapons.

Some consolidation of the Syrian arsenal has already occurred on Assad?s orders, and the bulk of it is now at fewer than a dozen sites, according to a U.S. official familiar with intelligence estimates.

But U.S. military planners are unsure precisely how many sites might hold deadly chemicals at the point that a foreign intervention would be necessary or feasible. If Assad disperses the arsenal beforehand to the 40 or so military bases with aircraft or missiles that can drop or launch the weapons, as many as 75,000 foreign troops could be needed to contain the threat (several thousand troops at each base, according to this worst-case estimate). A smaller number would be needed if the intervention preceded such a dispersal.

The shipment of protective gear to Syria?s periphery from U.S. and British stockpiles was an acknowledgement of the enormity of the problem, several officials said. They described thousands of pieces of chemical-protection gear -- from masks and suits to detectors and decontamination kits -- being pre-positioned in Jordan alone.

Asked for comment, Joint Chiefs of Staff spokesman Scott McIlnay responded that ?we have always said that contingency planning is the responsible thing to do, and we are actively consulting with friends, allies and the opposition. But I am not going to get into the specifics of our contingency plans.? Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said he could only say that ?we are working with our partners in the region and the broader international community to monitor the situation and discussing contingencies.??

The Center for Public Integrity?is a nonprofit independent investigative news outlet. To read more of its stories on this topic go to publicintegrity.org

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Wednesday Highlights: Analysts insist iPhone 5 demand hasn't dropped, stats indicate one of every two buyers want iPhone; so it seems cooler heads are prevailing as Apple's stock has risen nearly 4% in trading today, back up over $500; more in our Apple/Macintosh, and Finances sections; court in the Netherlands rules Samsung's Galaxy tablets don't infringe on Apple patents; judge orders Apple and Amazon to talk it out over "App Store" trademark dispute; Foss Patents reports that Apple, Samsung reach agreement filing joint stipulation concerning additional products in their dispute; InfoWorld believes it will take a long time for Oracle to fix the latest Java flaw; Mactuts+ explains how to create ringtones in iTunes; Macinstruct walks you through enabling a firmware password to protect your Mac at power-on; buyers of Apple kit in China treated to two year payment plan option in order to make products more affordable in battle against Android; Jerry McDougal, VP of retail at Apple, resigns post to spend more time with family?more on his departure in our General Interest section; ex-CEO John Sculley believes Apple should indeed address emerging market demand with a cheaper iPhone; apparently in-app purchases subject of renewed parental complaints; John Siracusa interviewed at MacStories; here's one analysts' thoughts on what Apple's 2013 product roadmap will look like, includes an Apple TV refresh, but no HDTV; iPad 5 said to be "significantly lighter and slimmer", reveal in 3rd quarter of this year; Macworld reviews the new 27" iMac noting what's advanced in the product, and what's been compromised; Jeff Macke at Breakout says Apple is "broken" and tells fans to "deal with it"; and Joel Mathis over at Macworld notes how far behind Apple has fallen in cord-cutters' eyes noting Roku's continuous press to offer more content, while Apple seems to stagnating; and Bob Cringely predicts an iPhone mini, says it would help to "blow open the Chinese market".

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News
  • "Apple seeds OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.3 build 12D54 to testers"?9 to 5 Mac?2:31 PM
  • "Apple's latest OS X 10.8.3 beta provided to developers"?AppleInsider?2:39 PM
  • "Why fixing the Java flaw will take so long: Oracle isn't saying much, but the OpenJDK community has provided InfoWorld with a complete analysis: and a critique of Oracle's patch"?InfoWorld?8:35 AM
  • "Adobe patches actively exploited ColdFusion vulnerabilities"?InfoWorld?8:35 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
  • "The return of 'Whoa, I have a really old file, how do I open it!?'"?Macworld?11:14 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "New features, new fixes: OS X Server's six-month checkup"?Ars Technica?11:27 AM
  • "Autodesk Inventor Fusion review: 3D software giant Autodesk debut a tool for beginners that's powerful enough for the pros."?Macworld UK?8:36 AM
  • "FileXChange for Mac review: Comprehensive iOS file transfer utility"?Macworld UK?8:36 AM
  • "Keep track of important messages with Mail's VIPs"?Macworld?8:26 AM
  • "Mac Gems: Vimari brings more keyboard control to Safari"?Macworld?10:47 AM
  • "Quick Tip: Create Ringtones in iTunes for Free"?Mactuts+?8:21 AM
  • "MacMost Now 814: Viewing Volumes"?MacMost?8:00 AM
  • "Enabling Firmware Password Protection on Your Mac"?Macinstruct?8:33 AM
  • "Help Your Older Mac Feel Snappier ? Disable Finder Media Previews [OS X Tips]?Cult of Mac?8:31 AM
  • "Change the Browser User Agent in Chrome, Safari, & Firefox"?OS X Daily?2:32 PM
  • "A Cheap And Useful Little Widget That Every Mac User Can Use But It's Not Really A Widget"?McSolo?7:58 AM
  • "How Can You Bring Hotmail To Your Mac's Menubar? Just Add MenuTab for Hotmail"?Mac 360?7:58 AM
  • "A Tale Of Two Text Editors: One Free, One Not, Both Different, Both Useful For Mac Users"?BohemianBoomer?7:58 AM
  • "The Best Way To Outline Is Mac, iPhone, iPad And The Cloud With Cloud Outliner"?TeraTalks?7:57 AM
  • "An Easier And Colorful Way To Budget And Track Expenses On Your Mac"?NoodleMac?7:57 AM
Press Releases
  • "Pixologic releases ZBrush 4R5"?Architosh?12:28 PM
  • "Mac Updates: Photoshop CS6 13.0.4, Cocktail 6.3, Lecture Recorder 1.5"?FairerPlatform?11:55 AM
  • "Light Blue v4 offers unparalleled ease of use, bringing native applications and cloud syncing to award-winning photography business management software"?Light Blue Software?8:00 AM
  • "115 'Talking' Slovoed Dictionaries for 30 World Languages for Mac OS X"?Slovoed?7:59 AM
  • "Mac Data Recovery Guru 2.0 for OS X - Data Recovery Try-Before-You-Buy"?prMac?7:37 AM
  • "Time tracking app for Mac: Chronos 2.0 released"?prMac?7:37 AM
  • "Vitamin-R 50% Back To Work Promotion"?prMac?7:36 AM
  • "Jumsoft Presents the New Toolbox for Pages"?prMac?7:36 AM
  • "Cloud Clip for OS X - iCloud Sync Mac Clipboard Between Macs + iDevices"?prMac?7:36 AM
  • "FaceTime Update" ["As a result of ongoing testing, we're announcing AT&T will enable FaceTime over Cellular at no extra charge for customers with any tiered data plan using a compatible iOS device."]?AT&T Consumer Blog?2:27 PM
  • "AT&T Now Offers FaceTime Over Cellular For Any Customer With A Tiered Data Plan"?TechCrunch?2:28 PM
  • "AT&T expands FaceTime over cellular to iPhone 4S users, all tiered data plans"?iMore?2:39 PM
  • "AT&T Promises Cellular FaceTime Support for Tiered Plans"?The Mac Observer?3:54 PM
  • "Google Nexus Tops iPad In Japan's Holiday Season Sales"?Nikkei?3:15 PM
  • "Europe Weighs Requiring Firms to Disclose Data Breaches: To combat a rise in cybercrime, the European Commission is considering a plan to require companies that store data on the Internet ? like Microsoft, Apple, Google and I.B.M. ? to report the loss or theft of personal information in the 27-nation bloc or risk sanctions and fines."?New York Times [Free Registration Required]?4:09 PM
  • "Apple Lets Buyers on China Web Pay in 2-Year Installments"?Bloomberg?8:16 AM
  • "Apple's Chinese Web Store Adds Credit Facility As iPhone-Maker Battles Cheap Androids"?TechCrunch?8:17 AM
  • "Apple offers installment payments to Chinese customers"?CNET News?10:28 AM
  • "To make iPhones more affordable in China, Apple now offering payment plans"?GigaOM?12:08 PM
  • "Apple rolls out China credit facility"?Financial Times [Paid Membership Required]?8:38 AM
  • "Apple's retail VP Jerry McDougal resigns as SVP post remains vacant"?Digital Trends?8:18 AM
  • "Key Apple Retail Exec Jerry McDougal Resigns"?PC Magazine?10:58 AM
  • "Apple Retail's revolving door; Jerry McDougal out as VP"?ZDNet?9:41 AM
  • "Apple Stores Losing Shine As Another Top Exec Hits The Road"?Forbes?11:14 AM
  • "'Apple should make cheaper iPhone' says former CEO John Sculley: In an interview, Sculley has said that Apple needs to make a cheaper iPhone to address demand from emerging markets"?Macworld UK?8:05 AM
  • "Ex-CEO Sculley says Apple needs to focus on cheaper iPhone"?CNET News?8:41 AM
  • "Former Apple CEO urges company to adapt to emerging markets"?The Verge?8:18 AM
  • "Ex-Apple CEO Sculley Backs Cheaper iPhone"?PC Magazine?2:38 PM
  • "App complaints surge: Parents warned of 'bill shock' as children's smartphone usage soars and 'in-app purchases' rise on phones and social networks."?Telegraph?8:45 AM
  • "Smartphones Consuming More Data Than Tablets for the First Time"?Mashable?8:17 AM
  • "To fight Amazon's 'black box,' iPad publisher Inkling opens its 400 ebooks up to Google"?paidContent?8:26 AM
  • "Woz flash firm Fusion-io has a gift for Facebook open-sourcers: Open Compute Project given ioScale designs"?The Register?12:07 PM
  • "iPad Menus Keep It Green At Gordon Ramsay's Steak In Vegas"?Cult of Mac?8:31 AM
  • "Bloke blasts Sprint for fingering his home as phone thieves' den"?The Register?10:11 AM
  • "Enormous iPhone Installation in Russia Honors Steve Jobs"?PadGadget?10:48 AM
  • "Apple's most famous villain now $500"?Fortune?9:48 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "HP Wins Design Patent for a Next Generation Docking Station"?Patent Bolt?2:58 PM
  • "Disney Invents New 3D Entertainment System that will Deliver Next Generation Immersive Experiences"?Patent Bolt?2:58 PM
  • "Fusion-io claims price breakthrough to deliver the all-flash datacentre"?V3?11:46 AM
  • "Disney mimics Skylanders with new gaming platform"?TG Daily?11:37 AM
  • "Small Factories Give Baxter the Robot a Cautious Once-Over"?Technology Review?11:35 AM
  • "Fedora 18 debuts with Samba 4 for full Active Directory compatibility"?V3?11:46 AM
  • "United Airlines to offer satellite Wi-Fi on long-haul flights, beating Delta to the gate"?PCWorld?11:13 AM
  • "Google accused of donkeycide"?TG Daily?11:38 AM
  • "Google Not Involved In Donkey's Murder, Says Company (And No, It's Not April Fool's. This Happened.)"?TechCrunch?11:33 AM
  • "Google Announces Project Glass Developer Events"?PC Magazine?11:11 AM
  • "Frank Zamboni Honored With Playable Google Doodle"?PC Magazine?11:11 AM
  • "A shock in the dark: Flashlight app tracks your location"?NBC News?11:07 AM
  • "Twitter now highlights handles, hashtags as user types them in"?Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required]?11:03 AM
  • "Inside Adobe's New Silicon Slope Headquarters"?Wired?11:50 AM
  • "Adobe patches actively exploited ColdFusion vulnerabilities: Hotfixes were released for different ColdFusion versions"?IDG News Service?10:49 AM
  • "Programmer secretly outsourced his entire job to Chinese firm"?Techworld?11:36 AM
  • "Red Hat CEO: The Power Of Partner Communities"?CRN?10:15 AM
  • "Sony exec hints at PlayStation 4 launch in spring"?CNET News?9:48 AM
  • "Video walkthrough of BlackBerry 10 leaks in advance of RIM launch event"?ZDNet?11:57 AM
  • "BlackBerry 10 L-Series specs leak"?CNET News?9:48 AM
  • "Control your laptop by moving your hand - for $70"?CNNMoney?9:24 AM
  • "US employee 'outsourced job to China'"?BBC?10:46 AM
  • "Korean researchers develop new flexible, more stable lithium-ion battery"?Engadget?8:04 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Live @ 10 PM ET - CES wrap-up, cheap iPhones, falling iPhone sales? plus FaceTime on AT&T"?Insanely Great Mac?3:55 PM
  • "Aspyr Media talks porting games to OS X, Mac App Store & the future of Mac gaming (+ Borderlands 2 giveaway!)"?9 to 5 Mac?1:05 PM
  • "MacStories Interviews: John Siracusa"?MacStories?9:44 AM
  • "Apple's 2013 Product Roadmap Predictions: Multiple iPhones, Retina iPad Mini, All-Retina MacBook Pros"?MacRumors?8:01 AM
  • "Apple's 2013 product pipeline to feature new iPhones and all-Retina iPad and MacBook Pro lineups"?AppleInsider?8:13 AM
  • "Rumor: Analyst Outlines Apple Product Launches In 2013"?AppleBitch?8:33 AM
  • "Apple's 2013 Roadmap: New iPad Mini, iPhone 5S?"?InformationWeek?4:10 PM
  • "Apple's next 9.7" iPad to be 'significantly lighter and slimmer': Apple's full-size iPad is set to shed some excess, with a thinner and lighter fifth-generation redesign expected to arrive this year."?AppleInsider?8:24 AM
  • "iPad Mini 2 to sport Retina Display, analyst says: Apple will release a Retina Display iPad Mini and a thinner, lighter 5th-generation iPad in the third quarter, says KGI's Ming-Chi Kuo."?CNET News?8:42 AM
  • "Home button fingerprint sensor in 'iPhone 5S' would give Apple a new leg up on the competition"?AppleInsider?8:13 AM
  • "Analyst Predicts Future iPhone to Include Fingerprint Security"?Patently Apple?11:32 AM
  • "If The Next iPhone Really Wants To Stand Out It Needs A...Fingerprint Sensor?"?Business Insider?11:46 AM
  • "iPhone 5S, low-cost iPhone 5 to debut this summer, analyst says"?CNET News?8:41 AM
  • "The iPad 5: Thinner And Lighter, But Not Coming Until Fall?"?App Advice?10:48 AM
  • "Two New iPhones, Retina iPad mini And More Reportedly Due In 2013, But No HDTV From Apple"?BGR?9:44 AM
  • "TSMC with 20nm SoC most likely to secure chip orders from Apple, says Digitimes Research analyst"?DigiTimes?8:04 AM
  • "Apple may use Taiwan Semiconductors new 16nm Process for Breakthrough Product later this Year"?Patently Apple?10:06 AM
  • "Nvidia claims Tegra 4 GPU will outperform the iPad 4's A6X"?ZDNet?11:55 AM
  • "The Week in iOS Accessories: Wrapping up CES" [Slideshow]?Macworld?8:45 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "FLUXE : Pop Droppin' Blocks For iPhone Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $1.99)"?Apple Sliced?8:56 AM
  • "Sunshine For iPhone and iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $2.99)"?Apple Sliced?8:56 AM
  • "Super Dragon For iPhone and iPad Is Free Today (Was $0.99)"?Apple Sliced?8:56 AM
  • "Mac mini Prices & Sales"?MacPrices?9:24 AM
  • "iPod Nano Buyer's Guide -Prices From $50 To $209 ... The Best iPod Prices, Deals, Reviews And Information"?MacReviewZone?8:01 AM
  • "New in-box MacBook Air Price, $699; MacBook Pro, $1,089"?FairerPlatform?7:57 AM
  • "Save $99 on new MacBook Pro 13.3" Intel Core i5 from MacMall ? only $1,099.98"?ResExcellence?8:01 AM
  • "PadGadget Daily App Deal ? 8 iPad Apps on Sale"?PadGadget?8:20 AM
  • "8 Awesome Mac Apps For Free ($117 value)"?ResExcellence?7:57 AM

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  • "Law & Apple: Possible Word War Truce, Belgian Waffles, and Train Robberies"?Mac|Life?3:15 PM
  • "About that NRA shooting app"?Fortune?2:44 PM
  • "Here's a budget iPhone concept with a 3.5-inch display"?iDownload Blog?1:24 PM
  • "Apple to Amazon: Give me back my 'app store' - Apple 2.0"?Fortune?1:19 PM
  • "Details on Apple's 2013 product roadmap; New iPhone 5s and a whole lot more"?Edible Apple?12:28 PM
  • "Does iOS look outdated? Reasons for and against"?ZDNet?11:56 AM
  • "This Is How A 7-inch iPhone 5 Would Look Like"?M.I.C. Gadget?10:46 AM
  • "Galaxy tablets didn't copy Apple's design, Dutch court rules"?iDownload Blog?10:24 AM
  • "As Apple dawdles over low-end phone, Intel moves to supply chips to fast-growing market"?MarketWatch?10:16 AM
  • "iOS games chafe under Apple's directions: 'If you want to criticize a religion, write a book'"?The Verge?9:51 AM
  • "Point-Counterpoint: The 'cheap iPhone'"?TUAW?9:44 AM
  • "Apple Should Not Censor The NRA's 'Practice Range' App"?ReadWrite?9:24 AM
  • "iPad vs Surface: Apple Outsold Microsoft 23 to 1"?Tapscape?8:54 AM
  • "Why Your App Won't Be the Next Temple Run"?Wired?8:41 AM
  • "Like Steve Jobs, Tim Cook Doesn't Care About Apple Stock"?TheStreet?8:39 AM
  • "Siri withholds information, can help you if you upgrade to iOS 6"?iDownload Blog?8:39 AM
  • "The 'iCar' nudges closer to reality ? though probably not from Apple"?AppleDailyReport?8:33 AM
  • "What happens when iPad mini's thin bezel design is applied to the 10-inch iPad [mockups]?9 to 5 Mac?8:28 AM
  • "Apple, Amazon must enter settlement talks over 'App Store' trademark ahead of August trial"?iDownload Blog?8:58 AM
  • "Apple and Amazon ordered to discuss settlement in 'App Store' infringement case"?The Verge?8:27 AM
  • "TLDR: Is it Time for Apple to Change its UI?"?Blip?8:21 AM
  • "Is The Traditional Laptop Computer Doomed? ? The 'Book Mystique"?MacPrices?8:00 AM
  • "Cheap 'iPhone mini' is a solution in search of a problem"?Stabley Times?7:59 AM
  • "Do The Latest Macs Tell Us That Apple Doesn't Have An Insanely Great Idea For The Mac?"?Mac 360?7:58 AM
  • "Can We Truly Handle An Apple That Introduces New And Updated Products Every Six Months?"?PixoBebo?7:58 AM
Non-Apple
  • "A connection between video games and real-world violence?"?CNET News?4:09 PM
  • "Internet VOD: Some progress but still ways to go"?Forbes?12:08 PM
  • "Six in ten users face daily phishing attacks, claims study"?V3?11:47 AM
  • "What Happened to Glasses-Free 3D TV?"?Techland?11:43 AM
  • "Lucrative Windows crapware market is exactly why we need app stores"?PCWorld?11:16 AM
  • "The realist's guide to BYOD and why it's a long-term trend"?InfoWorld?10:49 AM
  • "How I decided to go to the cloud: Four considerations should inform your decision to use cloud versus on-premise resources"?InfoWorld?10:49 AM
  • "The Death Of Java In The Enterprise?"?Dark Reading?10:46 AM
  • "Samsung Shines In The World's Most Innovative Company Rankings"?Forbes?10:39 AM
  • "Welcome to the Age of Emotionally Relevant Robotics"?Forbes?10:38 AM
  • "Lenovo IdeaCentre A720 Windows 8 All-In-One"?HotHardware?10:36 AM
  • "The new MySpace: What a mess"?Fortune?10:40 AM
  • "How to get your business found by Facebook's Graph Search"?ZDNet?11:57 AM
  • "Inside a new Facebook search ? the good, the bad and the creepy"?The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required]?10:43 AM
  • "Facebook search: The analysts weigh in"?Fortune?10:41 AM
  • "With Graph Search, Facebook is becoming a modern-day AOL"?CNNMoney?9:25 AM
  • "Is the Paperless Office Possible?"?Inc.?10:47 AM
  • "Man Outsourced His Job to China, Watched Cat Videos"?Tapscape?10:47 AM
  • "World's most industrious lazy man outsources all of his work to China"?Ars Technica?10:46 AM
  • "The HTC M7 looks very iPhone-like in latest leaked renders"?9 to 5 Mac?10:24 AM
Humor/Cartoons
  • "What if Jesus Had an iPhone?"?Mashable [cartoon]?8:18 AM
  • "Gee Zuck, sorry to inconvenience you!"?The Joy of Tech [cartoon]?8:01 AM
  • "Silver Lake at centre of Dell deal talks"?Financial Times [Paid Membership Required]?10:35 AM
  • "Dell buyout could mean more debt, junk rating"?Reuters?12:11 PM
  • "Dell Buyout Talks Advance, Banks Line Up Funds"?Reuters?9:41 AM
  • "Dell: The Return Of The Prodigal LBO?"?Forbes?9:40 AM
  • "Dell LBO Idea Might Not Be Feasible, Debt Analyst Cautions"?Forbes?12:10 PM
  • "Michael Dell's grand plan?"?Fortune?1:22 PM
  • "Can private equity solve Dell's dilemma?"?Fortune?9:41 AM
  • "What Exactly Does Michael Dell Have to Sell?"?Forbes?12:10 PM
  • "6 Reasons Dell Should Go Private" [Slideshow]?CRN?10:15 AM
  • "Dell buyout pegged at $13-14 a share: reports"?ZDNet?11:54 AM
  • "Dell looks beyond the x86 PC with Project Ophelia"?TG Daily?11:38 AM
  • "Dell debuts public cloud service beta aimed at retailers: Dell is accepting beta customers for the service and plans to roll it out in phases this year"?Network World?11:36 AM
  • "Microsoft Surface Pro expected to arrive in 'weeks'"?CNET News?9:48 AM
  • "First Microsoft Surface Pro tablets come off the production line"?ZDNet?11:54 AM
  • "Microsoft Surface sales seem slack, says UBS, spelling silence for Windows RT?"?Computerworld Blogs?10:17 AM
  • "SurfCast and Microsoft prep for Sept. 3 'live tile' trial: The two companies are in discovery and making claims and counterclaims about the validity of each others' patents."?CNET News?12:16 PM
  • "No, HP Will Not Be Selling Autonomy or EDS or Anything Else"?AllThingsD?2:46 PM
  • "Suitors Interested in H-P's Autonomy, EDS Units"?WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required]?2:26 PM
  • "HP: WSJ Says Some Buying Interest In Autonomy, EDS"?Forbes?2:39 PM
  • "'The Narrative Lags the Reality' in HP Turnaround Effort, CEO Whitman Says (Video)"?AllThingsD?12:12 PM
  • "HP, Lenovo expected to see 1Q13 notebook shipments fall 20% sequentially"?DigiTimes?10:25 AM
  • "Lenovo CEO Worth $740M As PC Maker's Stock Hits Five-Year High"?Forbes?10:38 AM
  • "Fresh Java exploit goes on sale for $5,000"?V3?11:46 AM
  • "Another Java Zero-Day Vulnerability Hits Black Market"?InformationWeek?12:20 PM
  • "Why fixing the Java flaw will take so long: Oracle isn't saying much, but the OpenJDK community has provided InfoWorld with a complete analysis -- and a critique of Oracle's patch"?InfoWorld?10:49 AM
  • "Oracle's faux IaaS now gets faux on-demand cloud pricing"?InfoWorld?10:48 AM
  • "Intel CTO: Smart Sensors, Wearable Tech Coming Soon"?InformationWeek?10:44 AM
  • "Intel's x86-powered NUC goes live"?TG Daily?11:38 AM
  • "AMD gets restraining order against former employees in trade secrets lawsuit: Three former AMD workers are alleged to have taken secret documents and information before joining Nvidia"?IDG News Service?10:16 AM
  • "AMD: Former Employees Took Secrets To Nvidia"?TheStreet?12:04 PM
  • "Former AMD execs accused of stealing trade secrets"?TG Daily?11:38 AM
  • "AMD sues ex-managers for allegedly copying 100,000 files"?CNET News?12:16 PM
  • "Will this Tech Giant be able to Sustain its Dividend Yield?"?The Motley Fool?12:08 PM
  • "Cisco investigates reported Linksys router flaw"?CSO?11:13 AM
  • "UN plans Internet governance amid outcry to defund ITU"?ZDNet?11:56 AM
  • "Post-patch, US-CERT continues call to disable Java plug-in"?Computerworld?10:17 AM
  • "'Rogue clouds' giving IT staffs nightmares"?Network World?11:17 AM
  • "IT chiefs focused on analytics and mobile technologies for 2013"?V3?11:46 AM
  • "Korean boffins crack art of bendy batteries: South Korean boffins have discovered the secret to flexible, shape-conforming lithium ion batteries in what could be a major step on the road to flexible smartphones."?The Register?11:41 AM
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