How Apple’s Address Book app could allow the NSA to harvest your contacts
When syncing your Address Book to Gmail, HTTPS encryption isn't an option.
Infinite Loop / The Apple Ecosystem
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Liveblog: Apple has “a lot to cover” at its October 22 event, and so do we
Whatever Apple announces, we'll be following along starting at 1pm ET/10am PT.
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Prepare your wallets: What to expect from Apple’s October 22 event
iPads and professional Macs are due for makeovers, and Mavericks should be here soon.
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A solid state of mind
Apple issues firmware fix for Toshiba SSDs in 2012 MacBook Airs
The company will also replace drives rendered defective by the problem.
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Contrary to public claims, Apple can read your iMessages
Control of keys gives Apple ability to read iMessages, despite end-to-end encryption.
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Apple to hold event on 22 October; new iPads very, very likely
New tablets, Mavericks, and new Macs are expected to make an appearance.
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It can't go worse than last time
Apple ends year-long search, hires Burberry CEO to head up Apple Stores
The position has been empty since John Browett left last October.
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Feature Story
The latest virtualization showdown—Parallels Desktop 9 vs. VMware Fusion 6
A Start8 menu for Windows, IT security, and even improved gaming show up this year.
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iPad 5
High-quality part pictures purport to preview pending iPads
The question on everyone's mind: where's the gold one?
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iphones for everyone
iPhone 5C and 5S come to the rest of the world on October 25, November 1
Apple will bring the new phones to 51 more territories in the next month.
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What up iWork?
Ballmer: Office not coming to iPad until it gets a touch UI on Windows
Microsoft's touch-first interface is "in progress."
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Throw out your stupid old iPads now
Report: Apple’s next, probably-iPad-focused event happens October 22
AllThingsD is rarely wrong about these things.
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phone police
Older Samsung phones banned from US as trade order goes into effect
Samsung won't get a last-minute reprieve from Obama like Apple did.
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Pixels, pixels, everywhere . . .
Sharp 32-inch 4K touch display will be OS X compatible
Like those giant newsroom touchscreens, but less silly.
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How I share my iPhone’s Internet connection (without paying Verizon extra)
Why pay Verizon for tethering when you can set up a Socks proxy?
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Surfing toward release
Apple issues Golden Master build of OS X 10.9 to developers
A GM build of Mavericks means that an official release isn't far off.
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Right on Cue
Report: Apple buys Cue, a Google Now-esque personal assistant service
The service pulled data from various accounts to offer suggestions.
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Level down
iPhone 5S users reporting problems with the phone’s motion sensors
The gyroscope, accelerometer, and other sensors appear to be miscalibrated.
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1Password 4 for Mac brings upgraded security and Wi-Fi sync
AgileBits aims to prevent "attacks that haven't even been dreamt of yet."
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Message received
Apple: iMessage problems to be fixed in upcoming iOS 7 update
If your messages won't go through post-iOS 7, a fix is on the way.
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A battery of updates
New MacBook Pro and Air firmware update addresses battery issues
Update applies to all 2012 MacBook Pros and 2012 and 2013 MacBook Airs.
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Judge tosses Apple motion, allows patent troll Lodsys to continue rampage
After two years, judge lets Lodsys settle cases, refuses to hear Apple's motion.
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Feature Story
New CPUs, faster Wi-Fi, same flaws: Apple’s 2013 iMac reviewed
Apple delivers improvements, but not the ones the iMac needs most.
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video, video
Apple’s German patent suit shut down by a 2007 video of Steve Jobs
Big problem: Jobs showed off iPhone features 5 months before patent filing date.
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Multipath TCP lets Siri seamlessly switch between Wi-Fi and 3G/LTE
From the can't-wait-for-slow-networks department, Apple brings a unique solution.
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Google’s iron grip on Android: Controlling open source by any means necessary
Android is open—except for all the good parts.
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Feature Story (4 pages)
Windows 8.1: What a difference a year makes
Review: Not perfect, but 8.1 is an OS that actually works for desktop, mobile.
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Feature Story (2 pages)
Ubuntu 13.10 review: The Linux OS of the future remains a year away
Saucy Salamander has hatched, but Mir and next-gen Unity are still incubating.
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Review: In Windows 8.1, Mail is finally usable on tablets and desktops
Windows Mail is awful no more. Skype, Calendar, and People aren't bad either.
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