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NPD Sees Better Than Expected Mac Growth for the Current Quarter / Apple Issues EFI Firmware Update for Mid-2011 MacBook Airs / IDC: Smartphones and Tablets Combined Will Outnumber Computers Online in the States by 2015 / Researcher Sees Continued iPad Dominance in UK Tablet Sales / Bernstein Analyst Says Widespread Adoption of HTML5 Web Apps Could Eventually Slow Profit Growth for Apple / Microsoft Webcasting Build Windows Keynote Today at Noon EDT/9am PDT at http://buildwindows.com / Apple Seeks to Have Motorola Mobility Suits Against It Halted in Wake of Google Acquisition Plans / HTC Chairwoman Says Company Considering Buying Its Own Operating System; Maybe webOS / HTC America Exec: The Kids Say iPhone Not That Cool / GameStop Confirms “iTrades” Program; Stays Mum on Selling New iThings / GameStop President Says They Have an Android-Based Gaming Tablet in the Works / NBC (Finally) Adds Full Episodes to iPad App / TNT Adds Full Episodes to iPad App (Unless You Subscribe Through Their Parent Company) / TBS Adds Full Episodes to iPad App (Unless You Subscribe Through Their Parent Company) / Apple Adds Low-Priced “Quick Reads” Section to iBookstore / Steve Jobs Biography Gets More Pages and Shaky Publication Date

Fortune: Analysts Start Upping Apple Estimates as End of Quarter Approaches / TMO: Shaw Wu Ups iPhone and iPad Estimates / Apple Wins Permanent Ban of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Sales in Germany / Bloomberg: Sprint to Get Next iPhone in Mid-October; Offer Unlimited Data / Report Has Sprint Blacking Out Vacation for First Half of October / Apple Issues iTunes beta 8 and iWork beta 3 to Developers / Apple Seeds New Mac OS X 10.7.2 beta to Developers / Apple Issues Lion and Snow Leopard Security Updates to Protect Against Stolen Security Certificates / Apple Drops Ship Times from Browsing Section of Online Store / Apple Revamps Online Process for Shopping for iPad / Droplets Sues Apple and Others Over Alleged Patent Infringement

JP Morgan Analyst Ups Tablet Expectations for 2011 and Lowers Tablet Expectations for 2012 Thanks to Continued iPad Dominance / Gartner Lowers PC Growth Expectations on Weak Economies and Strong iPads / Apple Tops JD Power Smartphone Satisfaction Survey for Sixth Consecutive Time / Electronista: iPhone 4 Delivery for Most Models Slips to 1 to 3 Days; Possible iPhone 5 Indication / Home Improvement Chain Lowe’s Deploying 42-Thousand iPhone 4s as Point of Sale Devices / Apple Seeks Ban on Some Samsung Products in Japan / ClassCo Sues Apple and Seven Other Cellphone-Makers Over Caller ID Patents / The Loop: iTunes U Downloads Double Over Past Year; Now Top 600-Million / Apple to Open New Store in London Next Tuesday 13 September / Cupertino Mayor Says Apple May Build Third Campus Once the Spaceship is Completed / New Apple Program Matches Employee Charitable Donations

Piper Jaffray Lays Out a Rosy Couple of Years for Apple / Shots from the Far Side: 5.1 Megapixel iPhone 4 Pic May Be from 8 Megapixel iPhone 5 / HTC Sues Apple Using Patents Recently Passed to It by Google / MacRumors Hears Word of a Revamping for Logic Pro to Logic Pro X / Adobe Sees Big Growth for Premier Pro for Mac in Wake of Final Cut Pro X Launch / Union Chief: President Obama Should Challenge the Patriotism of Apple / Apple Ups Spending on Lobbying by 41-Percent from 1Q to 2Q CY2011 / Find My iPhone Helps Chilean Authorities Find Plane Crash / CNET: SFPD Launches Internal Investigation into Search for Lost iPhone

Canaccord Genuity Analyst Ups Apple Target on iPhone 4 and iPad 2 Strength / MacRumors Sources Say Best Buy Install in Third Week of October Not Related to Next iPhone / This is My Next: Wording in Sprint Suit Against AT&T-Mobile Merger May Hint at iPhone for Old Yeller / Judge in Australian Apple Case Against Samsung Would Like to See US and UK iPad Sales Numbers Please / TMO: Apple Appears to Have Received Regulatory Approval for 3G iPad 2 in China / Apple Puts Out Help-Wanted for “Managers for New Product Security” / Adventures of an Apple Founder: Ronald Wayne Biography Hits iBookstore

MacRumors: File in Recent iOS 5 beta Suggests FCC Approval for Next-Gen iPhone / CNET: Two Best Buy Rumors Point to October Release for Next iPhone (Maybe) / Deutsche Telekom Gives Coupons to Customers Looking for Next-Gen iPhone / 9to5Mac: Sources Say GameStop to Start Selling Mobile iOS Devices / Apple Seeds New 10.7.2 beta and New iCloud Test Version to Developers / Apple Insider: SFPD Says It Did Provide an Assist Into Missing Device Search / SFPD Issues Written Statement “Explaining” Lost Item Mixup / Samsung Electronics Forced to Pull Galaxy Tab 7.7 from IFA Show Floor / Patent Troll WiLAN Sues Apple and Seven Other Tech Companies for Alleged Patent Infringement / Report Has First Apple Retail Location in Hong Kong Opening 24 September / Eddy Cue Promotion Comes with 100-Thousand Apple Shares (Eventually) / Apple Online Store Adds Twitter and Facebook Link Sharing to All Products

Eddy “The Tunes” Cue Promoted to SVP Internet Software and Services / Business Insider: Not Buying the Latest iPhone Prototype Lost in a Bar Story / Cult of Mac: Apple Loses Confidential Info at a Genius Bar? / Apple Opening Three New Stores and 100th International Store This Weekend / Apple Gives Developers Sample Twitter Code for iOS 5 / Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Promotes Upcoming Twitter Hooks in iOS 5 / Apple Selling Remaining Stock of Final Cut Studio Via TeleSales / Apple Outs Digital Camera Raw Compatibility Update 3.8 / Lenovo Tries to Out Air the MacBook Air with U300S Ultrabook / Toshiba Tries to Out Air the MacBook Air with Protege Z830 / Toshiba Intros iPad Wannabe That’s Lighter and Thinner Than the iPad 2 / Lenovo Intros 7-Inch Android Tablet Starting at Under 200-Dollars / BlackBerry PlayBook Sees Serious Price Reductions at Best Buy / Apple Outs New iPad 2 Ad Called “Learn” / Google Chairman: We’re Buying Motorola for the Hardware Too / Google Chairman Praises Steve Jobs as Best CEO in 50 Years

CNET: Secret Source Says Another Apple Employee Has Lost Another Unreleased Test iPhone in Another Bar / Apple Wants 3G MacBook Pro-totype Back from Would-Be eBay Seller / Apple Issues Seventh beta of iOS 5 to Developers / Epson Bringing AirPrint Support to New Inkjet Printers This Fall / Report: Sprint Raising ETFs May Hint at iPhone for the Carrier / Apple and RIM Sued by Openwave for Alleged Patent Infringement / Spotify Releases Embedded Player for Third-Party Apps / US Govt. Sues to Block AT&T-Mobile Deal / AT&T Argues That T-Mobile Acquisition is Good for Consumers and the Country / Sony Announces a Couple of Fairly Pricey Android Honeycomb Tablets / HTC and AT&T Announce Jetstream Tablet at a Crash-tastic 700-Dollars Subsidized Price / Apple Adds Refurbished iPad 2s to US Online Store at 50-Dollar Discount / Yale School of Medicine Handing Out iPad 2 to All Students This Fall

comScore: Apple Grows Market Share for iPhone and iOS in the States / Apple Hiring iOS QA Location Engineer to Help with “Exciting New Features” / All Things D: Contrary to Early Reports Latest iCloud/iTunes beta Does Not Stream Music / Deutsche Telekom to Sell iPad 2 in Its Stores in FIve European Countries / Financial Times App Removed from iOS App Store / HP Promises OTA Update for Discontinued TouchPad / HP to Produce a Last, Limited Run of TouchPads / HP PSG Lead Says a Spun-Off PSG Could Resurrect the TouchPad / Apple CEO Tim Cook Reportedly Taking Up the Jobs microMail Tradition

DigiTimes: Sources Says Screen for Next iPhone Will Not Be Bigger Than Current iPhone Screen / iPodNN: iPod Sales Point to Imminent Refresh of Music-Player Line / MacRumors: At Least One More Snow Leopard Update Expected for Basic iCloud Syncing / Apple Insider: Apple Seed iTunes beta with iCloud “Scan and Match” to Developers / Secret Sources Tell WSJ That Apple is Working on "New Technology to Deliver Video to Televisions" / Apple Television Rumor/Speculation Starts Again / LG Display Cuts CapEx Plans on Weakness in TV Sales / Google Chairman Makes Noise About Google TV (or Something Like It) / Forrester Sees Fabled Amazon Tablet as Serious Disruption to Tablet Space