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Deutsche Bank Analyst Ups Mac, iPhone, and iPad Holiday Sales Expectations / Deutsche Bank Analyst Ups Apple Target to 410-Dollars / RIM Outs PlayBook Videos Focused on Web Surfing and the SDK / Wu Still Says PlayBook to Be Hobbled by Short Battery Life / Reports Says Microsoft Set to Make New Run at Digital Living Room / Microsoft Streaming CEOs CES Address Wednesday Night / HP Invites Press to webOS Event in San Francisco on 9 February / Forrester More Than Doubles Tablet Sales Expectations Through 2015 / Apple Updates iMovie and GarageBand for iLife 11 / Japanese Government Reportedly Seeks Content Filtering on iPhones / KPN Reportedly Challenging iPhone Exclusivity in Belgium with Sales Through Subsidiary

Apple Hits Market Cap of 300-Billion-Dollars / Munster Lays Odds on Various Apple Announcements in 2011 / Orange UK Reportedly Sees Slow Sales for Subsidized 3G iPads / Oppenheimer Analyst Ups Apple Target on Continued Belief in iPhone Subsidies / Fun with Numbers: Who’s on First and What’s on Second in Smartphones / iOS and Windows 7 See Decent Growth in December NetApplications Report / WSJ Says Google Kicking Around Idea of Digital Newsstand for Android with Publishers / NYT Blog Says iPhone Alarm Bug Rolls Into New Week for Some / Sony Testing New Extras on Films Purchased Through iTunes / Samsung Galaxy S Tops 10-Million Units Sold / Apple Authorized Reseller in Greece Sues Consumer for Posting Complaint Online

Mobile Review Editor Hears Word of USB Port for 2nd-Gen iPad / B2B Site Alibaba Takes Down Apparent 2nd-Gen iPad Case Pics After “Legitimate Request” / Caris and Company Analysts Sees iPad Holding Two-Thirds of Tablet Market Through 2011 / Circulation Numbers Indicate iPad Not Setting Digital Magazines on Fire / Bloomberg/BusinessWeek Source Says Verizon iPhone Announcement Could Come by 14 February / Verizon Trademark Services Secures Some Verizon iPhone Related Domains / Verizon Drops Price of Contract-Free Samsung Galaxy Tab by 100-Dollars / RIM Repudiates PlayBook Battery Problem Reports / Citibank Expects Apple to Take in $2B in Gross Revenue from Apps This Year / Apple and Other Tech Companies Sued for Allegedly Violating Patent Involving Double Clicking Things / Gleacher and Company Analyst Says iTunes Video One-Tenth of Netflix Video / Gleacher and Company Analyst Would Like to See Apple Buy Netflix / McAfee Says Apple, Social Media and Mobile Tech to Be Bigger CyberTargets in 2011 / Barnes and Noble Servers Buckle Under Christmas Day nook Demand / Publishers Marketplace Sees Signs of Trouble for Borders / Apple Greets New Year with Old iOS Alarm Issue

Wedge Partners Analyst Says iPad is Awesome and Other Tablets are “Junk” / DigiTimes Hears Tell of a CDMA 2nd-Gen iPad / iPhone 4 Tops eBay Top Ten Sales Items for 2010 / RadioShack Restarts iPhone Discount Sales Promotion / AT&T Expanding Public WiFi Hot Zones in NYC and SF / Paul Allen Re-Files Patent Infringement Case Against Apple, Google, and 11 Other Online Companies / Apple Sued for Allegedly Sharing Personal Info with Ad Networks via iOS Apps / UK VAT Adjustment to Drive Prices Up for iThings / Kaufman Brothers Analyst Hears Tell of Battery Problems for RIM PlayBook / KMart and Sears Teams for Online Video Sales and Rental Service / Android Market Reportedly Approaching 200k Apps Available / Angry Birds Developers Says iOS will Be Number One with Developers for a While / CNN Puts Antennagate and Ping on Top 10 Tech Fails of 2010 List

Tapulous Says Christmas 2010 Download Traffic Up 2X Versus Christmas 2009 / Facebook for iPhone Sees 1.6 Million New Users Since 24 December / Apple to Hold 1Q FY2011 Conference Call on 18 January / Secret DigiTimes Sources Say CDMA iPhone for 1Q CY2011 / Apple Confirms One-Million Apple TVs Sold / Softbank Offers Free 16GB 3G iPad in Japan with 2-Year Data Contract / Economic Daily News Says Foxconnn Likely to Stay Only iPad Manufacturer for Apple / French Journalist Revisits Foxconn and Says it Still Sucks to Work There / Samsung Outing Android-based Competitor to iPod touch at CES / Amazon Says Current Kindle is its Best Selling Product Ever / Kobo Issues Me-Too Press Release in Wake of Amazon Kindle Announcements 

Apple Wins Big on Amazon Most Gifted Items Lists / Apple Says Early Last Week That It Is Close to Selling a Million Apple TVs / Shaw Wu Says So What to Apple TV Press Release / AT&T Now Selling 3G iPad Online / AT&T Offers Deep Discounts on Refurbished iPhones / China Unicom Starts Sales of Contract-Free iPhone 3GS / iPad Available for Sale in Israel / Alcatel-Lucent Patent Holding Co Sues Apple and Others Over Video Compression IP / Hybrid Audio Sues Apple, Dell, and HTC for Alleged Patent Infringement / Apple Updates Remote App to Version 2.1 / Apple Updates iPhoto 11 with Stability Fixes and a Few New Features / Mossberg Names iPad Best Tech Product of 2010 / NPR Names Ping One of the Worst Ideas of 2010 / Reports Have Microsoft Talking New Mobile Internet Device OS at CES / The Financial Times Names Steve Jobs Person of the Year / President Obama Cites Jobs as Exemplary Business Leader

comScore Sees Huge Growth in Online Computer Hardware Holiday Sales Thanks in Part to iPad / Munster Says Android Tablets to Come Close to iPad in Market Share in 2012 / iPad Clamcase Finally Available for Order / Motorola Tablet Teaser Teases iPad and Galaxy Tab / Sam’s Club Cuts 52-Dollars Off Cost of iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS / Walmart Giving Away 50-Dollar Gift Cards with iPhone Purchases / Verizon Wireless Twitter Account Teases 4G and Android at 6 January 2011 CES Address / Apple Killing Mac OS X Downloads Site with Launch of Mac App Store / Samsung Galaxy S Sells 2 Million Units in South Korea in First Six-Months / iPhone 4 Still Hard to Get in China / Apple Launches “iAd Producer” Application for the Mac / Please Download the iAd-Supported Secret Crypto Wonder Badge for Free from the App Store / Roku Sees Renaissance in Face of Apple TV and Google TV / Epic Games Updates Infinity Blade

JP Morgan Says Apple to Make Majority of Tablets in 2011 / Apple Launches iPad in the Philippines / Best Buy Giving Away 3G and 4G Routers with WiFi iPad / UK Retailer TK Maxx Pulls a TJ Maxx with a Few iPads for Sale / New Rumor Gives “The Daily” a 17 January 2011 Launch / TUAW Says 99-Cent EA Games Could Be Land Grab for Holiday Sales / Former Apple and Current HPalm Exec Jon Rubinstein Joins Amazon Board / iTunes Digital-Download Market Share Grows in 2010 / iTunes Music Exec leaves for EMI / Sony Cordially Reminds CNET That They Sell eReaders as Well / Apple Releases Six Free Books for Mac and iOS Developers Through iBookstore / Apple Hiring Four Developers with Navigation Software Experience / RIM Updates BlackBerry to Mac Syncing Utility to Version 2.0 / Artist Offers Limited Edition Prints of Original Mac Icons for Sale

Apple Opening Mac App Store on 6 January 2011 / CES Starts 6 January 2011 / Shaw Wu Ups Apple Target to 395-Dollars / JP Morgan Analyst Ups Apple Target to 420-Dollars / Nokia Takes Apple Patent Fight to UK and Europe / Apple, Oracle, EMC, and Microsoft in Novell Patent Deal / Flextronics Exec Accused of Selling Insider Info on Apple / Flextronics, Dell, AMD, and TSMC Execs Accused of Selling Inside Information / Nikkei Says Sharp Building Plant to Make LCDs for iPhone / Rogers and Fido Offering iPhone Unlock Service in Canada / Apple Updates AirPort Base Station and Time Capsule Firmware and AirPort Utility / Apple Releases Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 3.5 / EA Drops Prices of 68 iOS Games to 99-Cents for Holiday Sale