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Apple News: Previewing OS X 10.9: What can we expect from Apple’s next operating system? The cat is almost out of the bag. Or rather, the big cat has almost toppled the Apple cart? Analogies aside, the next iteration of Apple’s desktop operating system, OS X, is due around July, and the developer’s preview of the software should be released in the next few weeks. That time estimate is based…

Apple News: The Apple reality distortion field’s fun-house mirror I don’t know for certain who writes The Macalope column for Macworld, but I think he put his finger on something Saturday in A Fundamental Disconect, his round-up of the week’s Apple (AAPL) news. “Apparently,” he writes, “some bit has switched somewhere—like a Manchurian candidate being triggered—and everyone is willfully ignoring the state of things in Cupertino.” Read full story =>…

Apple News: Durability Will Be Apple’s Biggest Challenge to Making a Curved iWatch The curved display that wraps around your wrist is the coolest thing about the revolutionary smartwatch we all know Apple is building, but it’s one of the easiest parts of the project. The far bigger challenge to building the gadget outlined in a patent that surfaced last week is making it durable enough to withstand the rigors…

Mac News: 132 Page ‘Smoking Gun’ Report Proves Samsung Shamelessly Copied The iPhone    Here’s something to read over your morning cup of joe this morning: amassive 132 page report Apple released into evidence this morning in its trial against Samsung, proving without a doubt that this case is about a lot more than — as the Korean handset maker would have you believe — “patenting the shapes of rectangles.” …