Apple's ongoing legal antitrust fight in the United States is starting to look like a battle between the company and Judge Cote how oversaw the trial and now the monitor that she ordered to make sure there aren't any more shenanigans. Jeff and Bryan take a look at that, plus Apple's proposed sanctions for Samsung's confidential document leak, Thanksgiving and Black Friday iPad sales, and Bryan manages to sneak in a little Bitcoin talk, too.

Apple topped Dell as the most popular brand for desktop computers in an annual survey of "planned holiday purchases" by research firm Parks Associates. This marks the first time Apple has claimed that spot for desktop computes, and it's something that should concern Michael Dell.

Do you smell that? That's the scent of pressed aluminum in the air, and that means we're getting close to the expected release of Apple's delicious new Mac Pro. An Apple retailer in Germany—Conrad Electronics—has made a successful grab for some publicity by claiming the device will be available on December 16th, even though Apple hasn't announced a release date.

With emphasis on strength and design, the S Series iPhone 5/5s cases from Evutec go the extra mile to create cases that use lightweight materials and are both beautiful and strong.

There are over 475,000 apps for the iPad.  The vast majority of those apps are, generally, inwardly focused on the user: games, cooking, weather, entertainment, finance, health, medical, social networking and so on. What's often overlooked are productivity apps that are outwardly focused, those that make a difference and allow the user to make a contribution to others. John Martellaro takes a look at the second category, and you may be surprised.

This certainly falls into the "gift for that special someone who already has everything" category, and is cool because of it. But... it also comes in handy freeing your phone up while you're talking. And if that's not enough, you get a great wooden iPhone case to go along with it! Just $64.99 for 8 more days (that's 38% off $105 normal price).

Apple has a new patent in its portfolio that describes a system for capturing stereoscopic, or 3D, photos through a software-based system. The system would let average users capture 3D images without needing to worry about camera positioning or merging images together after the fact.

The Chinese government granted 4G TD-LTE licenses to China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom on Wednesday, which is good news for smartphone makers such as Apple and the carriers since they can now officially launch their faster wireless data networks. Even better for Apple is the possibility of finally swinging an iPhone deal with China Mobile, the world's largest cell service provider, now that the carrier has a license for compatible technology.

iOS 7's ability to mark everything in a mailbox as read is handy—and long overdue. In this tip, we'll tell you how to use it, so from now on, you won't be forced to touch every single message you want to mark. Unless you really enjoy doing it, that is. At least now, it'll be by choice.

Apple and its court-appointed monitor—attorney Michael Bromwich—appear to be headed towards a throwdown over his mandate. Details over friction between the two began emerging over the thanksgiving weekend, but a new report shows that tensions and stakes are running even higher.