Confirmed: iPad 3 Has a 2048x1536 Retina Display  —  Over the past couple of months, several photos of displays claimed to be for the iPad 3 have surfaced from various sources.  Such parts leaks are typical with the device's expected debut early next month.

Apple grants ABC access to its Chinese supply chain, report to air February 21st  —  Perhaps the most mainstream technology-company-related controversy within past few weeks has been in regards to Chinese supplier working conditions.  In January, the New York Times published a lengthy …

Redesigning the Windows Logo  —  We have said that Windows 8 is a complete reimagination of the Windows operating system.  Nothing has been left unexplored, including the Windows logo, to evaluate how it held up to modern PC sensibilities.  The Windows logo is a strong and widely recognized mark …

Safari Trackers  —  Apple's Safari web browser is configured to block third-party cookies by default.  We identified four advertising companies that unexpectedly place trackable cookies in Safari.  Google and Vibrant Media intentionally circumvent Safari's privacy feature.

Microsoft mulls plan for new music service (exclusive)  —  The software maker has discussed with some of the major record companies about creating a music service to serve Xbox as well as an upcoming Windows-based phone.  —  Microsoft is in talks with some of the major record companies …

Pinterest Is Not “Playing Dumb” About Making Money  —  It seems like everyone's discovered Pinterest this week!  Alongside the countless posts dissecting its userbase over, sideways, and under have been a series of stories about how it's “secretly” “monetizing” — a fact unearthed …

Aleynikov goes free  —  Count me in, with Choire Sicha, as being very happy that Sergey Aleynikov is once again a free man.  To cut a long story short, Aleynikov used to work in high-frequency trading for Goldman Sachs, earning $400,000 a year.  He then got offered a job in Chicago, earning three times that amount.

iOS 5.1 GM hands-on: Japanese Siri support, new lock screen confirmed  —  We've got a hold of what is said to be Apple's iOS 5.1 GM, the version that will be released to the public on or around March 9th, and we can now confirm an earlier report detailing two new changes.

Groupon On A Buying Spree: Buys Mobile Payment Specialist Kima Labs  —  Another acquisition for Groupon, and a sign of how the e-commerce company is getting more focused on mobile as a route to future growth: it has picked up Kima Labs, which makes mobile barcode reading app Barcode Hero and mobile payment app TapBuy.

iPhone 4 antennagate class-action lawsuit settled, owners to receive $15 or a free case  —  According to CNET, a class-action lawsuit over the iPhone 4's troublesome antenna, aka Antennagate, has been settled.  The planned resolution will net US residents who bought one and presumably either $15 in cash or (another?) free bumper case.

Current flash memory technologies won't scale beyond 2024, researchers say  —  NAND flash memory has become increasingly popular in recent years, giving new zip to computers through solid-state drives and providing storage in almost all modern mobile devices.

Apple's Messages Beta for Mac Includes Retina Sized Artwork  —  There has been plenty of evidence that Apple is planning for ultra high resolution Mac displays.  In July 2011, we first detailed the existence of a new “HiDPI” mode in OS X Lion.  This HiDPI mode was put in place in anticipation …