Apple 2.0's ten most-read stories of 2011

A stock-market anomaly, a new iPhone, a second iPad, two new wireless carriers, a swarm of lawsuits and a malware false alarm

What the hell happened to AAPL on Feb. 10? Image: Andy Zaky

Out of the 793 items about Apple (AAPL) filed in this space over the past 12 months, these were the 10 that -- for good or ill -- interested the most readers:

• Snapshot of an Apple flash crash: What triggered the sell-off that knocked $10 billion off the company's market cap? (Feb. 10)
• Verizon iPhone: The reviews are in: The verdict is unanimous: It's slower than AT&T's, but it rarely drops calls (Feb. 3)
• Live from Apple's iPhone event: Fifteen months after the iPhone 4 was introduced, Apple unveils its successor: the iPhone 4S (Oct. 4)
• Report: Apple is building two (!) iPhones for September release: An analyst expects Apple to launch both an iPhone 5 and a mid-range iPhone 4S (June 27)
• Piper Jaffray: iPad 2 totally sold out, 70% to new buyers: By Sunday, Gene Munster's team couldn't find an Apple tablet for sale at any retail outlet (March 13)
• Is Mac under a virus attack?: No. But there's some bad news rising on the Apple malware front (May 4)
• iPad 2: The Wi-Fi vs. 3G dilemma: Do I buy an iPad 2 with 3G built-in, or will Apple's Personal Hotspot do the trick? (March 9)
• Apple vs. Google: Inside an Android patent violation: Steve Jobs claimed that Google "stole" this Apple innovation. Last week, the ITC agreed. (July 16)
• Rate plans: How AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile stack up: Now that Verizon has the iPhone, you can start to choose your carrier by its rates (Feb. 4)
• Where is Amazon's "Appstore"? - updated: It opened Tuesday, despite the trademark infringement suit Apple filed on Friday (March 22)