Archive for January 2012
January 1, 2012
· Cops: Accomplice accidentally shoots robber during home invasion
· Midland city spokeswoman says man detained after entering Texas airport with explosives
· 7.0 Sea Quake Shakes Tokyo, but Causes No Damage
· Argh! Pirate-themed ship runs aground in west Florida
· Inside Apple's 2011: Steve Jobs' achievements, battles and crises
· Dead Blackbirds Fall Again in Arkansas Town
· 4.0 earthquake strikes in Ohio, believed to be related to the injection of wastewater into ground near fault line
· Apple TV Hacked to Run iOS Apps at Full Screen
· 50 years ago today the Beatles audition for Decca Records
January 2, 2012
· Chrome nears 20% share, IE resumes slide
· Still Looking For A New Year’s Resolution? How About Learning To Code …
· MAME Arcade Emulator now on Google Chrome
· Klingons conquer Stormtroopers in New Year's Eve blood drive battle
· Insiders Call HP's WebOS Software Fatally Flawed
· Columbia University offers ‘Occupy 101’
· Indianapolis Hosts Super Bowl -- and 800-Foot Zip Line
· Mystery over Blackpool bubbles as promenade is awash with foam
· Would you smell a pair of jeans worn-in and unwashed for three months?
· Apple's Internal 'GameStore' Testing App Accidentally Appears in App Store
· Hospitals adopting Apple's iPad for patient and visitor kiosks
· Samsung takes girl from iPhone 4S ad for Galaxy Tab 8.9 spot
· Apple's iOS finishes 2011 with 52% share of mobile Web browsing
· iCoolsoft Updated Flv Converter for Mac-The heaven of your individuality
January 3, 2012
· Apple Planning Media-Related Event in the Big(ger) Apple This Month
· Misconceptions About iOS Multitasking
· Mac Pro Build-to-Order Ship Dates Slip as Future Remains Uncertain
· A new record high of 1.2 billion apps were downloaded in last week of 2011
· Sears selling an Apple branded external hard drive enclosure. Wait, what?
· Apple mostly resolves New Year's alarm glitch
· R.I.P: Bob Anderson, 'Star Wars' sword master dead at 89
· The Greatest Paper Map of the United States You’ll Ever See
· Belarus limits use of 'foreign' websites, while Kuala Lumpur mandates WiFi in eateries
· Frozen dead guy celebration gets a new owner
· Apple iOS 5 trounces Windows Phone browser in speed tests
· Virulent, extremophile whiskey-drinking fungus
· Pepsi moves to dismiss mouse-in-Mountain Dew lawsuit, saying the carcass would dissolve before the can was opened
· Hybrid sharks found in Australian waters
· January's Apple event to focus on iBooks and publishing
· Iran Tests Naval Cruise Missile
· Ticonderoga's top pick for 2012 is its top pick for 2011: Apple
· Still a Wild World: Top New Animals of 2011
· Users desert Windows XP in near-record numbers
· LG 55-inch OLED TV panel slapped with $8,000 price tag
· 'Inside Apple' promises details on Apple's internal ops
· Siri clone removed from Android Market
· 5 major changes facing the Internet in 2012
· Old-fashioned wet shaving is back in style
· The Commodore 64 is 30
January 4, 2012
· Supersized saddles find home on the range as Americans fatten
· White House Denies CIA Teleported Obama to Mars
· Genius Cops Caught Apparently Planting Evidence By Own Dash Camera
· Quadrantids meteor shower peaks – briefly – tonight
· XSS flaw in WordPress 3.3 - How the smallest things make testing tough
· Google’s Chrome Page No Longer Ranks For “Browser” After Sponsored Post Penalty
· AT&T to pay TiVo $215M to settle patent lawsuit
· Canadian gets through U.S. customs with a passport picture and an iPad
· Researcher: Many Stratfor passwords are weak
· Clayton Morris says Apple’s January event will focus on Steve Jobs’ textbook vision
· Cookie Stumbler Express 1.2.1 released on the Mac App Store
· Cop issues ticket, asks for date, lawsuit says
· Chicago launches winter preparedness site featuring snow plow tracker
· Teen sleeping on plane ends up in wrong city
· Convicted murderer gets new trial after computer virus destroys data
· Hitachi unveils a slew of hard drives for Macs
· Trident Case Kraken Case for Apple iPad2 Review @ Mad Shrimps
· No Warrant Needed for GPS Monitoring, Judge Rules
· New Microsoft patent: Walking directions that avoid crime-ridden neighborhoods
· Defensive search-and-destroy "virus" delivered to Japanese government
· Apple to announce Q1 2012 earnings on January 24
· Apple to launch iPhone 4S in China and 21 new countries on January 13
· Apple's iMac accounts for 32.9% of all-in-one PC sales
· File-Sharing Recognized as Official Religion in Sweden
· Netflix's 20M members streamed 2B hours in Q4 of 2011
· iPad users download 3 billion apps
January 5, 2012
· CA Judge Deems Ramming Jewish Woman with Shopping Cart ‘Free Speech’
· Seattle sues attorney over public records request
· What's in a name? Possibly your shot at love, self-esteem and lung cancer
· Pentagon-backed 'time cloak' stops the clock
· Pot smoking not tied to middle-age mental decline
· Squirrel and T-Rex Get It On
· ID now needed for drain cleaner in Illinois
· Deadline nears for claims over frayed MacBook MagSafe connectors
· File-Sharing Recognized as Official Religion in Sweden
· Logitech intros the Cube: doubles as mouse, presenter
· University develops tablet 'liquid keyboard'
· U.S. ‘threatened to blacklist Spain’ over SOPA-style law
· Apple Now Giving Refunds For Pointless GameStore App (Update)
· Developers Say iOS 5.1 Will Not Fix Audio Issues On Your iPhone 4S
January 6, 2012
· 1Password Pro grabs the TUAW Best of 2011 iPad utility app award
· AT&T adds 11 cities to 4G LTE network
· Apple power adapters could remember your passwords
· BitTorrent takes on Dropbox with personal file sharing
· Sprint Throttles Top 1% of Data Users, No "Truly Unlimited" Data For US iPhone Users
· Giant tuna caught in Tokyo fetches record $747K
· Shot in the eye, woman insists on finishing beer
· Top 1% of Mobile Users Consume Half of World’s Bandwidth, and Gap Is Growing
· Study: iPhone 4S uses twice as much data as iPhone 4
· Burglar dumps rare coins worth several thousand dollars into coin counting machine, nets $450
· Symantec's Norton AntiVirus source code exposed by hackers
· AOC reveals 22-inch, USB-powered 1080p monitor
· Livestreaming Journalists Want to Occupy the Skies With Cheap Drones
· Warner Brothers Gives Cold Shoulder To Redbox, Netflix, & Blockbuster By Waiting 56 Days Instead Of 28 For New Movies
· HBO Stops Direct DVD Shipments To Netflix
· Ramnit worm steals 45,000 Facebook logins
· Apple to open new store-within-a-store outlets inside Target this year
· E-voting machine freezes, misreads votes, U.S. agency says
· Wisconsin coroner stole body part to train dog, police say
· Scottish anthrax outbreak 'worst in UK in 50 years'
· Portage deputies arrest gun-wielding man in Nelson Township (mugshot)
· Florida Friday: Man wearing Darth Vader mask attacked trooper
· Florida Friday: Man arrested for throwing out bag of marijuana at courthouse
· Florida Friday: Man Arrested for Selling Moonshine
· Florida Friday: Palm City man says 'ball drop' beef begets beer splashing, biting, stabbing
· Mac App Store at One
· Rumor: Apple to ship high-res 'iPad 3' in March, 'iPad 4' with new apps in October
· Florida Friday: Wild pig carcasses wash up in Bradenton
· Florida Friday: Homeless man decapitated in a fight over spilled food
· Florida Friday: Doctor blamed for amputating TWO patient's penises after botched operations
January 7, 2012
· Sprint: We’re Not Really Throttling Our Customers (Update)
· Find My Car Smarter uses Bluetooth Smart to locate your car
· Gold ring lost for EIGHTY YEARS is returned to owner's grandson after being discovered in an underwater cave
· Study: High-Fat Foods Cause Brain Scarring
· TV Show Opens Online Store So Viewers Can Investigate Their Own Lovers (VIDEO)
· Mystery solved: 'Stolen' car parks itself in garage
· Eating Christmas trees at the 'world's best restaurant'
January 8, 2012
· Amazing Timelapse of 30-Story Building Constructed In Only 360 Hours
· Israel has said it will respond to cyber-attacks in the same way it responds to violent "terrorist" acts
· For sale: Nuclear bomb-proof space station in Carmel Valley
· Leak shows Polaroid leaping into tablets, e-readers at CES
· Have RIM, Nokia & Apple provided Indian Military with backdoor access to cellular comm?
· Subway riders to drop pants as part of global event
· Dozens of soldiers on lockdown over missing military equipment
· Zippy BT-500 Bluetooth Keyboard Review @ TekGoblin
· 'Lady Chinky Eyes': Papa John's Store Calls Woman Racial Slur In Receipt (PHOTO) (UPDATE)
· Illinois law lets motorists salvage fur, food from roadkill
· National Geographic Photography Contest Winners: 2011
· NYC resolution: Attract 50M-plus tourists in 2012
· Belkin N900 Router Pushes WiFi-N to the limit
· Netflix expected to launch streaming service in the UK this week, says report
January 9, 2012
· Bungee jump rope snaps: Aussie's miracle escape from fall into crocodile-infested waters
· Party like you're 99: Boulder grants second retirement home liquor license
· You may now kiss the brides: Couple renew their marriage vows - after husband changes sex
· New super painkiller Zohydro is more dangerously potent than Vicodin: narcs and docs
· US customs can and will seize laptops and cellphones, demand passwords
· Five years of iPhone
· Netflix Launches in UK, Ireland Today
· Hard drive makers Seagate and Western Digital slash warranties
· Lenovo gets a jump on Apple in smart TVs
· Opera TV Store brings a unified app store experience across all TV-platforms
· Ubuntu TV shown off at CES 2012
· Women Outplay Men in Mobile Gaming
· Vizio officially introduces PC line, all-in-ones and laptops offer ample choices
· iOS Developer Is Selling His Game’s Source Code On eBay
· Griffin's Twenty amps up AirPlay for Apple's Airport Express
· IBM tracks pork chops from pig to plate
· Share The iPad Love On Road Trips With Philips’ In-Car Screen Kit
· Interactive: Top product news from CES
· Apple Seeds iOS 5.1 Beta 3 to Developers, Restores 'Enable 3G' Toggle
· AT&T unveils own APIs for carrier agnostic HTML5 web apps aimed at smartphones and tablets
· AT&T Joins OpenStack
· Nuance Bringing Voice Recognition to Televisions and Intel Ultraboooks
· Porky Pig: In early America, farm animals took the blame for zoophilic sex.
· One Chicago Walgreens to offer a barista, made-to-order sushi, juice bar, self-serve frozen yogurt and a humidor
· FDA warns about painkiller mix-up in Excedrin, Bufferin
· Calif. lawmaker pleads no contest in shoplift case
· New England Journal of Medicine was first published 200 years ago
· The best- and worst-run cities in America
· Ducks and geese help spur blood donation campaign
January 10, 2012
· iPhone 4S Closes Sales Gap on Android as Apple Sweeps Top Three Smartphone Models
· Belkin announces Thunderbolt Express Dock
· Paybacks are hell: Parental spying prompts infiltration of German police system
· Extinct Giant Tortoise May Still Be Alive in Galapagos
· LaCie debuts Thunderbolt peripherals ahead of CES
· Vatican used Wikipedia for new cardinals' biographies
· Man tries to sell son on Facebook for $20 million
· Over Half of Future Smartphone Buyers Want An iPhone [Survey]
· Almost 1 In 3 U.S. Warplanes Is a Robot
· Alleged terrorist plotted to bomb Tampa: U.S. officials
· Furor in Greece over pedophiles, exhibitionists, kleptomaniacs, fetishists and sadomasochists labeled as disabled
· Rum company to give away 101 free tattoos
· London installing largest free wi-fi zone in Europe
· Stephen Hawking's New PC
· Have you heard of an iPad falling over 100,000 feet, near Area 51?
· Simple.tv DVR / placeshifter frees free TV from the constraints of location, time
· Apple reorganizing iPhone, iPad production, sources claim
· Google search gets even more personal
January 11, 2012
· SoundConverter 20120105.0 released on the Mac App Store
· FAA waives rules, says paid-pilots can guide whooping cranes to Florida using bird-like plane
· World ticks closer to 'Doomsday'
· Baby Born With Organs Outside Body Receives Rare Surgery
· Women banned from speaking at major conference on gynecological advances in Jerusalem
· Amazon launches iPad-optimized Kindle store
· Apple confirms, Anobit officially purchased
· Study: Nicotine Is Good for You
· Why We Love the Crap We Make, or The Grand Unifying Theory of Regretsy
· CES 2012: Lenovo Brings Apple's Touchscreen iMac Concept to Life
· Apple’s iPad app of the year, Snapseed, coming to Mac and Android tablets
· Female Bodyguard Training In China Involves Bikinis, Human Centipedes
· No jail time for California father who threw son off boat
· Man wanted on suspicion of rape arrested after flirting with cop
· NKorea keeps door open for food-nuke deal with US
· Husband opens fire after wife given tea and toast instead of orange
· Study: Smoking Marijuana Not Linked with Lung Damage
· Sony's 'Music Unlimited' Service Headed to iPhone and iPod Touch
· Apple announces Jan. 19 event at Guggenheim in NYC
· Symantec accused of using 'scareware' tactics to sell full-version products
· Microsoft probes mass suicide threat at China plant
· Waterproof Your iPhone with this Magical Liquipel Coating
· iLounge’s 2012 CES Best of Show Awards: iPod, iPhone, iPad + Mac
· Apple tops Candian “Leading Edge” Brands, RIM doesn’t make the cut
· WA man accused of selling pot on courthouse lawn
· A Thousand Dildos For The Military Wives
· The 30 Best Taco-Related Crimes Ever
· A Fine for Not Using a Biofuel That Doesn’t Exist
· Mother-of-six saves her own life by coughing up a cancerous tumor
· Confiscated bushmeat 'poses virus threat'
· Rescuers cut man out of pasta machine
January 12, 2012
· Apple becomes No. 3 PC maker in US with industry-leading 21% growth
· Happy 7th anniversary to the Mac mini
· Microsoft scuttles plans for TV subscription service over high fees
· Wireless charging goes further--into tablets, cars, the home
· World's smallest frog discovered
· Crab Soup Recalled for Undeclared Milk, Wheat and...Crab?
· Errant drill penetrates Stockholm tunnel
· NY Subway Workers: 'Rate My Rat' Subway Rat Photo Contest
· The world’s coolest movie theatres
· Will 2012 be Thunderbolt's year? Devices arrive in force at CES
· Survey shows Apple offers most-satisfying mobile shopping experience
· Beyond Siri: Voice Recognition Pops Up in More Gadgets
· The MacBook Air Samsung SSD is about to get twice as fast
· Father charged for threatening his son with a meat cleaver over burnt biscuits
· Microsoft And Foxconn End Dispute At Xbox Plant
· 20 Things You Didn't Know About... Alcohol
· Captive Cheese Fungus Gobbles Up Spills, Forming a Living, Self-Cleaning Surface
· Japan's Latest WTF Trend
· Police: Robber Gets Fist In Face From Pharmacist
· Suspect threatens to eat officers
· iPhone 4S customers lining up in China
· Apple's rumored television is 'the elephant in the room' at CES 2012
January 13, 2012
· iOS accessories on display at CES
· Apple Cancels iPhone 4S Launch in Beijing After Fight Breaks Out Between Scalpers
· Paddy Power takes bets on Apple’s first announcement of the year
· Oops… Intel Tries To Fake Gaming Demo At CES 2012
· Swedish Bondage Fairies launch high-tech global treasure hunt
· Romney: Income inequality is just 'envy'
· Matias releases three keyboards that power both your iPhone and Mac
· Police: California woman bites 2 children at bookstore
· German priest admits 280 counts of sexual abuse
· Man armed with sledgehammer shot to death
· Tissue holders contaminated with low levels of radioactive material pulled from store shelves
· STD surge in Cincinnati hits Dayton region
· Cars Connect With Apps, the Cloud at CES
· NASA Engages Public With New Custom Internet Radio Station
· This is the New YouTube Player with Storyboards
· Mass hysteria cited as cause of problems in Le Roy
· Rare horse fly named after Beyonce's butt
· Braille Burgers From Fast Food Chain Wimpy Let Blind People 'See' Food (VIDEO)
· Customs officers find pot in jalapeño load
· Florida Friday: Home invasion suspect found hiding in dryer
· Florida Friday: Police Arrest Man Accused Of Posing As Dentist
· Florida Friday: Dentist bites back: Craigslist ad leads to arrest of two in stolen property case
· Florida Friday: House committee passes bill that mandates all accident victims go to ERs
· Florida Friday: Woman, 62, upset with 'Judge Judy' allegedly attacks man with hammer
· Florida Friday: Strapped to the 'Devil's Chair' and 'pepper-sprayed to death'
· Florida Friday: Armed trio found with two dead gators arrested in PBC sugarcane field
· Florida Friday: Image of Virgin Mary appears at hamburger restaurant
· Florida Friday: Man asked why he has large amount of cash, 'I don't have a job, read between the lines'
· Florida Friday: Woman comes face-to-face with six-foot snake
· Police rescue man and daughter kidnapped by email scammers
· Hotmail phishing: Don't send us the wrong password or we'll suspend your account!
· Apple becomes first tech firm to join Fair Labor Association
· Apple reveals a list of its suppliers for the first time
· No intentional underage labor found in 229 audits of Apple's overseas suppliers
· Totally drug-resistant TB emerges in India
· The computer market with, without the iPad
· Apple Expands iPhone and iPad Recycling Program to UK, Germany, and France
· Apple’s Power Cables to go Green
· Apple confirms aluminum dust caused Chinese factory explosions
January 14, 2012
· High-Speed Animal Flight Videos Show Hidden Aerial World
· The Dark Knight Would Love To Dock His iPad In This Amazing Bat-Cycle
· Steve Jobs to be added to One Club's Creative Hall of Fame
· Man, woman charged with pushing, hitting police officer, excessive cowbell noise
· Woman Injects 'Bath Salts,' Loses Arm To Flesh-Eating Bacteria
· Dead man charged for running faucet
· Behold, the 1977 budget breakdown for Star Wars
· Woman Wants ‘Seductive Damages’ From Ex-Boyfriend
· Report: Quote on MLK Memorial Will Be Changed
· 'We are going to have to send you to the zoo,' doctors tell obese patients too large to fit in hospital scanners
· US is biggest wine consumer, China joins top five
· Police: Man robs bank, hails cab then calls 911 to turn himself in
· Boxee explains dropping PC and Mac clients at CES
· Viruses stole City College of S.F. data for years
· Embarrassing iPhone concert incident gets explanation
· Just How Rich Is the TSA Getting From Your Forgotten Change?
· Sykipot Trojan hijacks Department of Defense authentication smart cards
· The Most Talked-About Gadget at CES Was Probably This Ultra-Cool Fuji Camera
· High-end audio rocks CES
· Apple’s War On Amazon Starts Thursday
January 15, 2012
· Man Arrested For Poisoning His Wife's Rice Krispies Cereal
· Want to See Every Tree in America?
· Cops: Man needed a ride, stole a Publix scooter
· The Navy Is Depending on Dolphins to Keep the Strait of Hormuz Open
· Obsession: Drunken Udder alcohol-infused ice cream
January 16, 2012
· Ridiculous $1,500 Diamond Studded Business Cards
· Dutch use F-16s to pursue criminal suspect
· Kids' eyes glued shut by Swedish docs
· McDonald's worker 'films mouse in bun bag'
· Delta flight diverts to Fla. for unruly first-class passengers demanding food and champagne
· iPhone 4S without camera in Singapore
· How apps for your appliances represent the next opportunity
· Nissan Announces A New Self-Healing iPhone Case That Repairs Itself From Scratches
· Zappos turns off phones after up to 24 million customer records exposed
· Das Keyboard Releases Model S Professional for Mac
· Samsung and Apple looking at new waterproof smartphone tech
· Apple jumps to 8th most valuable brand in the world
· iPhone 4S jailbreak demonstration video
· Apple’s Next Retail Store Will Be Almost Entirely Transparent
· Six Foot Stormtrooper Cake Reveals the Empire’s Latest Diabolical Weapon: Diabetes
· IDG: iPad replacing laptop for over 10% of business users
· The best way to run Windows on your Mac @ Macworld
· Wikipedia shuts down for 24 hours this Wednesday in SOPA protest
· Woman, 85, critical after being hit by falling cat
· Cleared for Takeoff: Rhode Island Bakery Creates TSA ‘Compliant Cupcake’
· SKorea: Men arrested for smuggling gold in rectums
January 17, 2012
· R.I.P: Cracker Barrel founder Dan Evins dies
· Japan Airlines debuts Hello Kitty Boeing 777
· Island of Montecristo to be bombed with poison after rat infestation
· 10 Scientific and Technological Visionaries Who Experimented With Drugs
· BASF abandons GM crop market in Europe, moves its plant science headquarters to U.S.
· Detroit Police give up on car theft, ban street parking to curb break-ins
· Woman offered sexual favors for Chicken McNuggets, police say
· Fake iPad 2s made of clay sold at B.C. stores
· 'Bring God back into bed': Pastor and wife stage bed-in on the roof of their church as they tell worshippers to have more sex
· What to expect from Apple's education event: Digital textbooks, 'GarageBand for ebooks'
· Apple opens up iTunes Match to 19 more countries across Latin America, Europe
· Troubling Google Contractor Allegedly Caught Vandalizing Open Street Map
· Driver arrested after getting stuck, passing out in front lawn of Michigan State Police Post in Cadillac
· Apple extends recycling program across the UK
· Passengers panic over false crash alarm
· Apple Ends $100 Printer Rebate Program for New Mac Purchases
· America is drunk
January 18, 2012
· Steve Jobs Inducted Into Creative Hall Of Fame Today In New York City
· Apple Looking To Open 7th Store In New York City
· Hackers steal $6.7 million in bank cyber heist
· Wikipedia, Craigslist, other sites blacked out against SOPA at midnight
· Trojan may have stolen data from Japanese space agency
· Apple Macs Land on More Corporate Desks
· Severed head found below Hollywood sign in Los Angeles
· If You’ve Got the Money, You Can Buy a Piece of Mars
· Busted: Oakland Park woman charged with stealing 130 sticks of the men's antiperspirant products
· Two KC policemen admit they stole while on duty
· Ask Slashdot: What Can You Do About SOPA and PIPA?
· Concrete balls thwart roof-riding commuters
· Internet now active with 2.1 billion users
· Ranting, Pot-Smoking Lunatic Goes On Nude Rampage At SoHo Apple Store
· Install iOS 5 On Your iPhone 2G/3G Or Old iPod Touch Using WhiteD00r, No Jailbreak Required
· Apple's Textbook Initiative to Feature Strong K-12 Focus, Aid Publishers Large and Small
· After-hours e-mails may make Brazilians eligible for overtime
· Google Slows Web Crawlers To Help Blackouts Sites
· In Face Of Protests, Congressmen Begin To Abandon SOPA Ship
· How SOPA would affect you: FAQ
· US police developing infrared body scanner to detect guns in the street
· Sexually explicit tattoo angered Pinkberry founder, officials say
· Donald Trump: Still A Miserly Billionaire
· U.S. Strategic Command Mysteriously Deletes Russian Mars Spacecraft’s Tracking Data After Sabotage Accusations
· HiddenRadio Bluetooth speaker raises almost $1 million on Kickstarter
· Supporters of SOPA, PIPA stick to their guns
· Mac sales growing faster for Apple in China than US
· MPAA Hits New Low In Self Pity Over SOPA
January 19, 2012
· MPlayerX version 1.0.11 released on the Mac App Store
· PIPA support collapses, with 13 new Senators opposed
· US Senate websites hit with technical difficulties following SOPA blackout
· AT&T Announces All New (And More Expensive) iPhone & iPad Data Plans
· Chitika: Kindle Fire has just 2.4% the web traffic of iPad
· Suspicion grows China was behind hack of U.S. commission
· Man wearing Cookie Monster hat robs Omaha store
· Snowmobile stealing parolee arrested hiding under a bed
· 'Titanic' theme played as Costa Concordia capsized
· Mac platform faced 58 malware threats from Q2 to Q4 2011
· U.S. charges Chinese man with NY Fed software theft
· Google Fiber work in KCK is delayed by dispute over how its wires are hung
· 25 senators come out against PIPA anti-piracy bill
· Apple now the number one buyer of microphones in the world
· UK spied on Russians with fake rock
· Performance Tuning Protection Plan by Intel
· Texan fire crew in hotel stuffed tiger alert
· 5 reasons Macs are gaining ground in business
· Eastman Kodak files for bankruptcy protection
· GE Executive says adoption of Apple products helps recruitment
· Another One Bites the Dust: Virgin Mobile Will Soon Throttle Unlimited Data Users
· Apple education event live blog
· Apple to bring interactive textbooks to the iPad with iBooks 2
· Apple announces free iBooks Author OS X app for publishing books to the App Store
· Apple: 20,000 Education iPad Apps Developed; 1.5 Million Devices In Use At Schools
· Apple revamps iTunes U and intros dedicated app
· HotSpot Shield strengthens VPN with anti-malware wall
· Apple posts full video of iBooks 2 education event
· Foxconn chairman likens his workforce to animals
· Couple caught trying to blow up car with flaming tampons
· Woman left child in shopping cart outside Lexington liquor store in 26 degree weather
· College student dies after tweeting, 'Thank you God'
· Ottawa’s lending out judge, prostitute for chats as part of its ‘Human Library’ program
· Anti-church sentiment rises in Europe as more people seek 'de-baptism'
· Pic of Human Head for Sale
· Priceline killing off Shatner's 'Negotiator' ad character
· Pecan farmers on alert for nut rustlers
January 20, 2012
· Anonymous takes down FBI, DoJ and music industry websites
· At $400 billion, Apple is worth more than Greece
· Federal Reserve contractor charged with source code theft
· Time Warner Cable's TV streaming reaches iPhone
· Calif. man arrested after driving SUV into subway tunnel
· Police: Man Demanded Woman Do Drugs Or Buy Magazines
· Vet accused of having sex with horse
· Public evidence shows Apple, Adobe had no-poaching pact
· Florida Friday: VIDEO: Man shoots at laundromat's change machine
· Florida Friday: To test Intoxilyzer, FDLE paid employees to get drunk
· Dell stock caught up in massive insider trading probe
· Florida Friday: Man arrested in connection with Starbucks hammer attack
· Florida Friday: 'Porn producers' are scamming victims in Kissimmee
· Florida Friday: Bank foreclosing on O.J. Simpson's Florida home
· Florida Friday: Man punches stepdad after being asked to stop staring
· SOPA halted in House
· Demand For Kindle Fire Cooling As Orders Cut In Half
· This $35 Computer-On-A-Stick Is All You Need To Bring AirPlay To Any HDTV
· Florida Friday: Man tells IRS he is a resident of 'heaven,' owes no taxes
· Florida Friday: $12,000 gift for church taking over former Boynton Beach strip club
· Florida Friday: 3 out of the top 5 Most Stressful Cities are in Florida
· Controversial Killer Flu Research Paused
January 21, 2012
· South African law would make unauthorized storm predictions punishable by heavy fines and jail.
· Teacher pours hot tea on students to break up a fight following escalating texts over a girl
· Seconds opens SMS channel to retailers, merchants
· Man tells court it was dog who strangled wife
· Man punches sprinkler at River North nightclub, makes it rain
· New app tells you if parking spot is legal
· Pennsylvania brothers face charges after brawl over a broken bong, police say
· Yale Bans Kegs At University Events
· ESA Drops SOPA Support, Video Game Lobby Laments Bill’s ‘Unintended Consequences’
· Making sense of the new AT&T data plans
January 22, 2012
· Flaming-horned bull fatally gores man in Spain
· America's Rudest Cities
· Apple working to adopt 802.11ac 5G Gigabit WiFi this year
· Israeli hacker posts ‘100,000′ more stolen Facebook logins
· Woman refuses to leave toilet bowl for 2.5 years
· Where did all the colored toilet paper go?
· Ohio father accused of taping up daughter, locking her in cage
· European Union retailers to be required to accept e-waste without charge, says Parliament
· Iranian web programmer faces execution on porn charges
· How U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work
· R.I.P. Joe Paterno, 85
· Va. lawmaker wants to legalize marijuana to sell in ABC liquor stores
· Olympic Skier Under Scrutiny for ‘Performance-Enhancing Underwear
January 23, 2012
· Newspaper publisher apologises for saying Israel should consider assassinating Obama
· Meteorito — A Wine Aged With 4.5 Billion-Year-Old Meteorite
· Driver arrested on suspicion of DUI three times in five days
· Bees 'could deter vandals' at Greenfield heritage park
· Apple sees 350,000 textbook downloads within three days after iBooks 2 debut
· FileSonic Disables File Sharing
· U.S. finds flaws in ES&S DS200 voting machine
· Youtube hit 4 billion views per day, deals with 60 hours of uploaded content every minute
· London 2012: Olympics to create 'record' wireless spectrum demand
· NY hotel boosts Wi-Fi with wall-mounted switches
· US tablet ownership nearly doubles to 19% over holidays
· Get USB electrical outlets without having to change all of your power sockets
· 64GB iPhone 4S takes 21% of sales, 36% of iPhone buyers come from another platform
· Warrants Needed for GPS Monitoring, Supreme Court Rules
· Mother-of-four, 28, banned from every nightclub in town for being 'too old to wear skimpy outfits'
· Collection of rare miniature spirit bottles stolen
· Thousands of Plastic Figures Hold Up the Floor
· Tested: A Chemical Time Machine Makes Whiskey Taste Older, Faster
· Livestock industry wins Supreme Court appeal
· Six hurt in "sweet sixteen" birthday party shooting
· Malaysia Ministry seeks recordings of strange noises in sky
· Boxes Of Snakes Botch Carjacking
· Gamers Redesign a Protein That Stumped Scientists for Years
· Fulfill Your Dinosaur-Riding Fantasies
· The Behind-the-Scenes Campaign To Bring SOPA To Canada
January 24, 2012
· Virgin America Names Jet After Steve Jobs
· First Apple Store in the Netherlands to open in February
· Veteran In Need Of New Kidney Accidentally Buys Lottery Ticket, Wins $14.3 Million
· Judge: Americans can be forced to decrypt their laptops
· Homeland Security Wants to Spy on 4 Square Miles at Once
· Drone Pilot Discovers River of Blood Coming From Dallas Meat Packing Plant
· Teacher accused of spitting water on unruly students
· Alaska woman, 85, uses shovel to scare off moose attacking husband
· Oldest dinosaur nest site found
· U.S. government online security website hacked
· Willowbrook man called 911, asked to fight a cop
· Magic mushrooms could treat depression
· 66 cats removed from West Delray home
· Boxee Live TV now available for $49
· Wirelessly Print From Any iOS Device Using xPrintServer
· Apple's $46 billion sales set new tech record
· Apple Is Sitting on Nearly $100 Billion in Cash
January 25, 2012
· Apple's Q1 hardware sales: 37 million iPhones, 15.43 million iPads, 5.2 million Macs, 15.4 million iPods
· Apple now largest computer maker, sold more iPads alone than HP sold PCs
· Raleigh woman armed with bedpost fights off intruder
· How long would it take Mitt Romney to earn what you make in a year?
· $100 cognac-infused hot dog for sale on streets of Vancouver
· Apple's first fiscal quarter, by the numbers
· Wisconsin athletic official resigns over allegations of inappropriate conduct
· Cruise ship captain admits 'mistake' in deposition
· Wowed Wall Street watchers raise forecasts after Apple's 'perfect' $46B quarter
· "Take My Wife, Please. I convinced her to bed another man, and now I'm insanely jealous."
· Baltimore Co. priest charged with indecent exposure at adult book store, removed from duty
· Cops: Sword-Wielding Man Breaks Into South Carolina Home
· Strip club launches 'Alibi' aftershave to recreate scent of the office
January 26, 2012
· Apple's 44.7% gross margins are highest in at least 15 years
· Refocused Macworld | iWorld highlights music, art, film
· Symantec tells customers to disable PCAnywhere
· Concerns mount that jailbreaking may become illegal
· Amazon looking into taking on Netflix
· World's longest lab experiment still going 85 years later
· Chevy giving away 20 vehicles during Super Bowl
· Pork, the surprise remedy for a nosebleed
· The World's Largest Gumball
· Soccer star’s girlfriend claims he’s on injury list because of too much sex
· Artillery round accidentally explodes while police tinker with it with an acetylene torch
· Thai thief caught with 10,000 pairs of women's underwear
· Lufkin couple accused of stealing 11 pregnancy tests
· Muslim Men Rescue Bagel Shop And Keep It Kosher
· Police pinch pug-pilfering pensioner
· Pleasantville is hit with third murder in 5 days
· British porn star insures penis for $1 million
· AZ inmate arrested for refusing to leave lockup
· Starting in June, Apple employees get $500 off Macs, $250 off iPads
· Apple maintains dominance of global tablet market with 58% share in Q4 2011
· Foreign Data Unsafe From US Patriot Act, Says American Law Firm
· Google stirs up privacy hornet's nest
· Similar, but not copied, image found to breach copyright
· Breast implant maker's founder arrested, police say
· Woman Claims Neighbor’s Energy Efficient Windows Are Melting Her Toyota Prius
· Mormon Church's Prior Baptism Of Dead Jews Could Raise Concerns For Florida Voters
· 15 years on nothing but chicken nuggets
· Facebook's Timeline feature will be pushed to all members soon
· Most Amazing High Definition Image of Earth - Blue Marble 2012
· North Korea threatens to punish mobile-phone users as 'war criminals'
· Feds: Pharmacies gave ‘used’ drugs to W. Washington nursing homes
· Mom sues MTA after 24-yr-old son walks into subway tunnel, gets hit by train
· Crayola Katydid & Cowboy Frog Among 46 Newfound Jungle Species
· Australia: Politician Anthony Albanese Lifts Speech from Michael Douglas Film (Video)
January 27, 2012
· Take a tour of the Macworld | iWorld 2012 show floor
· Nation’s first Super Wi-Fi network arrives
· Half of the enterprise is issuing Macs, 21% of workers use Apple products
· Cocaine seized at UN headquarters in New York
· Sex, bomb, electrocution by cat all part of Granite City man's extortion plot, feds say
· Day care worker accused of taping child to the floor
· Europe Developing Asteroid Shield
· The World's First Floating Grill
· Russian tycoon buys a yacht to eclipse all others
· Boys pull out knife, gun in argument in 7th-grade class
· Cabarrus lawmaker calls for public hangings
· Man withdraws mouse from cash machine
· Warner Bros. now adding restrictions to your Netflix DVD queue
· R.I.P: Robert Hegyes, Epstein of ‘Welcome Back Kotter’ Fame, Dead at 60
· Growl version 1.3.3 released
· Cook: Apple 'attacking' human rights problems in factories
· Happy birthday, iPad!
· Man who downloaded recipes on how to make explosive devices jailed
· New Jersey Man’s Boat Turns Up In Spain Years After Nantucket Accident
· Florida Friday: High Student Sues After School Newspaper Used His Photo To Illustrate STD Story
· Florida Friday: Body was in Clearwater storage unit since 1995, police say
· Florida Friday: Man found guilty of setting wife on fire, beating her with hammer
· Florida Friday: Post Office evacuated after 'suspicious package' leaks moonshine
· Florida Friday: Deputies: Teen broke into officer's home
· Florida Friday: Man accused of recording video up woman's skirt at Wal-Mart
· Florida Friday: Armed 64-year-old woman says to suspect "I will shoot you!"
· Florida Friday: Mom who tried to sell baby for $7,000 gives up custody
· Florida Friday: Woman tells daughter she'll grow up to be a stripper
· Florida Friday: Psychic Peaches Stevens accused of scamming $136,000 from woman
· Florida Friday: 'I was too drunk to remember being trespassed'
· Florida Friday: Woman arrested after allegedly calling 911 six times because she wanted cigarettes
· Internet economy set to hit $4.2T in 2016, half of world’s population will be online
· Macworld | iWorld 2012 Best of Show winners
· WSJ: $100 Billion Facebook IPO Happening Next Week
· Hackers pounce on just-patched Windows Media vulnerability
· Simpsons fanatics bid thousands for globule of glue that looks like Homer
· On the Macworld | iWorld show floor
January 28, 2012
· Bridge collapses after being rammed by hulking freighter carrying space rocket parts
· Toddler chews head off snake
· FDA blocks orange juice shipments from Canada
· Two teens send a Lego man into near space
· F-BOMB $50 surveilance computer hides in your CO detector, cracks your WiFi
· Chinese respond to report on Apple's suppliers in China
· Marijuana mouth spray seeks FDA approval as painkiller
· Mom says 11-year-old boy with gun on MAX harassed her
· Monty Python Crew To Reunite For Movie
· TSA rail, subway spot-checks raise privacy issues
· Macworld | iWorld 2012 Best of Show winners
· Wisconsin uses Microsoft settlement funds to buy iPads for schools
· Tony Perkins: Star Wars ‘surrenders to gay empire’
· National Mustard Museum gets reprieve
· Tax mascot chases suspects
· Stunning Images of Rare Albino Hummingbird
January 29, 2012
· Pasco inmate comes home from jail to find burglar in his house
· The Capitol architect wanted to reanimate George Washington’s dead body
· Orlando police: Fake cop used stun gun, then was stunned by real officer
· Mom who faked abduction for Disney trip gets 8 years
· Judge: Jupiter couple must pay $1.6 million for cutting down mangroves
· Purdue University creates 'bass' powered medical implant, knows where it hertz
· Macworld | iWorld 2012; The Ultimate iFan Event
· Majorgeeks Locals: NY inmate guilty of seeking $890M in tax refunds
· SoundConverter version 20120123.0 released on the Mac App Store
· Pub landlord suspended for serving pints "too full" of beer
January 30, 2012
· We've had enough, it's time to raise your own kids, teachers say
· Six-yr-old charged with sexual assault over game of tag, charge going on his permanent record
· Testicular zap 'may stop sperm'
· CNN tells viewers London is in Norfolk
· Possible Human Foot Washes Ashore On B.C. Coast
· U.S. Insurance company Chartis cancels insurance policies of 3000 Australian soldiers
· Apple predicted to sell up to 40M iPhones on China Mobile, China Telecom in 2013
· Apple Puts New Engineers On Fake Products Until It Can Trust Them
· Apple Store catches up to iPhone 4S demand, says 'in stock'
· Keeping warm with recycled coffee beans
· Apple Hopes To Combat Chinese Scalpers With New iPhone Lottery System
· Tweets prevent two British tourists from entering the US
· FBI to build social network spy app
· FDA staffers sue agency over surveillance of personal e-mail
· Fans gather for sexual chocolate beer sale
· Condo board member refuses to accept responsibility for actor killing self after he 'betrayed' dog
· Subject: Useless Facts
· Drunken man goes into wrong apartment, climbs into bed with an 80-year-old woman
· Bacteria colours your poop to diagnose illnesses
· Sophos poll reveals widespread concern over Facebook Timeline
· SmileOnMyMac releases PDFpen for iPad on the App Store
· Sprint Releases An Official App For Managing Your iPhone’s Plan
· Attorney General set to destroy tens of millions of users' legitimate MegaUpload files
January 31, 2012
· Dozens of Vassar College Applicants Mistakenly Get Admissions Letters
· N.Y. Lawmaker Wants Fines For Straphangers Who Eat On The Subway
· Wireless Companies to Face New U.S. Disclosure Rules in Bill
· Southwest Airlines jet hits light pole at Denver International Airport
· Chinese dreamer swaps army for pole-dancing
· Base Jumping Off of the Most Insane Pool in the World
· MasterCard acknowledges it needs Apple to bring NFC payments into the mainstream
· Get ready for the sexapocalypse – some say it’s already here
· Thief smashes window of unlocked car, steals woman's teeth
· Dutch Zoo Fits Elephant With Contact Lens
· Wal-Mart Breaks Tradition by Changing Role of Its Greeters
· Airplane Porn: How Does It Feel to Fly a Classic World War II Fighter?
· Costa Concordia wreck: Search of cruise ship abandoned
· Norton Identity Safe Beta for iOS Devices Now Available for Free Download
· 29 Apple Tips
· Symantec says it's safe to use pcAnywhere again
· Google clarifies what isn't changing with new privacy policy
· Google responds to Congress over privacy policy inquiries
· Police Say Former Employee Poured Bleach on Packages of Chicken, Pork at Supermarket
· Man beats ex unconscious, sticks around to discuss repairing their relationship
· Family Says Mother Gave 6-Year-Old Son Deadly Dose Of Methadone And Nyquil
· Cox indicted in Flying Biscuit death
· The Welcome Resurgence of Beer That Tastes Like Bacon
· University student purchases her own iPod unknowingly
· Megaupload user content safe for two more weeks
· MasterCard talks NFC payments in phones, possibly the iPhone 5
· McDonald's drops "pink slime" beef
· LA teacher held for gagging and blindfolding children
· Legal help offered to Megaupload users
· New Air Force One tapes give insight on Kennedy death
· Drug-Resistant Bugs Found in Organic Meat
· Ongoing Targeted Attack Campaign Going After Defense, Aerospace Industries
· Recycling bins in London get LCD displays
· The Best Jailbreak Apps For The iPhone 4S
· Logitech Cube @ MacNN
· Power Tube 3000 Battery @ MacLife
February 1, 2012
· Republicans Are Voting Via iPads In Florida Primary
· Boxee pulls desktop apps for Mac, PC
· Romanian arrested on Pentagon, NASA hacking charges