Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

• OS X Mountain Lion Developer Preview Now Available
• ZodiacFacts As a #Cancer when you loveyou give everything to the maximum.
• ZodiacFacts A #Cancer dislike any type of Criticism.
• ZodiacFacts A #Cancer likes the Demonstration of affection through gifts and presents.
• New version of Twitter now on for everyone
• 0-day exploit middlemen are cowboys ticking bomb
• Adobe Flash Player XSS flaw under active attack
• Drug-releasing microchip passes first test in humans
• Why is it so hard for kids to lose weight
• OS X Mountain Lion Developer Preview
• Revealed Rate Cards Show UK News Sites Bulls And Beggars
• Iomega unveils new scalable NAS servers up to 36TB of network storage
• Book Discovery How Many Touchpoints To Purchase
• With iMessage And Notifications OS X Mountain Lion Looks More Like iOS
• Houstons death spurs look at her doctors meds
  AP
• Aggressive Acts by Iran Signal Pressure on Its Leadership
• Former Executives and Bankers Arrested Over Olympus Fraud
• Whitney Houston’s Death Leads to Surging Music Sales
• Maryland Gay Marriage Faces Black Skepticism
• Unexplained dolphin strandings continue in Mass.
  AP
• House Members Face Tough Senate Races
• Hopes rise for Greek deal after new budget cuts found
  Reuters
• For London Youth Down and Out Is Way of Life
• A 5-state ban for Piggyback Bandit
  AP
• Supernova Blast Giant Star Eta Carinae to Explode Any Day
• GM records its highest profit ever $7.6 billion
  AP
• Jobs factory data strengthen growth outlook
  Reuters
• NYC apartment sells for $88 million
  AP
• Rate on 30-year mortgage stays at record 3.87 pct.
  AP
• Colbert Report Suspends Production Due to Unforeseen Circumstances
• Nigerian underwear bomber gets life in prison
  AP
• Ohio couple get 8 years in in sons cancer death
  AP
• Bobcats on pace to become the worst NBA team ever
  AP
• Dont scratch your life away
• TSA claims to focus on security not your good looks
• NORAD intercepts plane in presidents airspace
• Steel beams fall 40 stories at WTC site
• With iAd still struggling Apple again slashes minimum spend
• Cisco Belatedly Appeals EU Approval of Microsoft/Skype Deal
• Windows 8 Secrets Understanding WOA
• Twitter + Robots = Instant Stories No Humans Required
• Take a Look at Some of Apples Evidence in Proview iPad Dispute
• Brand Pages on Facebook to get Timeline upgrade soon
• Appeals Court Hears Case Over Constitutionality Of Copyright Royalty Board
• AT T pursuing Leap Wireless purchase for its spectrum
• AT T 4G LTE rolling out a faster network
• EU Member Bulgaria Halts ACTA Minister Of Economy Offers Resignation
• Eee Pad Transformer Android 4.0 update delayed
• YouTubes Nerdy Fiddlers Strike a Chord With Geeks
• Nanosecond Trading Could Make Markets Go Haywire
• UK Publishers Pretend To Embrace Copyright Reform… In Order To Kill Copyright Reform
• Apple officially renames Mac OS X to OS X drops the Mac
• Minecraft Lego set due this summer pre-orders begin at $34.99
• How Do We Know That Piracy Isnt Really A Big Issue Because Media Companies Still Havent Needed To Change As A Result Of It
• Rackspace Buys SharePoint911 A Game-Changer
• RIAA/IFPI Explored Possible Lawsuit Against Google For Not Ranking iTunes Above Pirate Bay
• Apple uses slide-to-unlock patent to get ban on Motorola smartphones in Germany
• Exotic XSS bug in Adobe Flash controlled users Web accounts
• FTC report on apps for children says stricter data collection policies are needed
• TSA Insists That It Doesnt Pick Hot Women Out For Extra Scrutiny
• Xbox 360 system update gets its colors in order makes it mandatory
• Fujitsu roadmap hints at Windows 8 arrival in Q4 reveals Ultrabooks and slates too
• RIM to release BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 on February 21st updated
• Safari 5.2 developer preview for OS X 10.7 comes with Mountain Lion UI changes
• Former head of Chicagos 911 center named new fire commissioner
• Fire chief Hoff quits on anniversary of dad’s death on the job ‘It’s time to go.’
• Emanuel names new fire commissioner
• Aldermen want to quiet public at meetings
• Emanuel wants higher fines for high-rises that arent fire-safe
• More than 100 dogs removed from northwest Indiana home
• Congress reaches payroll tax-cut deal
• Secret Service Chicago cops answer G-8 security questions at business forum
• Illinois strip clubs could face $5 skin tax
• Lake Michigan surfer dude gets community service stays defiant
• Sears laying off 100 workers at headquarters
• Search is on for missing Aurora mom and her 3 young children
• Will County Board gives initial approval to mosque near Aurora
• First Robot to Astronaut Handshake On-Orbit
• Friendly Faces Everywhere on Social Networking Sites Infographic
• Greetings Human Space Robot Shakes Astronauts Hand Signs Hello
• Dangerous Sundowner Winds Explained
• Arsenic Found in Organic Baby Formula Cereal Bars
• Mercury Again Ruled Out as Autism Cause
• Physicists Entangle 8 Photons in Spooky Experiment
• CEO Now a Less Desirable Title Than Entrepreneur
• Ancient Massive Volcanic Eruption Still Mystifies
• Flies Get Drunk to Kill Off Parasites
• Tasmanian Devil Cancer Traced Back to Immortal Devil Girl
• Humans Have About 100 Broken Genes Each
• Mixed News for Female Sci-Tech Faculty
• Men Take Note Love Her Love Her Dog
• Why Are So Many Dolphins Beaching Themselves
• Caught on Video Reef Fish Like Dark Cozy Spots
• Why Prescription Drug Addiction Is Growing Among Teens
• Stonehenge Inspired by Sound Illusion Archaeologist Suggests
• How to Make the Penny Worth 1 Cent Again
• Nanosecond Trading Could Make Markets Go Haywire
• Doggie Constellations Are a Skywatchers Best Friends This Week
• Video Behind the Scenes at Giant Keck Telescopes
• Aurora Oddity Northern Lights Display Dazzles Without Big Sun Flare
• Dating Fails And That’s Saying Something
• February 16 2012
• 02/15/12 PHD comic Downton Labbey
• Aurora Borealis Over the Midwest
• Hotel bus crashes on I-90
• Anthony Shadid a New York Times Reporter Dies in Syria
• Shockwave Flash on my Macintosh
• Pot found aboard plane flying near chopper carrying Obama AP source
• Would Steve Jobs Have Approved Artist Offers His Apple Monologue Performance Rights For Free – I like Steve Jobs and all, but I don’t think it matters if he would approved. Does Apple, The Current Apple, approve. That’s the question.
• Naperville school boundary changes to be considered by District 203 board
• Darien woman 86 dies after being hit by vehicle near home
• Birth Control Coverage Rule Debated at House Hearing
• Why Did Apple Pull the iPad from Amazon China
• Doodle Defense game uses Kinect to turn white boards into displays dry-erase markers into weapons
• Hundreds honor Soul Train creator Don Cornelius
  AP

• Mountain Lion may drop support for older Macs integrated graphics not to blame – This time is anything that is not 64-bit. Including my Black Macbook Mid 2007 and iMac Early 2007
• Amtrak train from Chicago to Port Huron hits car
• Google now known to be patenting own phone unlock techniques
• Google others said bypassing Safari cookie privacy guards
• AirParrot offers Mountain Lion-style AirPlay display mirroring out now for $10
• Water gas continue flowing from Alaska blowout
  AP

• House passes drilling-friendly energy package
  AP

• Dow agrees to clean dioxin-tainted properties
  AP

• Good Cop Dadaist Cop
• Lesson #1326 – Duckface
• Tranquil PC Skinny Ripper is a slim music-archiving server
• Early Praise in Foxconn Inspection Brings Doubt
• February 17 2012
• Do you smell that TCONA aroma feat. Wordplay Wednesday
• Tribune readers offer aid to underemployed
• Apple Sold More iOS Devices in 2011 Than All the Macs It Sold in 28 Years
• bforst @danbenjamin @siracusa Apple released their Command Line Tools today. 170MB instead of 1.7GB to get Homebrew going D
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• UberFacts The exclamation mark is also known as a dogs cock by typesetters.
• siracusa Maybe hes just pissed that he couldnt displace the iPhone 4S on the http//t.co/Bj5j79vF home page.
• Apple TV disappears from BestBuy.com as refresh rumors swirl
• The cost of being social which apps upload your contacts
• Apples Messages Beta for Mac Includes Retina Sized Artwork
• After Beta Messages Will Be Exclusive to OS X Mountain Lion
• Tim Cook Right CEO at the right time
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• FTC to Apple Google Prioritize privacy for children
• Tunnelblick Is an Open Source VPN Interface for OS X
• Intel may postpone mass shipments of Ivy Bridge processors
• Coming Soon Twitter Advertising for Small Businesses
• Report third party programs rather than Microsoft programs responsible for most vulnerabilities
• Razer ready to dump massive mounds of Mass Effect 3 gear on an unsuspecting public
• WinZip comes to iOS doesnt nag you to register
• LEGO Insulated Lunch Bag
• Nevada approves regulations for self-driving cars
• Feb. 17 1864 Were Sunk
• Plants vs. Zombies now available in BlackBerry App World
• Congress moves toward ending payroll tax cut fight
  AP

• Diet Treatment Already in Use to Get F.D.A. Review
• Connected by Fatal Accident Linwood N.J. Team Moves Forward Together
• Mountain man scares owners of remote Utah cabins
  AP

• New York Times reporter dies in Syria
• Feds propose built-in limits on driving distractions
• Stonehenge Inspired by Sound Illusion Archaeologist Suggests
  LiveScience.com

• Plate Tectonics Becoming Clearer With Computers
• Classrooms Become Next Battleground for Climate Change Skeptics
• WANTED Eco-Friendly Home Builder
• Ancient Galaxy Collision Created Enormous Stellar Swirls
• Godspeed John Glenn 1st American in Orbit Reflects on NASAs Space Legacy
• See Venus and Jupiter In HD With Just Your Naked Eyes
• Stevie Wonder and Earvin “Magic” Johnson among hundreds honoring Don Cornelius
• New York Times reporter Anthony Shadid dies in Syria
• Google others exploit Safari loophole to track Apple users
• Post office seeks OK for 50-cent stamps
• Police seek masked assailant of girl
• Caterpillar to build Georgia plant hire 1400
• FAIL Nation Using Your Energy FAIL
• 16-Bit Encrypted System
• CD-Art

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