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Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • Famous hardware hacker Geohot has demoed an untethered iPhone OS software hack.
  • The US is going to ban wild-harvest shrimp imports from Mexico.
  • Chicago Public school teachers may be able to live in the suburbs under legislation passed by the Illinois House.
  • The Red-light cameras in Chicagoland are going to become more forgiving.
  • Facebook, in their ‘infinite’ wisdom, is going after the developer of the ‘Grease Monkey’s script.
  • Newcorp Owner Rupert Murdoch is planning to create a paywall for two british papers.
  • Spotify, the music streaming company, looks to launch in the US in 3 to 6 months.
  • University of Wisconsin in Green Bay has found an unusual way to save money.
  • A South Korean Navy Ship has sunk near the North Korean border.
  • If the calculations had been wrong on the Apollo 13 mission, the astronauts would have burned not frozen.
  • AVG has a downloadable rescue CD that cleans your infected computer.

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Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • Looks like Apple is getting through some of the submitted iPad applications.
  • China Unicom says it will remove Google’s search engine from their Android phones.
  • The Wall Street Journal believes that their iPad app will sell at $17.99 per month.
  • WordPress has added geotagging to their iPhone OS application.
  • Seven women were arrested in Chicago for an Identity theft ring.
  • Subway, in an attempt to generate sales, will begin serving breakfast beginning April 5th.
  • Illinois lawmakers are set to change the law so excessive speeders won’t have it so easy.

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Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • Actor Robert Culp has died at the age of 79.
  • Microsoft is going to distribute third-party patches.
  • Scientists have discovered the first poisonous bird.
  • The Cosmos has billions more stars than previously thought.
  • Gmail has added a security feature to notify you of suspicious activity.

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Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • A former inmate has received 15 years for violating parole by trying to break into prison.
  • An African footprint is one of the oldest pieces of evidence for upright walking.
  • President Obama has signed the healthcare reform bill into law.
  • Former Illinois legislator, Dick Klemm, has died.
  • Within 7 minutes of President Obama signing the Health Care reform bill, Seven state attorneys have sued the federal government.
  • An EU court has ruled that Google is not liable for AdWord counterfeits.
  • New Federal rules are making gift cards better for consumers.
  • A former Nazi hitman has been convicted of murders during World War II.
  • Sony has dropped the price of their e-reader to $169.
  • March 23rd, 1857 was the day that the first elevator was shown off.

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Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • Google has stepped up their fight against China by redirecting all Google.cn searches to Google.hk.
  • Perseus publishing has signed a deal with Apple for iPad Books.
  • In the ‘No Surprise’ category, EA’s Command and Conquer 4 is having some problems with the DRM.
  • Jonathan Coulton who did ‘Still Alive’ for Valve Software’s Portal game is reportedly doing the Music for Portal 2.
  • Amazon has shown off their Kindle App for the iPad.

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