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Posted by Wayne on 9th March 2010
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Daily Run Down: 03-09-2010

Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • Through some ingenious thinking on the part of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), they have managed to reveal Apple’s draconian iPhone developer agreement.
  • The Supreme court is going ahead with taking on the ‘Informational Privacy’ case.
  • Bank of America is ending overdrafts on Debit cards.
  • A New species of worm has been found off of the Great Barrier Reef.
  • A dozen shipwrecks that are centuries old have been located in the Baltic Sea.
  • Amazon has cut off Colorado Affiliates because of the the state’s new tax.

Look for more stories tomorrow.

Posted by Wayne on 8th March 2010
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Daily Run Down: 03-08-2010

Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • A Low tolerance for pain may be genetic.
  • All of the ingredients for life are in the Orion Nebula.
  • Energizer has acknowledged that there is a software vulnerability in it’s Duo monitoring software.
  • The US Treasury is now allowing internet exports to Iran and other countries.
  • Barnes and Noble has hired former Time Magazine Jonathan Shar to head up it’s subscription content for it’s Nook e-reader.
  • In case you missed the oscars last night, they paid a tribute to director John Hughes.
  • Sandra Bullock made a good acceptance speech at the 2010 Oscars.
  • The Supreme court is set to rule on whether protests at funerals is protected by free speech.
  • The Architect of the Sears Tower and the John Hancock center, Bruce Graham, has died at the age of 84.
  • 148 years ago today, the Monitor and the Merrimack clashed in the Civil War.

Look for more stories tomorrow.

Posted by Wayne on 7th March 2010
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Daily Run Down: 03-07-2010

Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • Illinois Senator Dick Durbin has told the insurance agencies that the party is over.
  • GameInformer has Portal 2 confirmed for the Mac as well as Steam for the Mac on it’s way in May.
  • President Obama has an ambitious plan for NASA.
  • Herschel Space observatory has found some precursors to life in Orion.
  • Aaron Cohen the former Johnson Space Center director has died at the 79 of cancer.
  • ABC has pulled it’s channels from Cablevision.
  • Ancient mural portrays ordinary mayan life.

Look for more stories tomorrow.

Posted by Wayne on 6th March 2010
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Daily Run Down: 03-06-2010

Here is Today’s Daily Run Down.

  • Microsoft has shown off a single game that works on Windows, Windows Phone, and Xbox 360.
  • Some Newegg customers received fake Intel Core i7 processors.
  • Popular Science has freed it’s 137 year archives.
  • There is new evidence that ice extended to the equator 716.5 Million years ago.
  • Canada’s Money will have a more plastic feel next year.

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Posted by Wayne on 5th March 2010
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Daily Run Down: 03-05-2010

Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • Apple has officially announced the iPad Release date.
  • Valve Software has announced Portal 2.
  • Microsoft has sent some flowers to the Internet Explorer 6 funeral.
  • Spring Design’s Alex e-reader has arrived at the FCC.
  • Earth’s Magnetic field is a mere 3.5 Billion years old.
  • A New Rocket engine can supposedly reach Mars in 40 days.
  • The Infinity Ward/Activision court documents have been leaked.
  • Google has purchased DocVerse for $25 Million.
  • Google has released remain under the Apache 2.0 open source license.
  • A US Judge has put a freeze on the Apple vs. Nokia patent lawsuit.
  • Maggie Daley, the Chicago Mayor Richard Daley’s Wife, has undergone surgery related to cancer.
  • Actress Nan Martin, known as Mrs. Louder from ‘The Drew Carey’ show has died.

Look for more stories tomorrow.

Posted by Wayne on 4th March 2010
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Daily Run Down: 03-04-2010

Here is today’s Daily run Down.

  • You can now control your Pioneer receiver from your iPhone OS device.
  • Penguin UK unveiled the iPad books and they are making some noise.
  • Wifi stumblers have been pulled from the iPhone OS App store.
  • Activision has announced new Call of Duty Titles and filed a lawsuit.
  • Scientists have officially declared that an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs.
  • Google has released gesture searching for Android.
  • John F. Kennedy’s love letters have fetched $115,000 in an auction.
  • The yellow-spotted frog that was thought to be extinct has reappeared in rural Australia.
  • Real Networks has conceded their lawsuit on RealDVD and will pay the studios $4.5 million.

Look for more stories tomorrow.

Posted by Wayne on 3rd March 2010
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Daily Run Down: 03-03-2010

Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • The Russian Olympic chief has resigned after such a ‘poor’ showing in Vancouver.
  • The Much anticipated sequel to Mafia, Mafia II has been delayed again.
  • There is a bill in Congress to replace President Grant’s face with President Reagan.
  • Valve Software has teased Mac users regarding steam.
  • LifeHacker has a great article about free replacements for many of the Macheist NanoBundle 2 applications.
  • The oldest example of written english has been found.
  • McDonalds has joined forces with Weight Watchers.
  • Wordpress.com is going real time by adding PubSubHubbub to it’s mix.
  • Microsoft is going to double down on HTML5 with Internet Explorer 9.
  • Los Angeles county is suing a couple who removed their entire lawn.
  • An ARM chip is the culprit that caused an outage on the Playstation Network.
  • A Former british Spy has been arrested for selling secrets.

Look for more stories tomorrow.

Posted by Wayne on 2nd March 2010
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Daily Run Down: 03-02-2010

Here is Today’s Daily Run Down.

  • Reportedly Apple stores will be receiving the iPad on March 10th and customers will get theirs on the 26th.
  • The Nintendo classic Tecmo bowl will be released on Xbox Live Arcade and Playstation Network.
  • According to one analyst Apple will be getting into the gaming market.
  • Apple is suing handset maker HTC for patent infringement.
  • The United States Senate is reprimanding companies for ignoring internet freedoms.
  • Scientists are making more strides into making slip and slides more dangerous.
  • Baby Einstein DVDs do not help toddlers learn words.
  • Consumers are paying off their credit cards before their mortgages.
  • A Cluster of genes have possibly been linked to alcoholism.
  • A botnet that infected 13 million computers has been busted.
  • University of Illinois tuition could rise 20% next year.
  • General Motors is recalling 13 million cars for steering problems.
  • The Orange and T-mobile UK merger has been approved by the EU.
  • College Humor has a NSFW Video that parodies Google Wave.
  • Wooly Mammoths are reappearing in Siberia.
  • The Smithsonian has refused OJ Simpson’s suit.
  • The Grandson of British World War II Leader, Winston Churchill, has died. He was 69.
  • Marijuana use has been linked to psychosis.
  • Microsoft reports that 90 million copies of Windows 7 have been sold.
  • Warner music group has no idea who they are messing with when they took down a video posted by renowned lawyer Larry Lessig.

Look for more stories tomorrow.

Posted by Wayne on 1st March 2010
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Daily Run Down: 03-01-2010

Here is Today’s Daily Run Down.

  • Hazmat Crews have been called to the Utah IRS building.
  • Some stone age engravings have been found on ostrich shells.
  • The thought of keeping the ACTA treaty secret continues to fail with the latest leak.
  • Henry Hold and Company has ceased publication of Charles Pellegrino’s Book ‘The Last Train from Hiroshima’.
  • FreeScale’s i.MX508 chip could reduce the cost of e-readers.
  • A rumor is floating around that Apple is working on Mac Minis with HDMI Ports.
  • Google has acquired photo editor Picnik. I wonder what this will do to Flickr, if anything.
  • AT&T states that their network will be ready for the deluge in Austin Texas known as SXSW.
  • The British library is starting an archive for the world wide web.
  • Only 2% of US Adults rely exclusively on the internet for getting news. I am one of those 2%.
  • Three teens were caught stealing Alvin and the chipmunk statues.
  • The World’s first skyscraper began construction 126 years ago in Chicago.

Look for more stories tomorrow.

Posted by Wayne on 28th February 2010
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Daily Run Down: 02-28-2010

Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • Here is a Video of some of the damage from the earthquake in Chile.
  • President Obama has visited the doctor and come back with a clean bill of health.
  • Colleges are enlisting the help of parents to curb problem drinking.
  • Marie Osmond’s son has died at the age of 18.
  • A Pair of thieves left something< at a scene that they were not anticipating leaving, which will definitely get them caught.
  • Holocaust researcher David Bankier has died at the age of 63.
  • A 110-year-old remembers Jim Crow and civil rights.

Look for more stories Tomorrow.