Here is this morning’s Daily Run Down.

Big News

• Unlocking your smartphone will be illegal starting next week – Fucking bullshit.
• The internet is an essential part of life federal judge rules
• Work at nuclear factory halted

General News

• Sexual abuse of students What has Los Angeles done to stop it +video
• Tens of thousands hit with U-verse outage
• Manilow comeback hit by illness

International

• Ireland wont ease drunken-driving law for farmers
• Facebook Graph Search beta begins rolling out to users
• As Deadly Mexican Cartel Loses Control Heroin and Meth Trafficking Rise
• Mumbai sentencing American gets 35 years judge calls him terrorist
• Al-Qaeda leader dies in Yemen
• Mali army probes executions claim
• South Africa police join hunt for 10000 escaped crocodiles
• Ready or Not Japan to Ease Rules on Foreign Intervention
• France Is Increasing Security at Uranium Sites in Niger
• Czech Prince Schwarzenberg Runs a Punk Campaign
• Glasgow wins smart city cash
• Macau casino sues Chinese high-rollers
• US military admits Mali mistakes

Politics

• Rand Paul vs. Hillary Clinton A preview of 2016 +video
• Californias Gov. Brown blasts state federal education policy
• State Department pick Kerry draws praise outlines policy at hearing
• Rhode Island House Votes for Gay Marriage
• Whats a filibuster look like Not Jimmy Stewart
• Republicans in Virginia other states seeking electoral college changes

Obits

• Larry Selman a Shepherd of Greenwich Village Dies at 70

Health

• Brain Scans Lawsuits How Will the NFL Treat Concussions
• Should Cigarettes Be Illegal
• The virus that nearly killed me

Science/Space

• Tiger Tracker Tales from a Conservation Biologist
• Yogurt Lovers Have Better Diets
• Is there life on Mars
• Supercool squirrels go into the deep freeze for winter
• Folic acid cancer risk played down
• 5 Seriously Mind-Boggling Math Facts

Financial

• After Getting Hundreds of Millions of Dollars From Microsoft Nokia to Start Paying Redmond
• Microsoft Gets Nostalgic for the 1990s as It Reports Today How Its Future Is Looking
• Microsoft profit dips ahead of Office revamp
• Square COO Keith Rabois Departs Company
• Apple cuts ties with supplier after audit reveals 74 cases of underage labor – This is a good thing. Apple is one of the few companies who can facilitate change in working conditions in China.
• Belkin arranging to purchase Linksys brand from Cisco – Maybe then Belkin can fix this shitty products that Linksys has been producing since Cisco bought them in 2003.
• Samsung Electronics Posts Record Fourth-Quarter Profit

Historical

• Jan. 24 1935 First Canned Beer Sold
• Pride and Prejudice turns 200

Gaming

• Luigis Mansion Dark Moon multiplayer detailed
• Bayonetta coming to PSN on January 29
• Hi Im the Game Industry and Im Addicted to Vaporware
• Ghostbusters game from Capcoms Beeline available now
• Disney Infinity makers confirm annual rollout future content on disc

Gadgets

• Orange Amps updates its OPC once more Intel i7 16GB RAM and a graphics boost
• Kindle Check. Sun Check
• Heart Shaped Umbrella
• Archos offers Bluetooth Keyboard for iPad apparently holds no grudges

Law

• Subway sandwich chain sued over 11-inch
• Court Says Trial Needed To Determine If Universal Music Violated DMCA With Dancing Baby Takedown
• Unlock Your Smartphones Now Because This Weekend It Becomes Illegal

Patents

• iRobot applies for all-in-one 3D printer patent aims to reduce need for post-processing
• Google patent application reveals Glass-like device with bone-conduction audio

Technology

• Audis
• Google testing new wireless network asks FCC to keep details secret
• Secondhand MP3 Dealer Redigi Expanding Into Europe… And Tangling With A Whole New Set Of IP Laws
• University of Michigan makes silicon from liquid metal aims for low-cost chips
• Huawei tests 2Tbps data transmission over Vodafones German network calls it a first

Internet

• Google Images gets redesigned focuses on speed and metadata
• German court rules internet
• Cuba confirms its underwater data cable has been on since last August
• GitHub Banishes Brain Clutter With Zen Writing Mode
• Google stands up for Gmail users requires cops to get a warrant
• Concerns Raised About Aaron Swartzs Prosecution And The Wikileaks Connection
• Anti-Piracy Group Already Demanding That Kim Dotcoms New Mega Service Be Shut Down – Of course they would want that.
• Google overhauls Currents for iOS with faster navigation breaking news and more
• Facebook Shuts Down Vine Friend Search – That’s not a very social thing of Facebook to do. Considering that they claim to be a “Social” network.
• In Germany internet service providers pay you for loss of service – As it should be with EVERY ISP across the entire world. I’m looking at you COMCRAP & AT&T

Mobile

• Intel launches the Yolo its first smartphone for Africa – Stupid idiotic name.
• Windows Phone 7.8 reportedly arriving on January 30th for AT T Lumia 900 owners

Rumors

• Is Apple TV waiting on H.265 HEVC ratification
• JJ Abrams to direct Star Wars Episode VII

Security

• WordPress 3.5.1 Maintenance and Security Release
• Secret backdoors found in firewall VPN gear from Barracuda Networks

London/Britain/UK

• London TravelWatch To Meet At City Hall
• Olympic Stadium Will Host British Athletics Grand Prix
• Work at nuclear factory halted
• Gay marriage bill to be published
• UK GDP shrank by 0.3% in fourth quarter
• Withdrawn burgers found on sale
• Ex-PC burgled during his funeral

Personal

• This is the Reason We Had Children
• On the Implications of Amazon’s Low Margin Strategy
• First batch of Çingleton 2 videos now up

Odd

• Florida squatter claims ownership of $2.5 million mansion
• Prostitution sting lures woman straight to police – Isn’t that entrapment?

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

• French court orders Twitter to identify racist and anti-Semitic users
• Woman sues Match.com Match calls the $10M suit absurd

Funny

• I Always Suspected as Much
• Swag Problems
• Dont Be Ridiculous – Logic for the win!
• Stakes Are Bad
• German Engineering
• Poser
• Who Said the Garage Was Too Small
• Carls Jr. Stahp. Youre Creeping Everyone Out.
• Snow Has Met its Match
• Now Check Again
• I Hear a Thousand Obsessive-Compulsive Voices Crying Out at Once
• Give him a helping hand… or mouth
• A Man With a Plan
• Pristine and Crystalline
• Oh I Will…
• OK Things Just Got Really Confusing
• You Dont Want to Have to Come Back With Her Later – I know colors, so I might be exempt from this requirement.
• Lesson #1647 – Science in the Air
• Amazon
• Delicious AND Honest
• Subliminal Messages
• When a restaurant charges me $9 for a beer
• Catching a glimpse of myself at the gym
• When I leave my apartment and I cant remember if I turned off my hair straightener
• Freelancing
• When I found out about the payroll tax hike
• Before Ive had my coffee

Chicagoland

• Legendary Dive Bar with Long Roots in Bucktown in Danger of Closing
• Little Village fake ID and murder trial begins
• Woodridge condos evacuated after potassium cyanide found
• Woman charged with stalking Cubs president now facing warrant
• Soccer coach suspended in Maine West hazing case
• Me and my friends on the architectural boat tour
• When someone recommends going to Howl at The Moon
• Finding a parking spot when it snows
• Trying to get out of the Red Line during rush hour

Total Number of stories: 129

Look for more news stories this evening.