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
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
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
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.