Month: December 2010

(AHN) – A purse used to whack a gunman at a Florida school board meeting sold Wednesday for more than $13,000 on eBay. Read the original post by iPhoneHacks

Ending today, MacUpdate offers downloads of its MacUpdate Winter 11-Application Bundle for $49.99. Together, that’s a savings of $486 compared to paying the list price for each program and the biggest MacUpdate bundle we’ve since September. The 11 included apps are: 1Password: Password storage software MacFamilyTree: Family information storage DEVONthink: Media file storage and organization…

(AHN) – While the latest albums from Hellogoodbye, Miley Cyrus, and the cast of ?Glee? were just outside the top 10 (sorry, Gleeks), the rest are surefire albums you told us you like to play loud. After hundreds of votes, these are the albums picked by CNS readers as the Top 10 Albums of 2010….

(AHN) – Katy Perry?s ?Firework? is appropriately the first #1 single on the Hot 100 leading us into the New Year for the chart ending on January 1st, 2011. ?Firework? spends its third week at #1, selling another 192,000 copies of the single. Read the original post by iPhoneHacks

(AHN) – U.S. State Department officials are expected to rule early next year on expanding an oil pipeline to transport oil from controversial Canadian oil sands in Alberta to U.S. heavy oil refineries along the Gulf Coast in Texas. Read the original post by iPhoneHacks

(AHN) – Southern California, deluged with rain for the last few days, on Thursday received a respite from the devastating storms that have plagued the state. Rolling storms from the Pacific have wreaked havoc on California since Friday and resulted in a massive statewide cleanup. Read the original post by iPhoneHacks

(AHN) – The United States and the European Union on Thursday chided the leader of Belarus for post-election violence, condemning ?the disproportionate use of force against presidential candidates, political activists, representatives of civil society and journalists.? Read the original post by iPhoneHacks

The iTunes App Store offers price drops on downloads of several Apple iPad applications, as listed below. The deals: Penultimate for 99 cents ($1 off): Handwriting-tracking Super Badminton 2010 HD (pictured) for 99 cents ($4 off): Badminton game DisplayPad for 99 cents ($4 off): Utilize iPad as external display Twin Blades HD for 99 cents…

(AHN) – Snooki and The Situation may be the front and center of “Jersey Shore” since the MTV reality show infested our TV screens last year, but it’s DJ Pauly D who lands his own series first. The 30-year-old disc jockey managed to beat his co-stars in the race for a spin-off show. Read the…

(AHN) – There was widespread celebration this week as U.S. lawmakers put their stamp of approval on the redefined START treaty. However, Congress’ Russian counterpart, the Duma, has yet to put the treaty approval on its agenda. Read the original post by iPhoneHacks

Amazon.com offers a $2 MP3 credit for free via coupon code “GIVEMP3S”. (If you don’t see a box on that page at Amazon, click on “Redeem a gift card or promotion code & view balance” on any album page to redeem this credit.) It applies a credit to your Amazon.com account, which can be used…

(AHN) – Taylor Swift managed to beat out the new album by Michael Jackson and return to the #1 spot with her album, ?Speak Now.? ?Speak Now? moves back into the top spot for a third week at #1, selling 259,000 copies. Her total sales of 2.6 million makes ?Speak Now? the third biggest seller…

In an investment world filled with high-frequency trading, instantaneous stock quotes, and charting patterns, it’s important not to lose sight of a key fact: Behind every stock there is a company, a company that must offer desirable products in order to survive and thrive. Read the original post by The Globe and Mail

Does Taiwanese pop-star/racing driver Dreamer Jimmy already have an iPad Mini? Taiwanese pop star and racing driver ‘Dreamer Jimmy’ has casually shown off what appears to be an iPad Mini on his blog . Read the original post by Bit-tech.net main Feed

As the Consumer Electronics Show approaches next month and companies try to drum up enthusiasm for their latest gadgets, it’s also a good time to look back at the ghosts of products past, and remember what bombed this year. Read the original post by MarketWatch