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iPod Touch at Center of Middle School Sexting Scandal

Police busted a middle school boy for renting out his iPod Touch packed with sexy photos and videos of underage girls.
The iPod Touch's large storage capacity and big screen were put to use for an increasingly common kind of extracurricular activity. The boy's business was halted when a renter of the illicit images was caught [...:]

Starting Tuesday: My Close Encounters With Steve Jobs [Recollections]

For the next three weeks we're going to be publishing a series of posts called "My Close Encounters with Steve Jobs."
Written by David Bunnell, the founder of Macworld magazine, it's a bunch of great stories about Jobs and the launch of the Mac. It's a excellent, insightful read with a ton of previously unpublished stories and details.
Starting [...:]

Daily Deals: $169 8GB touch,$499 Intel mini, App Store Freebies

We start out another week with more deals on Apple items. A number of iPod touch models are on the block, starting at $169 for an 8GB model. Deals on Intel-based Mac mini desktops are also on tap, starting at $499 for a 2GHz Core 2 Duo unit. We wrap up our top trio [...:]

Video of the Day: Let's Play Apple Store!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYVIHf9KBSE
This mini Apple store is the latest awesome creation from Gary Katz, who has been turning shoe boxes into iPhone theaters.
This time, it took him a weekend to make a store mock-up, and this one requires two iPhones for the full effect. One iPhone slots into the back wall, playing a loop of the iPad [...:]

Full Details of New iPhone Uncovered

Several reports indicate Apple will unveil a new iPhone in June. But what will the unit look like? A Gizmodo Monday appears to have answered that question, courtesy of an iPhone left in a California bar, the report claims.
The new iPhone was found "lost" in a Redwood City, Calif. bar, according to Gizmodo, which published [...:]

Details of New iPhone Uncovered

Several reports indicate Apple will unveil a new iPhone in June. But what will the unit look like? A gadget site Monday appears to have answered that question, courtesy of an iPhone left in a California bar, the report claims.
The new iPhone was found "lost" in a Redwood City, Calif. bar, according to Gizmodo, which [...:]

The Speck CandyShell iPhone Case Looks Sweet Enough To Eat [Review]

The Speck CandyShell iPhone Case is a brightly-colored protective case that not only provides first-class scratch protection, it really makes your iPhone pop.
The $34.95 CandyShell case combines a hard outer plastic shell with a soft silicone liner. Available in 13 different color combinations, you can almost taste the bright Jolly Rancher colors. I have been using the purple [...:]

Report: iPad 3G Shipment Date Slips To May 7

The 3G version of Apple's iPad tablet device will ship "By May 7th," the Cupertino, Calif. company is telling online buyers Monday morning. Apple, however, appears to be sticking by last week's statement pre-ordered 3G iPads would be shipped in late April.
In a statement e-mailed to customers who took advantage of the early pre-order opportunity, [...:]

Would You Ditch Your MacBook's Optical Drive For A Speed+Battery Boost?

My esteemed colleague John Brownlee wrote earlier today about the excellent article at Ars Technica which explains in detail why the new 13″ MacBook Pro doesn't have a speedy i5 or i7 chip, while its bigger brothers and sisters do.
What interests me more, though, is the discussion that follows the Ars article.

Since the article [...:]

"Telecom Tycoon HD" Lets You Roll Out AT&T's 3G Network For Them

Think you can do a better job running a 3G network than AT&T. Here's your chance to prove it: Telecom Tycoon HD is a mobile broadband network sim for the iPad that allows you to roll-out a 2G, 3G and LTE network across a virtual city.

Telecom Tycoon HD is a game in the mould of [...:]