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Bring Me the Cheesy Head of Steve Jobs [Arts and Crafts]

Ken from Cooks' Den has whipped up this snazzy iPad Thai dish in honor of the holy tablet's launch. Who's hungry?
Cooks' Den via BoingBoing

Should Apple Buy Palm?

Palm seems in dire straights. Cannaccord Adams has cut its estimates following word AT&T may delay launch of the Palm Pre and Pixi from April to June or July. Now other analysts are suggesting Palm's 400 handset patents could spark a bidding war between Apple and Google.
Cannacord analyst Peter Misek said Tuesday he'd "recently [...:]

Apple Ads iPad Sharing for iWork.com

Apple has redesigned its iWork.com Website for the iPad and iPhone, allowing documents to be viewed on touchscreen devices. The company also unveiled new ways to share documents, allowing documents to become public.
The updated interface now allows documents to be scrolled using a finger, an action that has become common for iPhone users and upcoming [...:]

Commuter Delays? iPhone Tube Refund App Pays for Itself

Londoners stuck in the tube now have a handy iPhone app to request ticket refunds.
Tube Refund, which costs $0.99, zaps off the request for riders whose journey is delayed over 15 minutes.
Depending on where you go and what time of day, a one-way tube ticket can cost from £1.80 to £4.00 ($2.75 – $6 circa) [...:]

Apple's iMac is 25 Percent of Desktop Growth in 2010

The global PC market can thank Apple's iMac for being the main reason desktop computer sales have pulled out of a two-year nosedive, an analyst said Wednesday. The popular Apple all-in-one computer accounted for 25 percent of all desktop growth in 2010.
Although notebooks and netbooks account for more than 90 percent of global PC growth, [...:]

WSJ, NPR to Create iPad Web Sites with Limited Flash

At least two media sites are following Apple's no-Flash policy when it comes to the iPad. The Wall Street Journal and National Public Radio have produced versions of their Web sites with front pages that do not require Adobe's Flash, reports say. However, possibly more interesting is how publishers view the iPad experience differently than [...:]

Online Publishers: iPad, E-Readers Will Have 'Absolutely No' Impact in 2010

Traditional publishers may be feeling the heat to develop iPad apps and versions of their pubs, but online publishing execs are adopting a wait-and-let's-see 2.0 attitude.
The Association of Online publishers polled its 1,500 members, finding them optimistic for 2010 — but not about e-readers or iPads.  Half of the respondents predicted strong growth of 10%+,  [...:]

Crash Landing Plane Kills iPod Jogger

Robert Gary Jones was enjoying a jog along on the beach with his iPod when a single-engine plane making an emergency landing hit him from behind, killing him instantly.
The 38-year-old father of two was on a business trip in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina when a Lancair IV-P aircraft lost its propeller and was "basically [...:]

Tweeted Images In Realtime Now On The iPhone

Ever been attacked by a voyeuristic hankering to see what images are being tweeted right now while, say, waiting for a table at the local steakhouse? Well, whip out the iPhone, because Swiss developer Nicolas Seriot has the scratch for your itch.
TweetyShow does for tweeted photos what Chirp Flow did for text tweets: displays a [...:]

KaleidoVid Makes An iPhone Kaleidoscope

You know spring has arrived when apps like this start making appearances: New from App Cubby is KaleidoVid, a dollar-app that turns the iPhone into a kaleidoscope.
Just point the camera at something colorful and KaleidoVid does the rest; the app then lets you unleash your creation on the world through email, Facebook or Twitter.
Seems like [...:]