Apple tops Dell in growth on Black Friday

MacNN | Apple tops Dell in growth on Black Friday: "Apple topped arch-rival Dell in growth on the busiest shopping day of the year -- Black Friday -- with a 111 percent increase in unique visitors over the prior year."

Steve Jobs Rated Most Powerful Businessperson

Mac Rumors: Steve Jobs Rated Most Powerful Businessperson

This is a few days old, but I just wanted to get this up.

Xbox 360 backwards compat update brings 84 new titles

Xbox 360 backwards compat update brings 84 new titles - Engadget

So while Sony says that backwards compatibility isn't a big deal and is taking it out of their new Playstation 3 systems, Microsoft is on the ball again with their gaming division in continuing to let people play their favorite games from their original system. It's rare I root for the Redmond base but good work.

CNet rates Vista one of "worst products in history"

CNet has named what they claim are the worst technology products in history. Probably the most controversial is the inclusion of Windows Vista which sits alongside the Sinclair C5, the Gizmondo and the Tamagotchi.

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Wrongful death suit filed in death of Andrew Vermillion

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) A Rapid City osteopath whose license was suspended this summer is now being accused of negligently prescribing drugs that led to the death of a man.

The family of Andrew Scott Vermillion has filed a lawsuit accusing Jeffrey Buckau of negligence in administering drugs that aggravated Vermillion's cystic fibrosis.

The 21-year-old Vermillion died December 16th in Rapid City.

Buckau already had been accused of over-prescribing addictive drugs to patients. In August, he was sued by Heidi Rivers of Pennington County, who was his patient in 2005.

Buckau's lawyer says his client denies the allegations.

The state Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners suspended Buckau's medical license in July. A closed hearing is set to start December 10th on whether to cancel, suspend or permanently revoke Buckau's license.

(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) APNP 11-26-07 1349CST

New Apple "Don't Give Up on Vista" Web Only Ad

Wii Production at 1.8M Per Month but still can't keep em in stores

We all know that Nintendo's little white wunderkind, Wii, is in high demand and short supply. How short that supply is, exactly, has been the product of guesswork and estimation, but the company's outgoing marketing head George Harrison has finally given a definitive answer.

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IGN: Get Halo 3 Free

IGN: Get Halo 3 Free

Just click the link. This is for real!!

If you buy a 360 from now until Dec 21 and start up a new Xbox Live profile you get a FREE copy of Halo 3 from Microsoft!

How to Kill a Brand

''Heroes'' creator to fans: I'm super sorry

''Heroes'' creator to fans: I'm super sorry | Heroes | TV News | TV | Entertainment Weekly

At least they are listening. This season has been weak at best. I really fear that it might run the same course Lost has...and that's far off the beaten path - pun slightly intended.

Guitar Hero 3 for Wii is Mono sound only, Activision embarrassed

What started out as faulty Dolby Pro Logic II sound has turned out to be even more embarrassing for Activision. They released a music game with only mono sound. Definitely a bug, and definitely not acceptable for the year 2007. Even though you may hear sound from 2 stereo speakers, you're still just hearing single channel mono sound from both.

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Squirrel Plays Dead on Sidewalk

Comment from Digg: He's not playing dead, he just thinks he's a secret agent.

Charge your iPod with an Onion

Proof that Macs are cheaper...and better!

Machinist: Tech Blog, Tech News, Technology Articles - Salon: "Let's put to rest the myth that an Apple computer will set you back more than a Windows PC. In fact, it'll cost you less."

Good points in this article.

LeopardDocks.com

LeopardDocks.com

This is a cool site that has LOTS of fun tweaks for your dock in Apple's Mac OS X 10.5. So for those of you that don't like the new dock or who just like to tinker with your machine until you break it...this is for you!

Food Network on the iPhone (with screenshots)

I tried typing iphone.whatever.com instead of www.whatever.com on a bunch of sites and discovered that iphone.foodnetwork.com is an actual site! It looks like it is mostly recipe-centric, and there are some nice looking videos too. I'm not sure if they meant for this to get out, so here are a few screenshots if they take it down.

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dmiessler.com | New OS X “Trojan” In the Wild

dmiessler.com | New OS X “Trojan” In the Wild : "A new “trojan” has been identified by Intego that enables phishing attacks to take place against Mac users. But before you get too worried, let’s take a look at how it works. 1. Go to a malicious site. 2. Get prompted to install software. 3. Choose to install it. 4. Put in your admin password when it asks for it. 5. Get pwned."

Common people...really this is threat?