If an NBA game is played in October, does anyone care?
Notice something in the air since Tuesday? Have things just felt a little different than before? You’re not alone. That change you’re feeling is the start of another NBA season.
That’s right, a mere four months after the Lakers beat the Celtics in game seven to capture the 2010 NBA Championship, professional basketball is back. You’d be excused if you didn’t notice, because it’s still October and–sorry, NBA–no one really cares. Have you even seen an early-season NBA game? We can’t remember the last time we saw one before Christmas. A quick look at ESPN‘s NBA broadcast schedule reveals that things only ramp up after January.
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs holding a white iPhone 4 in happier times.
We knew something was up when there was no mention of the white iPhone 4 at Apple’s press event last week and when they delayed it again until “spring 2011,” the writing was on the wall. Since Apple hasn’t failed to announce a new iPhone model each spring since the original was announced, it was all but certain that this meant there would be no white iPhone 4.
Although Apple still maintains that the white iPhone 4 will come out eventually, and there was a very brief glimmer of hope when the Apple Store iOS app showed white iPhones after an update, the crack team at the Boy Genius Report has confirmed through there sources what we always knew in our hearts was true: the white iPhone 4 is dead.
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Yes, thanks to Firesheep it's really this easy for someone to hijack your Facebook account over a public wireless network. The plug in is meant to be a wakeup call to website operators, but for now it's a warning for internet users.
You know that cool coffee shop down the street? Not Starbucks–the local place with the free, open WiFi? It’s a horrible place to check your Facebook wall.
Remember the library? Yeah, that place with books and magazines and the WiFi? Don’t bring your laptop there to hit up Twitter.
The above warnings also apply to the wireless networks at many colleges, at these generous airports and anywhere else that operates an unsecured wireless network. What happens on open wireless networks is that although the login process itself is secure over HTTPS, many sites keep track of your login via a cookie sent in the clear. On an unsecured network, anyone can grab this cookie and use it for themselves, which is just what the Firefox plugin Firesheep does.
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We've got to admit that despite the controversy and strange e-cards, this caramel apple looks more and more delicious the longer we look at it.
We know we’ve been a little heavy on the Apple coverage these past few days, which is why today we can’t resist wishing you a happy Apple (the fruit) Day! Apparently, (and completely coincidentally,) October 21st is indeed Apple Day.
As enjoyers of apples (the fruit) we were excited to partake in Apple Day observances and maybe get our hands on some delicious pies until we found out that Apple Day is mainly a holiday in England.
Our dreams of delicious pies were dashed (though if you happen to be in England there’s no shortage of observances today). Surely, we thought, there must be something tasty we can celebrate today, and boy were we ever right.
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We've got to admit, despite the fact it's a little underpowered, the new MacBook Air looks pretty sweet.
Apple‘s announcement today was, as we predicted, chock full of action. While we’ll go into some detail below as far as things relate to our forecast, there’s no shortage of more detailed roundups to be had.
Our overall impression? This was one of the more predictable Apple announcements in a while, with the new MacBook Air and much of Mac OS X Lion turning out much as expected. Still, that’s not saying much as FaceTime for Mac and the Mac App Store caught us (and likely a few software vendors) completely off guard.
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We get that the Lion is a Mac OS 10.7 hint, and yes, the lion is the "king of the jungle," but couldn't Apple have gone with a more exotic big cat like cougar or lynx? What about wildcat, or–for the hipsters-tabby?
Tomorrow, Apple will once again get tons and tons of free publicity for whatever they want at their “Back to the Mac” press event. All too aware that as much as we question all this publicity we also are active enablers, we’ll never the less take another stab at predicting what Steve Jobs and Co. will unveil. It’s really the least we can do, both for Apple and the public, considering both our stellar prediction record and the fact that our predictions are based on nothing but what we’ve read on the internet and our own limited intellects.
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Is Justin trying to make us think he's the real victim here? Those crutches from this long-ago photo sure help, but so do reports that he was the victim of a homophobic laser tag bully.
We’ve been quiet about possible hoax and teen “musical” sensation Justin Bieber for a little while because, frankly, we didn’t think he needed the extra attention. The kid’s got enough on his plate launching his Chris Gaines-esque rap alter-ego “Shawty Mane.” But when Justin got kicked out of a British Columbia laser tag center over the weekend for playing too rough, well, we practically have no choice but to step in.
As the CBC reports, the Mounties are investigating allegations that Bieber beat on a 12 year-old during a laser tag battle. The 12 year-old didn’t require medical treatment, but based on the claims Justin was thrown out of the laser tag center and the Mounties summoned. As with all things Bieber, however, there’s more to the case.
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