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When Steve Jobs Rode a '66 BMW (pic) (951 diggs) No black turtleneck. (Source: National Geographic Magazine. October, 1982.)

6 Free Android Apps That Will Make You Drop Your iPhone (773 diggs) If you’re looking for a change, or you’re in the smartphone market and still weighing the pros and cons, consider these Android-only apps and how they might fit into your work, play, and mobile lifestyle.

Parallels cuts virtualization down to bare metal on Xserve (423 diggs) Parallels has expanded support for running virtual machines on an Xserve with a bare metal hypervisor, which cuts the overhead of a host OS and boosts performance.

Apple admits: Chinese 'Kids' were used to build iPods etc (1,510 diggs) Apple has admitted that child labour was used at the Chinese factories that build its computers, iPods and mobile phones. At least eleven 15-year-old children were discovered to be working last year in three factories which supply Apple.

iPhoners Stage Anti-AT&T Protest In CA, Might Get Results (366 diggs) A slew of iPhone owners Santa Clara University are fed up with AT&T's poor reception on campus; so fed up that they have organized a "day of complaint" to push for better coverage.

Apple predicted to introduce lower cost iPhone in June (371 diggs) Apple's next update to the blockbuster iPhone handset is expected by one prominent analyst to have a lower total cost of ownership, and to also include new gesture-based functionality.

How to Control Your Household Electronics With Your iPhone (396 diggs) Home automation with iphone can be simpler than you think

The iPod Touch Is This Generation's Tamagotchi (301 diggs) All these wonderful things we're learning today, from data! First, we find out that Android is a guy thing. Now, we discover that the iPod Touch shares more demographics with glittering vampires than smartphones.

iPad Software Contains More Clues for Front-Facing Camera (307 diggs) Shipping next month, Apple's iPad won't include a camera, but a growing number of clues hint at future versions of the tablet gaining a webcam.

6 ways iPhone and Android users differ (409 diggs) Do you have an iPhone or an Android? According to this, Android users are mostly guys, iPod touch owners are overwhelmingly young, and people who carry iPhones are way more likely to lust after an iPad.

Apple iTunes' Path to 10 Billion Songs Sold (Infographic) (362 diggs) One million tracks were downloaded within the first 5 days. Since then. billions of tracks have been downloaded.

iPhone 3GS titanium mod (355 diggs) Not sufficiently pleased with the plastic casing provided by Apple, Martin opened up his favorite CAD program and refashioned his phone into the much hardier and indubitably more awesome machine you see before you.

Inside Apple's Chinese Fortress of Secrets (353 diggs) The massive manufacturing complex in the South China city of Longhua resembles an industrial fortress. To enter the facility, workers swipe security cards at the gate. Guards check the occupants of each vehicle with fingerprint recognition scanners.

Apple exec Tim Cook talks Apple TV, iPad A4 processor.. (225 diggs) Speaking in San Francisco Tuesday, Apple Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook explained why the Apple TV is still considered a "hobby," and talked about custom-built chips in future products.

Apple VP attempts to explain double standard for risqué apps (466 diggs) Apple's Phil Schiller has addressed the issue of the recent purge of sexually themed app from the App Store. However, it seems an arbitrary double standard still remains.

Apple creating "explicit" category for App Store? (348 diggs) After all of the kerfuffle earlier this week about Apple shutting down racy apps in the App Store, it appears that the company might be creating a special place for all of that suggestive and sexy content.

Suicide Girls, banned from Apple app store, speak out (458 diggs) SuicideGirls is in the unique position of having its Flip-Strip App banned while its Seduce a SuicideGirl App is still available for download in the Apple store.

3 Reasons Apple Banned Sex-Themed Apps (268 diggs) Think of the children--but also the business strategy?

Latest iPad/iPhone SDK Mentions Front-Facing Camera (242 diggs) The latest iPad/iPhone SDK not only makes it easier for developers to build universal iPad/iPhone apps, but it also appears to have support for a front-facing camera, zoom, camera flash, and video conferencing.

Apple Explains Semi-Ban of Sex Apps (264 diggs) Apple last week began banning iPhone apps containing overtly sexual content. But on Monday the company said it intends to leave apps from major publishers,

Apple, There's Pornography On My iPhone. The App Is Safari (1,191 diggs) In fact, not only is Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit 2010 app not being removed, it’s being featured in the App Store. Both it and the Playboy app clearly violate the new rules of the more prudish App Store, yet they get to stay. Why?

CNN: Apple bans most (but not all) sexy apps (367 diggs) Apple has tightened its restrictions on sexy or suggestive apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and many of the most popular programs in the iTunes app store have been removed. Apple executive Phil Schiller explained, "It came to the point where we were getting customer complaints."

Apple Expanding iPhone OS to Other Platforms (469 diggs) On its company job board, Apple says it is looking to hire "a talented and inspired manager to lead a team focused on bring-up of iPhone OS on new platforms."

Test Drive the Lunar Electric Rover on Your iPhone [PICS] (280 diggs) Today NASA launched their Lunar Electric Rover Simulator app for the iPhone/ iPad Touch.

Apple removes over 5000 apps from app store (1,392 diggs) 1. No images of women in bikinis ( I personally found this rule highly hypocritical as the SI swimsuit app is a top app on iTunes.) 2. No images of men in bikinis 3. No skin 4. No silhouettes 5. No sexual connotations or innuendo. 6. Nothing that can be sexually arousing 7. No apps will be approved that in any way