Apple Says It May Close ITunes If Royalty Increase Passes Today

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Jason Mick.
Categories: IT News Feed.
New rate increases could make service unprofitable, put America's largest music retailer out of business

Allstate Program Offers Elderly Drivers Discount for Playing Games

Posted on by Shane McGlaun.
Categories: IT News Feed.
Video game will help increase visual cognition for lederly drivers

Hand-Held Device Could Replace Advanced Medical Test Equipment

Posted on by Levi Beckerson.
Categories: IT News Feed.
Not quite a tricorder, University of Leeds device still promises ELISA-like medical diagnosis as well as other speedy results

Nanoparticles Can Slip Through Skin, Researchers Find

Posted on by Levi Beckerson.
Categories: IT News Feed.
Are all those nanoparticle cosmetics really safe?

International Space Updates, October 2008

Posted on by Michael Barkoviak.
Categories: IT News Feed.
An organization hopes to connect students with space walkers; China scores another space success; and a space tourist wants another go aboard a Russian Soyuz

Apple: Copyright Board Decision Could Force iTunes Closure

Posted on by Digg / Apple.
Categories: Apple, Apple News.
The Copyright Royalty Board, a three member board appointed by the Librarian of Congress, is scheduled to hand down a decision on Thursday that Apple said could result in the closure of the iTunes music store

CBS Gets a Rude Lesson in Citizen Journalism

Posted on by Digg / Apple.
Categories: Apple, Apple News.
Network's iPhone App Turns Up Some User-Generated NSFW Pics to Mobile Site

Awesome New iPhone Features You Haven’t Seen [COMIC]

Posted on by Digg / Apple.
Categories: Apple, Apple News.
Love the SF2 Reference!

Newspaper says Macs cause cancer

Posted on by Digg / Apple.
Categories: Apple, Apple News.
The Liberation of France says an oft-noticed smell emitted by Apple's Mac Pro desktop computers is caused by a combination of toxins, including benzene, which is known to cause leukemia.

Apple drops NDA for released iPhone software

Posted on by Digg / Apple.
Categories: Apple, Apple News.
Developers will receive a new agreement, sans-NDA, covering released software within a week or so. Unreleased software and features will remain under NDA until they are released, according to the statement.