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Colorado Woman Reports iPhone Spontaneously Combusts

This is an unsettling report for someone like me who sleeps with his iPhone!  In the only report so far from the United States, a Colorado woman tells the folks at Mashable.com that her iPhone 3 spontaneously melted down while she slept: 

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iPhone’s SIRI Gets Sued!

Wow, what a difference a couple of months can make! In January, Kevin Mussman blogged that Siri, Apple’s digital assistant, was the “best feature” of the new iPhone. Now that people have had a chance to use Siri, one man has filed a lawsuit against Apple for misleading him about Siri’s capabilities. He’s claiming that he cannot get Siri to perform all of the tasks that Apple shows in their television commercials.

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More Women Are Out-Earning Their Husband

Times are tough for families all throughout Colorado, but the Great Recession has accelerated the trend of women catching-up to their male counterparts in terms of take-home pay.  Traditionally in our nation’s history, women have earned less than the men

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IKEA Unveils an Entire Home

Wow. I remember last year when IKEA opened its store in Centennial and there were lines around the block for days, full of customers waiting to see all the new wares the international home goods store had to offer, including their famous assemble-it-yourself furniture. Well, the folks at IKEA have taken their concept one step further–

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Some Employers And Schools Now Demand Your Facebook Password

This is insane!  After spending hours trying to understand all of the complex privacy settings on my Facebook account, I find out that even my most-private posts could be accessed by a potential employer or university!  The most recent trend among certain employers is to require

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"When Parents Text" Cracks Me Up!

Well, I don’t know about  you, but I’ve had the toughest time communicating with my parents by text message.  Either I can’t understand what they’re trying to say or, more likely, I text them something only to find out that they can’t find the cellphone!  Needless to say, if I want to communicate with my parents,

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Is Facebook Reading Your Phone’s Text Messages?

There’s no evidence yet that Facebook is reading text messages on your iPhone, but if you own a Droid or another of the popular Android smartphones, Facebook may be reading all of your text messages. It turns out that Facebook may be developing its own messaging system for use on smartphones and, as part of that experiment, may be accessing all of your text messages.

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Self-Driving Cars Are On The Way

We don’t know much about the details, but there have been reports that Google is developing a car that drives itself, guided by computers, GPS and a whole bunch of sensors. A computer-driven Prius has been spotted around Northern California.

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Leaked Photos of the new iPad3?

For weeks, rumors have been flying about the upcoming release of the iPad3.  Would it be larger?  Would it be smaller, like the 7-inch Galaxy Tab?  Well, the folks from Mashable.com have some pictures and it looks like it will be about the same size as the iPad2, but wit

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Homeless NY Teenager — Science Competition Semifinalist — Gets a Home

 

I ordered a senior picture and I said, ‘I don’t know where to send it. I don’t know what’s going to happen. What if we move, what if we get evicted,’ which we did,” she said. “You’re out in limbo. You’re like, ‘What’s going to happen to my mail, what’s going to happen to my college applications. Where are they all going to go?’ It’s scary.

That’s the thought process of a homeless teenager, Samantha Garvey of Brentwood, New York on Long Island.  The 17-year-old and her family moved into a homeless shelter with her family on Jan. 1st.   So sad! 

But life is looking up for Samantha,

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Before + After Pics: only 5 hours apart!

Many of you know that I’ve become a big fan of working-out ever since I changed my diet, began a regular exercise regimen and lost a ton of weight.  I literally transformed my body, bit by bit, month after month for the past two years. 

Category: Health, Sports
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The BEST Airline Frequent Flier Program is . . .

Some people I know spend a lot of money on their hobby or their favorite sport — golf, anyone?  Me?  I like to travel.  Correction:  I love to travel!

So, I was pretty amped when I found a website devoted to frequent travellers and the various frequent-flier loyalty programs.  Scoring airline miles and using them f