Pre-caffeine tech: Big tech smack talk, dogs frozen in time

Carli Davidson

Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning. Here's everything that you need to know before taking that first sip of coffee today: 

Why did Apple make a deal to to integrate Twitter into iOS 5?  "Because Mark Zuckerberg is a ****ing a**hole." That's what blogger says an Apple insider told him, anyway.

Scoble also declared that Twitter is really messed up, internally ... for which he later apologized, profusely.

Speaking of apologies, Facebook sent meaculpas to environmental activists after its automated spam blockerprevented them and other people from posting on like-minded Facebook pages.

Speaking of things that need apologies: Until recently, medical files belonging to nearly 300,000 Californians sat unsecured on the Internet for the entire world to see. We're talking insurance forms, Social Security numbers and doctors' notes.

Ashton Kutcher endorses his investements on Twitter, too ... not that the FTC cares.

Reports are making their way around social networks saying that Libya's Internet — effectively turned off by the Gadhafi regime in March — is back online.

The sudden demise of Hewlett-Packard's webOS TouchPad after just seven weeks on shelves was a reminder of how tech giants have failed so far to take a bite out of Apple's iPad.

Still, now that HP's TouchPad is only $99, the product is flying off the shelves.

Here's how wireless devices are being used to fight traffic — you might not even know it as sensors snatch real-time info from devices.

This guy is suing a Dallas hospital for implanting a GPS in his armpit.

Pottermore beta encourages wand play with minors.

In closing, freeze-frame dog photography will haunt your dreams.

Helen A.S. Popkin goes blah blah blah about the Internet. Tell her to get a real job on Twitter and/or Facebook. Also, Google+.

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Pre-caffeine tech: Facebook hacks, Etsy awesome!

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Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning. Here's everything that you need to know before taking that first sip of coffee today: 

Who does Facebook think you like most? This simple bookmarklet can show you!

Meanwhile, Facebook is rolling out the ticker to more users. Expect to see it soon if you haven't seen it yet.

Uh oh! Silicon Valley It Boy Ashton Kutcher may be in big trouble with the feds for neglecting a little thing called "disclosure" during his editing duties at Details.

Google Maps just got even more useful: The search giant added a "weather layer" to Maps that you can use to check out current temperatures and forecasts around the world.

You can now check in to events on Foursquare.

Meanwhile, you can hang out with your Google+ friends on YouTube.

Rumor as it BlackBerry is launching a music service.

Apple's iPhone 3 with retina display won't be available until 2012, according to reports.

Two years after Palm introduced the Pre, the phone and its subsequent tablet are dead ... and there's little hope for the survival of webOS.

Leave it to a psychologist at the University of Essex to discover that the secret sauce in irresistible video games is the characters' personalities — especially those that leave just enough creative space for players to pour themselves into.

Is nothing safe?! Airport charging stations could easily be configured to copy data from your smartphone — or to even install malware on the device.

In closing:  This needle felted rendition of a scene from the NASA Hubble Servicing Mission 4 as part of an Etsy craft competition is awesome.

Helen A.S. Popkin goes blah blah blah about the Internet. Tell her to get a real job on Twitter and/or Facebook. Also, Google+.

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Pre-caffeine tech: Google gigs, enthralled owls!

Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning. Here's everything that you need to know before taking that first sip of coffee today: 

There's plenty of uncertainty regarding the location and condition of Col. Moammar Gadhafi right now, but the information that is available has been summarized in a clever animated video.

Google Maps changed the Libyan location previously known as "Green Square"  to "Martyr's Square"on its popular online mapping service.

Google is also working on further integrating Google+ within its other services — so expect to see recent Google+ posts in your Gmail soon.

But there's more bad news for Android smartphone owners — a new variant of a scary data-harvesting Trojan has beenfound in Google's official Android app market.

Also, college kids don't know how to Google, says Science.

Meanwhile, Twitter is rolling out a new feature "user galleries" right now -- a neat and organized way to view the last 100 photos you or another user tweeted — all in one place.

Both Twitter and Facebook did record-breaking gangbusters in July.

Apple suppliers are manufacturing a lower-priced version of its hot-selling iPhone 4 with a smaller 8 gigabyte flash drive, according to ins.

A disgruntled WikiLeaks employee permanently deleted a bunch of secrets.

A bridesmaid attended wedding ... via an iPad. Classy.

In closing, please give a hand to the winners of BuzzFeed's Enthralled Owl Caption Contest.

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Pre-caffeine tech: Twitter riots, psycho blogs, Michele Bachmann's eyes!

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Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning. Here's everything that you need to know before taking that first sip of coffee today:

A dad whose blog, "The Psycho Ex Wife" was shut down by a family court judge is challenging that ruling, saying it violates his First Amendment rights. He doesn't say much about his kid's rights.

UK cops are using Flickr to identify UK rioters, posting a stream of photos of dudes wearing hoodies and face masks. Good luck with that.

Also, Google Maps offers this helpful guide to London's riots.

Sophos says 70 percent of you people don't password protect your mobile devices ... and that is not good.

FYI: A 10-year-old girl found bugs in both the iPhone and Android smartphones.

Zoo officials trying to establish North America's first elephant sperm bank have been slowed by bureaucratic hurdles but hope South African officials will approve shipping frozen elephant semen to the U.S. in about a month ... so we got that going for us.

IBM unplugged plans to build one of the world's fastest supercomputers at the University of Illinois, because it requires too much financial and technical support.

Meanwhile, the fastest browser in the world is ... Google Chrome! (According to Compuware.)

People mostly use LivingSocial for discounts on pole dancing lessons. Also, Mexican food.

In closing, the Michele Bachmann crazy eyes memes are well underway.  

Helen A.S. Popkin goes blah blah blah about the Internet. Tell her to get a real job on Twitter and/or Facebook. Also, Google+.

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Pre-caffeine tech: Zombies! Superheros! Internet spies!

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Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning. Here's everything that you need to know before taking that first sip of coffee today:

Mark Zuckerberg is the worst-dressed man in Silicon Alley -- and as GQ points out, that's sayin' something!

Last week Zuckerberg's sis seriously annoyed the Electronic Frontier Foundation with her anti-Internet anonymity load of hooey. Yesterday,Randi Z. announced she's leaving Facebook.

Speaking of your vanishing privacy, the ACLU demands to know how police are using cellphone data, and if they even bother getting warrants to obtain it.

How easy is it to hack a power plant? Very, turns out.

I secretly wish I wrote this headline: Hackers Are Climbing In Your Windows, So Hide Your Kids, Hide Your Files. (Alas, I did not.)

American is totally obsessed with superheros! And this is the reason why.

This guy is tweeting his novel. On Twitter.

Cheer up misfits! Here's some of the most niche (and bizarre) sites for finding love! On the Internet!

The future of robots rocks! They can fetch beers , fold laundry, and now they can even bake cookies!

Manned space exploration might be more dead then you thought. "Call of Duty: Black Ops" is getting a zombie-only update named "Rezurrection."

In closing: Gross severed child's hand iPhone accessory is gross. Also, for real ... apparently.

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Pre-caffeine tech: Malware! Fax machines! Hippos!

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Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning. Here's everything that you need to know before taking that first sip of coffee today:

That survey that revealed Internet Explorer 6 users are dumb? Yeah, that was probably totally a hoax.

The long-awaited Skype for iPad app is available — really available after being released in the past 24 hours, then pulled from Apple's App Store, then being put back.

Security experts discovered the biggest series of cyber attacks to date, involving the infiltration of 72 organizations, including the United Nations, governments and companies around the world.

Google snapped up a facial recognition technology company — now Google+ is one step closer to being just as creepy as Facebook!

Good news everybody! Research continues to debunk claims that the dark companion, nicknamed Nemesis or the "Death Star," might be out to get us in 2012.

Android malware is recording your phone calls.

Say goodbye to old Twitter — it'll be gone for good sometime this week.

Hey, remember fax machines? Soon, they may be little more than a memory.

Remember BlackBerrys? AT&T announced three new ones.

As it is still Shark Week, please enjoy 20 things that kill more people than sharks every year!

 Helen A.S. Popkin goes blah blah blah about the Internet. Tell her to get a real job on Twitter and/or Facebook. Also, Google+.

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Pre-caffeine tech: Winehouse tweets, Comic-Con geeks

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You're gonna like the way you look. I guarantee it!

Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning. Here's everything that you need to know before taking that first sip of coffee today:

Not long after news of Amy Winehouse's death hit the Internet, so did the obligatory series of Facebook scams which often follow a well-publicized death. 

Microsoft apologized for its tacky Amy Winehouse tweet.

Speaking of Facebook, looks like the world's largest social network accidentally leaked video descriptions and thumbnails. Oops! 

Speaking security, you know how we worry a lot about our computers' — and increasingly our phones' — security vulnerabilities? Turns out, Mac batteries could be hot tool for hackers, too.

In other Apple news, Chinese officials shut down those two fake Apple stores — not because of piracy or copyright concerns, but because the stores did not have an official business permit.

Acknowledging that "a very small number of Seagate 1TB hard drives used in 21.5-inch and 27-inch iMac systems, may fail under certain conditions," Apple has initiated a replacement program for the problematic drives.

There is now a landing page for the "Murdoch Leaks Project."

You can now own a piece of the Balloon Boy saucer of hoax fame.

What makes a viral video? Let's find out!

So this is neat: The most visited Internet domains of 1996 and today.

In closing, Comic-Con pics! You'd think a corporate military industrialist Tony Stark could afford not to shop at the Men's Wearhouse. Apparently, no.

Helen A.S. Popkin goes blah blah blah about the Internet. Tell her to get a real job on Twitter and/or Facebook ... and see if you can find her on Google+. She triple-dog dares you!

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Pre-caffeine tech: More hack attacks! Even more nerds!

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Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning. Here's everything that you need to know before taking that first sip of coffee today:

An elaborate revenge hoax orchestrated by hackers against a prominent Internet security advocate turned a quiet Sunday afternoon in a New Jersey neighborhood into a 3-hour SWAT nightmare!

Here's why we won't soon see another another Stuxnet attack. (Hmmm ... sounds like a dare.)

Did Rupert Murdoch's news agency really "hack" cell phones? Let's talk semantics, people!

Netflix is coming to Facebook! Just not in the U.S.

The current buzz is that iPad sales may be 24 times as great as sales of Android tablets. Here's why.

Sure, RIM is laying off 2,000 employees ... but you can still expect new BlackBerry 7 OS smartphones today!

For whatever reason Amazon briefly stopped selling Nintendo 3DS, it doesn't seem to be a problem with the devices themselves and it appears Amazon has sorted it out.

Now the folks behind "Mass Effect" are looking to give FemShep (as the female version of Commander Shepard is called) even more face time.

Oh snap! Rare nerd troika caught on camera!

Here's four ways technology can enable your inner introvert.

In closing, 41 of the Hottest Ladies of Comic-Con!

Helen A.S. Popkin goes blah blah blah about the Internet. Tell her to get a real job on Twitter and/or Facebook ... and see if you can find her on Google+. She triple-dog dares you!

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Pre-caffeine tech: More hack attacks! Even more nerds!

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Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning. Here's everything that you need to know before taking that first sip of coffee today:

An elaborate revenge hoax orchestrated by hackers against a prominent Internet security advocate turned a quiet Sunday afternoon in a New Jersey neighborhood into a 3-hour SWAT nightmare!

Here's why we won't soon see another another Stuxnet attack. (Hmmm ... sounds like a dare.)

Did Rupert Murdoch's news agency really "hack" cell phones? Let's talk semantics, people!

Netflix is coming to Facebook! Just not in the U.S.

The current buzz is that iPad sales may be 24 times as great as sales of Android tablets. Here's why.

Sure, RIM is laying off 2,000 employees ... but you can still expect new BlackBerry 7 OS smartphones today!

For whatever reason Amazon briefly stopped selling Nintendo 3DS, it doesn't seem to be a problem with the devices themselves and it appears Amazon has sorted it out.

Now the folks behind "Mass Effect" are looking to give FemShep (as the female version of Commander Shepard is called) even more face time.

Oh snap! Rare nerd troika caught on camera!

Here's four ways technology can enable your inner introvert.

In closing, 41 of the Hottest Ladies of Comic-Con!

Helen A.S. Popkin goes blah blah blah about the Internet. Tell her to get a real job on Twitter and/or Facebook ... and see if you can find her on Google+. She triple-dog dares you!

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