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Submission + - Apple Wants To Store Your History in the Cloud (bnet.com)

Submitted by bizwriter on Friday April 15, 2011 @07:52AM

bizwriter writes: Most online backup is about keeping the latest and greatest version of what resides on a device, whether a PC, tablet, or smartphone. Three recent patent filings suggest that Apple has a super version of backup on its mind. Someone would be able to go into an application (like iTunes or the App Store), find what material was available at a previous time, and recover any or all of what once was there without having to use a separate recovery program.

Comment No way. (Score 1) 255

by MadbowlerHat on Tuesday October 19, 2010 @06:01PM (#33953868) Attached to: The Case For Apple Buying Facebook

Jobs might like this as a gateway to get an 'Apple Product' onto other mobile and computer devices, but unless he found someone to run it with the same energy as he's putting into product development, then it would be a wash. He might look for other ways to get in on social networking, but this is way too big, and will water down their core business....

Denver Airport Overrun by Car-Eating Rabbits 278

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday October 14, 2010 @12:14PM from the night-of-the-lepus dept.

It turns out the soy-based wire covering on cars built after 2002 is irresistible to rodents. Nobody knows this better than those unlucky enough to park at DIA's Pikes Peak lot. The rabbits surrounding the area have been using the lot as an all-you-can-eat wiring buffet. Looks like it's time to break out The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.

Pope Says Technology Causes Confusion Between Reality and Fiction 779

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday October 12, 2010 @12:12PM from the where's-the-reset-button dept.

Pope Benedict XVI has warned that people are in danger of being unable to discern reality from fiction because of new technologies, and not old books. "New technologies and the progress they bring can make it impossible to distinguish truth from illusion and can lead to confusion between reality and virtual reality. The image can also become independent from reality, it can give birth to a virtual world, with various consequences -- above all the risk of indifference towards real life," he said.

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