Apple releases OS X Lion 10.7.1

Apple on Tuesday released OS X Lion 10.7.1 to Mac users with the following changes listed: The 10.7.1 update is recommended for all users running OS X Lion and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability and compatibility of your Mac, including fixes that: Address an issue that may...

Every Hour Of TV You Watch After Age 25 Shortens Your Life By 21.8 Minutes

That represents 11 minutes of life lost for every cigarette and that’s the same as half an hour of TV watching, the researchers said.Without TV, researchers estimated life expectancy for men would be 1.8 years longer and for women, 1.5 years longer.”While we used Australian data, the effects in...

Google to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion

(Reuters) – Setting its sights on rival Apple Inc, Google Inc announced its biggest deal ever, a $12.5 billion cash acquisition of mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc.Google’s biggest foray into hardware comes weeks after a failed attempt to buy patents from bankrupt Nortel, and...

AOL To Buy Back $250 Million Of Its Stock

AOL’s board of directors has approved a $250 million stock repurchase program.The buyback program went into effect yesterday, and will continue over the next 12 months.AOL ( AOL – news – people ) CEO Tim Armstrong said his company believes the stock repurchase makes sense for AOL and its...

Apple, Publishers Conspired Against $9.99 Amazon E-books

“Terrified” by Amazon’s Kindle e-reader and discounted e-book pricing, five major publishers allegedly acted together to increase e-book prices and compel Amazon to abandon its discount sales strategy. “We intend to prove that Apple needed a way to neutralize Amazon’s Kindle...

The Metroid series turns 25 this year—and matters more than ever

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Metroid series of games, and Nintendo is celebrating in muted style. Every game stands on the shoulders of the titles that came before it, but Metroid took games of the time and mixed them together to create something new and amazing. “The feeling of being...