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The musical group “Downhere” sings “How Many Kings” in a radio studio.

– A review from cNet entitled: Hands on with iOS 4.2 Gold Master

Over the past two weeks iPhone and iPad users alike have been waiting for the promised iOS 4.2 update. After a false alarm last Friday, Apple pushed out Gold Master developer versions of the update today and Wednesday. So as we wait for the real deal–which could come as early as tomorrow–we downloaded the Gold Master to give the update a trial run.

Apple won’t release an official list of new features until iOS 4.2 becomes available to the general public, but we scanned through the additions that have been observed so far. Nothing will blow your mind, but we’re never one to pass over new features, no matter how small they are. The iPhone 4 gets a few interface tweaks, more customization for message alerts, printing for photos and Safari pages, additional parental controls, and an option for jumping directly to a FaceTime call from a messaging thread. You also get the ability to search for text on a Safari page, which is most welcome. iOS 4.1, which came out in September, added high-dynamic range photos, support for TV show rentals on iTunes and brought back the Field test mode.

iOS 4.2 for iPad has plenty of features to offer as well. Not only does it bring  Apple’s tablet device up to speed with the latest iPhone OS features like Multitasking, App folders, and GameCenter, but iPad users will also get some interesting additions of their own. Under iOS 4.2, the iPad now lets you search for local printers, search for instances of a word on Web pages, adjust brightness from the multitask screen, and much more.

We’ll continue to add new features as we find them. And once the update goes live, we’ll follow up with more analysis. In the meantime, keep clicking that “check for update” button in iTunes.

This in from guardian.co.uk.

More than 40 years after the Beatles broke up, their entire catalogue is finally available to download, song by song, through iTunes. And which tracks are most popular with Fab Four fans in the UK? Not Yesterday, I Want to Hold Your Hand or even Strawberry Fields. British music-lovers are double-clicking their love for Hey Jude, Twist and Shout, and Let It Be.

At the time of writing, Beatles songs have been available as legitimate paid downloads for just under a day. And already the Fab Four occupy 15% of iTunes UK’s top 200. Although their highest entry, Hey Jude, is at No 40 they have 31 appearances in the charts. A few of these are doubles because some tracks are available on both albums and compilations – Twist and Shout appears at 59 and 79, for instance, and Let It Be at 65 and 147 – but it’s clear that people aren’t just buying Beatles songs by the album, or as a £125 set. Forget Abbey Road’s medley – the public wants Here Comes the Sun and Come Together. Nevermind Yesterday – I Saw Her Standing There and Eleanor Rigby are in hotter demand.

The sentimental Blackbird is the Beatles’ fifth-highest entry, but it’s encouraging to see lesser-known tracks such as Hey Bulldog and You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away appearing above The Long and Winding Road. Phil Spector will be rolling in his prison cell.

Despite this mop-top cheerleading, it’s not just the Beatles who have appeared in the iTunes charts. The Rolling Stones are there too. Whether it’s nostalgia or coincidence, Gimme Shelter is at No 81. The song isn’t new, reissued or the subject of a major Apple announcement. People just like it a lot. And this, in the long run, matters more than any press release.

The Beatles in iTunes UK’s top 200:

40 Hey Jude

59 Twist and Shout

65 Let It Be

77 Here Comes the Sun

79 Twist and Shout

97 Blackbird

98 In My Life

99 I Saw Her Standing There

101 Come Together

109 A Day in the Life

123 Hey Jude

125 Help!

128 Eleanor Rigby

146 I Am the Walrus

147 Let It Be

154 Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds

155 A Hard Day’s Night

158 Yesterday

160 Hey Bulldog

163 While My Guitar Gently Weeps

171 Yesterday

172 You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away

176 Strawberry Fields Forever

183 Strawberry Fields Forever

184 With a Little Help From My Friends

185 In My Life

190 Norwegian Wood

192 Penny Lane

194 Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

197 The Long and Winding Road

198 Here Comes the Sun

That’s some real-life malware.

Computer viruses are serious business. Like real viruses, infections must be dealt with quickly and thoroughly. Sadly, just like real-life healers of viruses, sometimes there are crooks out there.

Such goes the story of 58-year-old Roger C. Davidson from Mount Kisco, NY, who has been cheated out of millions after bringing his computer into a repair shop for fear that his machine had been infected with a virus.

In August 2004, he brought his computer to a shop on Main Street. There, Vickram Bedi, 36, the owner of the shop, told Davidson that he indeed had a virus. This wasn’t just any computer virus – oh, no – it was a particularly vicious one that had infected all the computers in the shop.

Thankfully, Bedi’s uncle was a military officer in India and was put on the mission to retrieve the source of this virus on a hard drive located in Honduras. From there, Bedi learned that the virus was linked to Polish priests who were tied to the conservative Roman Catholic organization Opus Dei. This organization had plans to harm Mr. Davidson.

Naturally, Bedi persuaded Davidson to not only pay for removal of the virus, but also for personal protection. Davidson paid Bedi’s shop through credit card payments over the years, which have totaled to over $6 million.

While all of this sounds impossible and a very simple scam to steer clear of, Mr. Davidson was in no way a computer expert. His specialty is in music and he wanted to save his compositions that he stored on his computer.

Story posted at TomsHardware.com.

Mike Huckabee jams with Lynryrd Skynyrd, from October of last year.

A Brazilian court ruled this week that McDonald’s must pay a former franchise manager $17,500 because he gained 65 pounds while working there for a dozen years.

The 32-year-old man said he felt forced to sample the food each day to ensure quality standards remained high, because McDonald’s hired “mystery clients” to randomly visit restaurants and report on the food, service and cleanliness.

The man also said the company offered free lunches to employees, adding to his caloric intake while on the job. His identity was not released.

(Excerpt of an article at – FoxNews.com)

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Another example of a stupid, money-grabbing lawsuit! Did Ronald McDonald throw the manager to the ground, beat him with a can of Crisco & force massive amounts of Quarter Pounders & Fries down his ever-expanding pie-hole?

Nobody makes an individual sin, whether it’s gluttony, lying, adultery or murder. The miserable manager stuffed down BigMacs because he wanted to.

Period.

Did you know that the your coffee can help a needy family?

We have begun purchasing an extra-special coffee at Detwiler’s Market in Sarasota (click here) that helps provide a better income for the coffee farmers, while providing tutors and Pastors into their community. The Fresh Cup of Hope Coffee Company (located in Sarasota, Florida), pays the farmers more money for their crop, allowing for better education, spiritual growth, health and housing.

Click here to find out more.

An amazing song from Third Day’s 11th music release, “Move”.

Jesus Christ cares about you. He sees what’s going on. He knows your pain. And yet, He loves you just the same. He will take your life, right where you are, and begin a process of cleaning up the mess.

He did it for me, and He can do the same for you. Don’t wait! This is the moment when your life will be changed forever.

The first single from Third Day’s new “Move” project, their 11th cd.

Don’t wait any longer, my friend. With today’s crazy economy, joblessness, selfishness, violence, corruption, and fear-of-death all around, none of us knows what awaits just around the bend.

But there is hope! Jesus Christ is calling your name right now. Listen… not with your ears… but with your heart. Surrender your life to Him immediately…