Cody Taylor

Now that we’ve all celebrated the Macintosh’s 25th birthday, it’s time to start focusing on what Apple’s plans may be moving forward. From a home media server to a refreshed Mac Pro, some rumors are starting to brew as interest grows around what Apple may be up to.

GERMAN authorities are preparing to clear hundreds bombs left from World War II that are strewn under Berlin’s busiest airport. There are so many explosives – bombs and grenades – that litter the ground around Tegel airport that more than 500 sites will be excavated to finally make it safe for passenger jets if they stray off the tarmac.

Weissman demonstrated the ability to fully cure type I diabetes in mice using stem cells. But he ran into a road block when pharmaceutical companies refused to sponsor clinical trials. Weissman implied that the pharmaceutical companies had put profit over principle, preferring to keep diabetes sufferers dependent on costly insulin than to cure them

Tens of thousands of users who’ve downloaded pirated versions of iWork ’09 or Photoshop CS4 may have opened their Macs to remote attacks from malicious users.

theodp writes “Imagine a technology that lets you pay for products just by waving your cellphone over a reader. You wouldn’t have to if you lived in Japan, where people have been using it for the last five years to pay for everything from train tickets to groceries to candy in vending machines. While nearly everyone who’s tried it has liked this form of payment, consumers in the United States won’t be able to wave-and-pay anytime soon: The companies that must work together to give the technology to the masses can’t agree on how to split the resulting revenue.”

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