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Macworld UK leads with the headline “Apple broke labour laws with underage workers report finds“. Of course anyone who has been following this story knows that this is completely bogus. The body of the article is a little more like the actual facts:

“Apple has revealed in a new report suppliers broke local laws, employing children at three different facilities…”

A Nasa Satellite shows just how extensive the snow covering the UK is right now. Awesome Image.

Check out this amazing video from You Tube:

The Popular UK newspaper launches an iPhone App. It looks pretty slick and certainly easier than trying to read it in the normal browser.

I won’t spoil the surprise, but check out the letter the Governator sent to the California State Legislature. Brilliant.

CNN.com is sporting a new design this morning. The makeover is pretty substantial and it takes on a  bold minimalist look. I have to say I like it. It’s quite strong visually. Oh, and there’s a cool animation when you first visit the site where a curtain of the old site opens to reveal the new one. It’s very nicely laid out in my opinion, and much better than the old design.

Last week I had the good fortune to spend some time away from soggy Ireland, and travelled to the Big Apple for a weeks vacation. As an avid Mac user and all round Apple fan, I couldn’t help but notice a few distinctly Apple flavored things while I was there. Of course being from a small country town in Ireland originally, I always find it overwhelming when I go to New York and this time was no different. Fortunately my first day there also happened to be my birthday, and my Girlfriend took me to the very lovely Boathouse restaurant in the middle of central park for a birthday lunch. On the way back we stopped in the Apple Store in fifth avenue to pick up a copy of snow leopard. I have been in the 5th avenue store before, but every time I can’t help but be blown away by the crowds that visit the place. You can barely move in the store with the throngs. When you consider that only a few years ago Apple was considered to be on dearths door as a company, and to have gone from that to being one of the busiest attractions on one of the busiest streets in one of the busiest cities in the world really is truly remarkable.

I guess this means Summer is officially here…