Apple has released the iPhone 2.2 firmware. The latest update is available in iTunes.
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Political condoms is in! Benjamin Sherman, an entrepreneur based in New York City decided to market condoms with Obama and McCains’ pictures on it.

The voting has begun in the 2nd Annual Open Web Awards, a unique opportunity for the most accomplished websites and services to receive international recognition for their achievements.
During the nominations round, Mashable received over 43,000 verified nominations. They narrowed down this huge pool to the 10 most-nominated sites and services in each category (where 10th place was a draw, they allowed more than 10 nominees in that category).

One of the highest-ranking operational leaders of the Basque militant group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) has been arrested by  French police, officials said.
Garikoitz Aspiazu Rubina, also known as Txeroki, or Cherokee, was held in Cauterets, a town in the French Pyrenees near the Spanish border.
He is assumed to have planned a series of attacks in Spain and France after taking over Eta’s military operations in late 2003.
It is the highest-profile arrest since Javier Lopez Pena, ETA’s presumed leader, was held together with three other suspected members of the group in …

HIGH SCHOOL PITCHER BECOMES FIRST FEMALE PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL PLAYER IN JAPAN
A 16-year-old schoolgirl with a mean knuckleball has been selected in a draft for the new Kansai Independent Baseball League, making her the first woman ever to play together with the men in Japanese professional baseball.

Eri Yoshida was drafted for a new independent league that will launch in April, drawing attention for a side-armed knuckler that her future manager Yoshihiro Nakata said was a marvel.
“I never dreamed of getting drafted,” Yoshida told reporters Monday, a day after she was selected …

This story is about passion and hard work.
Anthony Morrow had 37 points and 11 rebounds in his first NBA start, leading the Golden State Warriors to a 121-103 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday. His point total was the highest by a rookie this season, topping O.J. Mayo’s 33, and was the highest ever by an undrafted player in his rookie campaign.
“It was just one of those things where I caught fire,” Morrow said. “All the vets have been on me since training camp, telling me: `Just do …

Australia is ready to start on a new research agenda that would prove whales do not have to be slaughtered in the name of science.
The Australian government urged Japan to abandon its yearly whale hunt on Monday, putting $4-million into scientific research that is designed to end Japan’s scientific whaling program. The study would include aerial surveys, genetic analysis and tagging.
Japanese whalers plan to catch up to 935 minke whales and 50 fin whales, saying there will be no changes to their hunting plans despite international protests and slumping demand …

The fourth season of The Hills is about to wrap shooting, and Audrina Patridge is addressing speculation about the show’s future.

Unfortunately, MTV’s docusoap The Hills, will return for a fifth season.

The Miley Cyrus is dead rumor is not true.
Rumors of Miley Cyrus being killed in a tragic car accident were floating about a month or so ago, but then again, celebrity death hoaxes seem ordinary. Some people have a sick way of entertaining themselves.

The rumor has spread like wild fire all over the internet, but the source is very questionable. It was created by someone who apparently hasn’t spent a lot of time in school
The rumor seems to have started by a video uploaded to YouTube that included the following …

A contestant in the Shepherd’s Shemozzle in Hunterville, New Zealand, puts a bull’s testicle in his mouth.

Previous years have seen competitors swallowing huhu bugs with cold cooking oil and a sheep’s eye and cream! What delicacy will be available next year?

Iraq’s cabinet approved a treaty on Sunday that will allow a continued American military presence in Iraq for up to three more years.
Parliament’s deputy speaker, Khalid al-Attiyah, said he expected the 275-member legislature to begin debating the document this week and vote on it by Nov. 24.
All but one of the 28 cabinet ministers who attended the two-and-a-half-hour session voted for the agreement and sent it to Parliament for consideration, a huge relief to the United States, which had been in intense negotiations with the Iraqis for nearly a year.
Iraq’s …