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By April Landes

It has been confirmed that Apple & AT&T had a five year iphone exclusivity agreement that should end in 2012. We all know that AT&T service has been terrible and complaints have been through the roof. And I’m still not sure I understand how I’m supposed to tell AT&T they suck if I have no service to use the Mark the Spot app?!?! Of course I can go on and on about all the ways AT&T sucks, but that’s not the point here… Or is it??

Okay, It’s clear that Apple would be stupid not to pursue a deal with Verizon sooner than later… And Apple is not a stupid company. If they go with Verizon sooner then they will most likely gain a majority (if not all) of the cell phone consumer base in the US. If they wait, they lose out to frustration as users get resentful and choose to try their luck with an Android… And possibly fall in love with it. Then Apple falls into that too little too late category.

So, back to my theory… Apple wanted out of the 5 year exclusivity deal so they gave AT&T the iPad exclusivity as long as there’s no long term contract for the consumer. As many analysts see the iPad deal as yet another thing that binds Apple to AT&T… I see it as their way out! This is the year that the iPhone will live on other networks… And hopefully that’s Verizon. Also, let’s not forget what the Wall Street Journal reported not too long ago… And are they ever wrong??? I think not!!

(CNN) — Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider managed to make two proton beams collide at high energy Tuesday, marking a “new territory” in physics, according to CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research.

The $10 billion research tool has been accelerating the beams since November in the LHC’s 17-mile tunnel on the border of Switzerland and France.

The beams have routinely been circulating at 3.5 TeV, or teraelectron volts, the highest energy achieved at the LHC so far, according to CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research.
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My Congressman, Bart Stupak, Has Neither a Uterus Nor a Brain

The Huffington Post, written by Michael Moore

Friends,

I live in Michigan, in one of the 31 counties represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by none other than Mr. Bart Stupak, a Democrat. You’ve probably never heard of him. He’s a pretty quiet guy, a former Michigan State Police trooper who boldly decided to run some 18 years ago as a Democrat in a rural part of Michigan that votes almost exclusively for Republicans (yes, I know — what am I doing here? I’ll save that story for a future letter).
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(CNN) — A volcano erupted beneath a glacier in south Iceland, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people.

It was the first time since 1821 — almost 200 years ago — that the volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier has erupted.

Eyjafjallajokull is about 100 miles (160 km) east of the capital, Reykjavik.

The country’s civil protection agency did not immediately record any injuries or damage. But the heat from the volcano could melt the glacier and cause floods in the surrounding area.

A carbon nanotube can produce a very rapid wave of power when it is coated by a layer of fuel and ignited.

MIT researchers discover new energy source

(CNN) — It’s so tiny, you can’t see it with the naked eye.

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered an energy source that you can see only through a microscope.

The researchers devised a process for generating electricity using nanotechnology. They plan to refine the process in hopes of creating a new environmentally friendly battery, among other products.
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