Apple, Inc. yesterday decided to pay a dividend, using about $45 billion of its tremendous near-$100 billion cash reserve, as well as set out to buy back some of its own shares from the investing public.  This comes after much speculation as to what the company would choose to do with its huge sum of cash, and also provided Timothy Cook, successor to Steve Jobs, his first opportunity to part with the late founder’s management style and act in ways that are more in line with other established public firms.  Read more, and watch a video from ABC News here: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/aapl-apple-stock-dividend-stunning-break-steve-jobs/story?id=15954293#.T2juko4hrx4

Apple, Inc. has made new point-releases available to developers, for testing purposes.  These point upgrades will bring OS X Lion to version 10.7.2, Beta 3, iCloud to Beta 9, and iPhoto to version 9.2 Beta 3.  These releases are important for stability and performance, and will be made public when all of the testing has been conducted.  Apple’s latest software products are maturing, and this can only be good for consumers and businesses.

The Fourth of July celebration in NYC was great as always!  I met some good friends for a picnic in Hudson River Park, and we had a great view of the fireworks and enjoyed the summer weather on the West Side of Manhattan.  Great times!

A new blog post on the “Gay Girl” Facebook pages, states that the blog is a hoax.  An article discussing the alleged hoax appeared on CNN.com as well.  Find the CNN.com story here: Syrian blogger story

The blogger, named Amina Abdallah, was reported to have been active in protests taking place in Syria, to challenge the autocratic rule of Bashar al-Assad, and bring about democratic reforms to the country.  Amina had maintained a page on Facebook, allowing member of the public to follow her activities.  Abdallah’s blog posts had begun appearing in February, and had stopped after some time, leading many to believe that she had been abducted and detained.  In fact, many people involved in protests in repressive Syria had been abducted, detained, and subjected to brutal torture, lending urgency to Abdallah’s case.  Many foreign news and aid agencies, including CNN, had been following the story closely, and Sunday’s revelation that the blog may have been a hoax, came as a shock to these organizations.  More needs to be learned about Amina Abdallah and her blog posts, and further information is certain to come out over the next few weeks.

So it seems as though Sarah Palin will run after all.  She has purchased a house in Scottsdale, Arizona, and has begun making speaking engagements scheduled public appearances.  What an embarrassment to the country.

Read about Intel’s controversial technical achievement: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/05/science/05chip.html?_r=1&hpw

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The White House will not release photograph’s of bin Laden after he was shot:  Read the story here