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Good news? Well, sort of:

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Bars are the second most likely place to lose your beloved iPhone (or, if your a dork, something Androidy). Yep. You get drunk, put it on the bar, turn to annoy that hottie next to you and, faster that you can say, Dos mas, por favor, it's gone.

Not only that, but ...

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Huh?

Those are some of the contradictory results from the latest USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times Poll:

Massimo Valiani

Two L.A. men, Dodd Harris and Stephen Sabatino, are seeking class-action status for a suit against Google. Their issue?

The duo claims that some Google Android phone apps don't work, and that the tech giant will do little to give you your money back after you've purchased such programs.

Driving Mr. Padilla.

How convenient.

Google cleared a huge hurdle to filling California's highways with its robo fleet yesterday, when Padilla introduced Senate Bill 1298 on the front steps of the State Capitol. The bill legalizes everyday use of autonomous vehicles, and...

Paris-approved.

Which really makes us think: How does this not exist already?

Gatto feels the same way. "It only makes sense for the state where the iPad was designed to remain on the technological forefront" ...

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The downside.

This survey says so! (We realize we're like two weeks late on this, but our favorite AM station just mentioned it this morning, and it's way too newsworthy and hard-hitting and relevant to pass over cold-turkey.)

The survey also says other stuff we always really wanted to know but never knew we did, like...

Jason Swaby

Get ready guys. Jan. 18 might become known in the future as the day the Internet went dark.

Several websites, including L.A.'s own Boing Boing, are vowing to go offline Wednesday to protest Congress' consideration of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which would require websites to sever ties and links to those known to have violated copyright laws.

Even Facebook and Google are rumored to be taking part in "Stop SOPA Day," but ...

Apple

A girl's best friend?

Reports indicate that the iPhone 4S' voice-activated assistant, Siri, can still take commands when your phone is otherwise passcode locked. Meaning that your wife -- Demi Moore, for example -- can ask it to redial the last number called or otherwise embark on any number of intrusive inquiries that will having you packing for the nearest Hard Rock Hotel.

Siri seems like girlfiend's best friend. The Washington Post today warns:

Matt McGrath

The city of L.A. decided last year to drop Novell's email service in favor of Google's otherwise free Gmail -- at a cost of as much as $2 million more than it was spending! (Yeah, only L.A. City Hall could find a way to make "free" cost you, the taxpayer, an extra $2 mil).

Anyway, that cost might be going up as the LAPD drags its feet, fearful of putting all its data eggs in the cloud's basket:

The iPhone 4S. Or maybe the iPhone 4. We can't really tell.

Originally posted October 6 at 1 p.m.

Apple fanboys and -girls were bummin' after new CEO Tim Cook's first product launch earlier this week, at which he unveiled the iPhone 4S instead of the much-wished-upon iPhone 5.

Say it ain't so, Steve.

What will Silver Lake hipsters do for their latest tech gadgets? Will the iPhone survive? Who will step up to the roll of black-shirted CEO?

These and other questions will not be answered. Maybe later. For now know that ...

Ay mamacita.

Haw-haw.

The smart guys and girls at Macrumors have put together illustrations of what they think the next iPhone will look like, and it's so much cooler. Not only that, but the rumor mill indicates that ...

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But it looks like UCLA researchers have discovered a way for you to revive your juiced iPhone with solar rays -- no ad-on charger necessary. Well, in theory, anyway. This is some year-2000 future shit.

Your fellow geeks at UCLA say they've found a way to "harvest" light via LCD screens. According to a school statement:

Sanford Wallace via Google+

We almost forgive you.

But other than that, judging by a quick stalk of the 43-year-old Vegas resident's very jovial, very public Google+ account, he seems like a pretty nice guy.

A second, more advanced camera then scans patrons' faces to determine the age and gender of each. "Unlike FourSquare," reads the press release, "SceneTap doesn't require check-ins." Translation: There's no way to opt-out.

And SceneTap spokesman Andrew Cross assures us it will only be a matter of time before the cameras inundate the L.A. nightlife scene, as well. On top of the 50 participating bars in Chicago, hundreds more have either signed contracts or expressed interest nationwide. "I know for a fact [the cameras] will be in L.A." ...

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Bowing to pressure following outrage from anti-drunk-driving activists and politicians over the tip-off apps, Apple has quietly written them out of its App Store, omitting them via developer guidelines and apparently letting existing DUI apps remix themselves or be kicked out of the App Store.

It's a strange move, as far as we're concerned, because ...

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The first time involved a missing laptop that contained the names, dates of birth and treatment information of 667 patients at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center. This time around we have the online leak of 2200 records that include names, addresses and tax identification numbers of child care providers registered with the county.

Oops.

Apple

Isn't she lovely?

This led some bloggers to wonder if extra UV protection needed to protect the gadget from the sun (seriously) led to it adding some size around its waist.

Philip Schiller, Apple's chief marketing guru, indicated that the color alone made the fair-skinned phone's long-awaited debut "challenging:"

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Apple is getting creepy.

It has been doing this for almost a year -- since June, according to the UK's Guardian newspaper.

Apparently ...