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Drinking glasses made from used wine bottles have grown in popularity in the last few years with the general surge of interest in DIY and because, hey, people love wine. Instead of paying nearly $40 on Etsy for a set you can make a jig out of a glass cutter, a couple of boards, wood glue, and two wire rope clips. More »

As we noted earlier, next week is all about CES 2012 and we’ll be there gathering the best content we can find for you all. It’s sure to be a great time so make sure you follow along here on the blogs and especially in the forums. The forums are a great spot to discuss all things Apple in a better way then what the comments section can offer and we’ve got a spot just for you, you can register now to get started today and check out some of the threads below, today:

• iPhone 4S Forum: What job do you have, that you use your iPhone 4S?
• iPhone 4 Forum: Excessive data usage, any help is appreciated
• iCloud Forum Unable to restore app data after reinstalling app
• iPad 2 Forum Can you lock out certain apps?
• Jailbreak and Unlock Forum How do I remove my Jailbreak?

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Great scoop by Poornima Gupta, reporting for Reuters:

The A5 processor — the brain in the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 — is now made in a sprawling 1.6 million square feet factory in Austin owned by Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics, according to people familiar with the operation. […]

Nearly all of the output of the non-memory chip production from the factory — which is the size of about nine football fields — is dedicated to producing Apple chips, one of the people said.

Surprising (to me at least) and cool news.

B'Spa program to offer pool time for public The Saratogian BALLSTON SPA — The Ballston Spa Aquatics Program is offering opportunities for public use of the pool. The pool is open for adult lap swimming sessions from 6 to 7 am Monday, Wednesday and Friday and from 8 to 9 pm Monday through Thursday. ...

The U.S. Navy faces a fundamental dilemma: It needs more submarines, but the overall defense budget required to build those submarines is headed south. How should it square this circle? The answer is that the Navy should procure a fleet of diesel-powered subs.

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Rypple of excitement among HR suits

Salesforce has made a bold move into human resources software by buying up Rypple - a social platform for the workplace.…

A Reddit thread I hope we never have to use. Here's the Google Doc. (via Submitterator, thanks crisnoble)

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