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The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of four newly granted patents for Apple Inc.

Steve Jobs is on track to return to the helm of Apple this month after nearly six months of medical leave, according a report in The Wall Street Journal that cited unnamed sources.

The surest way for someone to generate attention is by making an Apple prediction. Apple has a cult following, and its product development and launch strategy is famously secretive, so the fact that your source is the lunch counter guy across the block from the Hon Hai factory in Taiwan won't be discovered (or may even be considered authoritative!).

While usually well-intentioned, geeks are often awkward in social situations. (No, Facebook doesn't count.) We're talking about face-to-face conversation. Short of a permanent power outage, it might be the geek's worst nightmare.

Using the iPhone in the winter tends to be an arduous experience. With your gloves on, you can't operate the phone, not even to answer a call. But with your gloves off, your hands get unpleasantly chilled. A while back we wrote a story about iPhone gloves.