Photos of the line at the AT&T at 5th and Lamar early this morning (and the results of the wait) taken by KEB. It seems that if you were able to buy a 3G iPhone today or perhaps attempted to upgrade the apps for your "old" iPhone, you might have come across some issues....

Just one more reason to wait for your locally-grown tomatoes. Seen the YouTube clip where McCain lets it be known that he thinks Vladimir Putin is doing a great job as president of...Germany? The Kooch is at it again. Gennifer Flowers and Paula Jones redefine "classy." Teachers in Japan are facing down an attack of "monster parents." (Nobody wanted to make a joke about "Godzilla parents"?) Got an iPhone last year? Apple is making......

Actor Heath Ledger was found dead in his downtown Manhattan apartment by the police. Some reports say he died from an overdose. Vermonters get to weigh in this week on a bill before the Legislature that would decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana. Tens of thousands of Palestinians poured from the Gaza Strip into Egypt Wednesday after masked gunmen with explosives destroyed most of the seven-mile barrier dividing the border town of Rafah.......

Robert Harrison’s forte has always been melodious pop music and his current outfit Future Clouds and Radar is no anomaly. The act’s stellar self-titled album (out now on Star Apple Kingdom) contains boundless hooks and plenty of Beatles-esque psychedelia, and has garnered rave reviews from a plethora of publications such as HARP, Paste, Pop Culture Press, and No Depression. Check out the video for “Dr. No.” here....

Image from Clap!Clap!’s MySpace Clap!Clap! final showSaturday, December 8Emos (603 Red River St)$5 | Doors 8 p.m. | Outside[info]Local act Clap!Clap! has furnished enough dance parties around town with their brand of energetic electro-pop to command endearment and respect alike. However, last month they surprised a good amount of us with news of their demise. Needless to say we were fairly intrigued about the reasons for this culmination and also their plans for the future.......

Image by the "Subway Cyrano," from GothamistNew York City was at its strangest and swellest this week. On Sunday, tens of thousands people ran in the NYC Marathon, including Mrs. Tom Cruise, aka Katie Holmes, who ran it in just under 5 hours, 30 minutes. Gothamist also found out that limes in Corona are sometimes illegal, the weird maple syrup might be back and a famous punk music pioneer-turned-real estate broker was possibly killed by......

Gerald Ford accused Bill Clinton of being a sex addict. (We think he was just jealous.) A case of Saint Angelinas, gone terribly wrong. Has the Castro had its day? GM, unafraid of espionage, opens research center in China. Apple no longer accepting cash payments for iPhones so they can track who purchases them. Creepy! Welcome back, Owen.......

Louisiana elects the first Indian-American to ever serve as governor of a U.S. state. Is nuclear power (excuse us, we meant "nuke-ular") in the cards for America's post-petroleum energy future? Greenpeace takes issue with the environmental friendliness of the iPhone. Bill that seeks to increase court control over government surveillance passes through the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee. The ISP war against file sharers intensifies; BitTorrent comes under heavy fire. Prediction: Apple + Google =......

A middle school in Maine has greenlighted birth control pills in their health center. An illegal immigrant with a seriously contagious form of TB criss-crossed the US-Mexico border 76 times. The military accidentally advertises on GLEE.com, a website for gay professionals. I think we might have to say the answer is, no. And then there were 12...or whatever, we lost count already. Apple to now allow unlicensed applications to be downloaded onto the iPhone.......

A bat found at Leander High School tested positive for rabies Leadership Austin's next project: finding a new chief UT nabbed a $1 million federal grant to fund grad school programs for low-income, first-generation and other minority students Happy National Coming Out Day! Some company named "Digital Reg of Texas" is suing Apple, Hustler.com, Microsoft, Playboy, Audible, Sony, Macrovision, and Blockbuster, claiming the companies violated a 1998 patents on digital rights management technology Environment......

In less than two days, we'll be hosting our big annual pre-ACL party, Local Music is Sexy IV, Thursday night's soiree will feature Austinites The Lemurs, The Corto Maltese, and Brazos on the outside main stage, with DJs Car Stereo (Wars), Ceeplus Bad Knives*, and Markus with a K supplying dance-party jams inside alongside Magic Surprise. We're also thrilled to be bringing in Seattle indie rockers Say Hi To Your Mom* as our headliners. What's......

Proof that people are already growing more tired of presidential campaigns. Just how fat is the fattest city in the nation? Houston zoos are receiving multiple requests from area hospitals to borrow MRI or CT machines. The only tenor worth remembering died late last night. Just when you thought they were done: Apple came out with a new iPod yesterday. "I do a lot of crying in this job." Atlanta high school student suspended......

Rilo Kiley Under the Blacklight (Warner) Whereas their last few releases were more Omaha or Seattle and Rilo Kiley frontwoman Jenny Lewis’ solo record last year, Rabbit Fur Coat, was pretty Nashville, this latest effort is totally L.A. With its ensnaring pop choruses, undeniable disco feel and lyrical nods to the porn industry, it is perfectly suited for the extravagant metropolis where people go to give up everything to become a star. With Under The......

This week ended with the launch of the seventh and final Harry Potter installation. But while the world was consumed with Pottermania, it's important to remember that there were more serious things going on in the world, too—two of them in -Ist cities. Sampaist was shocked when a passenger jet crashed into the center of Sao Paulo, killing at least 200 people. The airplane, an Airbus A320, skidded off the runway at the city's Congonhas......

Less than two hours are left before Apple's "revolutionary new mobile phone" is finally unleashed to the ravenous hordes. Like in every other big city in the country, Austin's gadget geeks and conspicuous consumers are eagerly awaiting the sweet sound of that six o'clock bell—when they'll finally get to the suckle from the engorged teet of Steve Jobs' brilliant marketing machine. Hell, we'd be camping out, too, if we had $500 to throw around.......

You can check iPhone availability at local Apple stores before heading out to buy one. Both the Domain and Barton Creek locations in Austin are stocked up--for now--so it's about time to get in line. Bring your sleeping bag--or, better yet, pay someone to wait for you. In case anyone still cares about the iPod, researchers broke down the parts and labor costs by country. Can't go more than 3 hours without checking your......

Calling all 2.0 auteurs: Have you been sleeping on the SXSWclick! Festival deadline? You best get your ten-minute video in the mail by Friday, June 15th--tomorrow--so you can get in the running to win a veritable cornucopia of glittering prizes, including tons of slick production software AND a MacPro Workstation with an Apple Cinema display from iThentic! Just make sure your masterpiece is ten minutes long or shorter, and enter it in one of five......

Cops can spend more time at the donut shop, thanks to new speed detection cameras. But don't worry--they're only testing the cams in Hudspeth County and College Station, places you should probably avoid anyway. Apple releases Safari for Windows. Hackers hack Safari for Windows. Apple releases Safari for Windows 3.0.1. Dirty keyboard? Put it in the dishwasher. You might want to make sure it's waterproof first, though. Hamas forces seize Fatah security headquarters in......

Proving once again that newfangled technology is truly the province of the very young, Apple will be offering kids-only iMovie workshops in July. If you hurry up and register now, your favorite 'tween can learn digital movie editing skills (no iMovie experience necessary) at either the Barton Creek or Domain Apple stores. The tot may bring along a computer (Mac OS X or higher, please), digital camcorder or pre-recorded footage if you've got'em, but......

We expect this to be the most popular news bits ever, as well as the best day ever, since everybody's favorite drive-in eatery (Sonic, duh) is giving away FREE root beer floats tonight from 8pm till midnight. Go ahead, locate every Sonic in town and drive around getting free floats until you can't drink root beer floats anymore. This is such a big deal, even Forbes wrote about it. And if you don't get......

Attention, pirates and purchasers of digital music alike! On Wednesday, Apple officially launched its new, long-awaited DRM-free music download service. It's called iTunes Plus. But don't get too excited, music fans. Whereas before, in the DRM (digital rights management) world, every song you downloaded from iTunes was wrapped in protective code that could hinder your personal use of the product (bad), songs downloaded from iTunes Plus are apparently not as "liberated" as Apple may have......

If you are still on the fence about what to get Mom for Mother's Day - newsflash - it's Sunday. Here are a few of our favorite ideas: 1: Mom trophy! Because, seriously, you were a bit of a pain in the ass. 2: John Derian plates in case she deserves a little more fancy in her life. 3: A garden tour at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center because you know she is into......

Remember the good old days, when Mom & Pop had a fancy SLR camera they toted along on every vacation, stashed inside a camera bag the size of an Apple ][, all loaded up with 35mm slide film? Ahhh, a few weeks after returning home, they'd clear the living room wall of its family photos, whip up a huge bowl of Jiffypop, and you'd all settle in for an evening of magical memories, rendered......

Tonight, in celebration of what would have been George Harrison's 64th birthday, Alamo Music Mondays presents Wonderwall, a trippy 1968 drama whose soundtrack became Harrison's first "solo" album and the first album ever to be released on Apple Records. The film, which stars Jack MacGowran, Irene Handl, Richard Wattis, Iain Quarrier and Jane Birkin (whose suggestive moaning in an infamous 1968 duet with Serge Gainsbourg got the song banned in several European countries), tells the......

Austinist gets arty with an interactive guide to SXSW, loved some local art galleries and a new art exhibit and lamented the possible loss of "Friday Night Lights" production to New Mexico. Bostonist was happy they finally found an Anna Nicole Smith connection to their fair city and that an Apple Store was opening up. They were less happy that new rules have been established limiting underage shows and that their Governor is spending......

We were so excited when Thomas Dolby graced our city with his presence last year, and when the prospect of an interview with the pioneer came our way last week, we literally planned our weekend around it. Now, the thrill has gone and we’re left with some wonderfully insightful responses from the master himself. Enjoy. And then jam out that Grammys performance again. Are you working on new studio material? When can we expect......

Did you know this Congress had been accustomed to a Tuesday-Thursday work "week"? Explains a lot, doesn't it? Mary Cheney is pregnant. Still gay. But pregnant. Put that in your pipe and smoke it. Greenpeace says Dell is more enviro-friendly than Apple. Still not hip, though. A bunch of people in the Northeast have gotten the e-col from eating at Taco Bell. Because of the green onions, that is. Child welfare workers, concerned over......

Jagshemash! Borat is a hit. It's getting rave reviews, grossing millions, and definitely the most quotable thing we've seen in ages. But Borat seems to have missed most of the -ist cities, and we were all wondering how the film would have been different if he'd made his way around the world on the -ist tour. In Shanghai, Borat would be observing Inane Learnings of Penis Photos for Make Benefit Glorious Flat World of......

She's arty, but her songs are as catchy as hell. She was an anti-folk regular on the New York club scene, but also hangs out with The Strokes. Tonight, Antone's hosts the entertaining contradicton that is Regina Spektor in a sold out show. Spektor's latest album Begin To Hope has received accolades from NPR, Pitchfork, The Onion, and Rolling Stone, so we suppose that just about everyone likes it. The disc is a blend of......

For those of you interested in making a spectacle of yourselves, there will be a zombie flash mob this Friday, Oct. 27. Prospective zombies will be meeting in front of City Hall at 7:30 p.m. to join the legions of the undead. No news on whether or not the event is Bring Your Own Brain. The zombie mob is the latest Austin-based flash mob; other recent local flash mobs include that infamous pillow fight.......