Back in January, blogger Seattle Rex announced that he would be suing Apple over issues related to his 2008 MacBook Pro that appears to have suffered from an NVIDIA graphics card failure . According to Rex, the graphics chip on his top-of-the-line 17-inch MacBook Pro began to flake out late last year, two months after his AppleCare extended warranty expired, and a month later the machine died completely, refusing to boot.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the four major U.S. wireless carriers have reached an agreement with the Federal Communications Commission to work toward a centralized database to track and disable stolen mobile phones.

Former Apple Genius Stephen Hackett recounted his years working at an Apple Store in his recent book, Bartending: Memoirs of an Apple Genius . The short book is just under 50-pages and details the customers and problems Hackett saw while working as a Genius

Former Apple Genius Stephen Hackett recounted his years working at an Apple Store in his recent book, Bartending: Memoirs of an Apple Genius . The short book is just under 50-pages and details the customers and problems Hackett saw while working as a Genius. It's a lighthearted, personal read that you can finish in about an hour

Previously-released data from NPD on U.S. Mac sales for January and February have demonstrated relatively anemic year-over-year growth, with January sales tracking only 1% above the previous January's performance and February sales coming in 4% higher

The Daily spoke with Five Star Institute's Mark Hulme who is producing the upcoming Steve Jobs film that is starring Ashton Kutcher. Hulme reports that Kutcher is "pouring himself" into the role and "believes the role was meant for him". “He is already meeting with folks that knew Steve Jobs.

Following Apple's announcement that iOS 5.1 would debut today , the software update is now available for existing iOS devices. Among the notable additions are Japanese language support for Siri, camera enhancements, and the ability to delete photos from users' Photo Streams. This update contains improvements and bug fixes, including: - Japanese language support for Siri (availability may be limited during initial rollout) - Photos can now be deleted from Photo Stream - Camera shortcut now always visible on Lock Screen for iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod touch (4th generation) - Camera face detection now highlights all detected faces - Redesigned Camera app for iPad - Genius Mixes and Genius playlists for iTunes Match subscribers - Audio for TV programs and films on iPad optimized to sound louder and clearer - Podcast controls for playback speed and a 30-second rewind for iPad - Addresses bugs affecting battery life - Fixes and issue that occasionally caused audio to drop for outgoing calls Apple's battery issues under iOS 5 were well-documented, and it appears that the 5.1 release takes additional steps to address that issue, while the update also seems to address audio issues that had been plaguing a number of users

iMore reports that Apple is planning to hold their iPad 3 announcement on Wednesday, March 7, 2012. Aside from the date of the announcement, iMore also claims that the iPad 3 will feature a 2048x1536 Retina display as well as a quad-core A6 processor and "possibly" 4G LTE networking. They cite sources "who have been reliable in the past"

As noted by @settBIT , Apple has posted a notice on its investor relations page announcing that it will be offering a live audio webcast of a presentation by CEO Tim Cook tomorrow at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference. Cook's presentation will begin at approximately 3:30 PM Eastern / 12:30 PM Pacific. Cook has spoken at the annual conference a number of times ( 2007 , 2008 , 2010 ), but this will be his first time at the event in the role of Apple CEO.

Apple's share price pushed through the $500 barrier as trading opened this morning, reaching an important psychological figure.