Macworld - The great thing about the Internet is that there’s something for everyone. Maybe you like Macs. Maybe you like tea brewing apparatuses in the form of a penguin—we’re not here to judge. In the meantime, however, you can get the skinny on the creation of Apple’s legendary 1984 ad, hear a tech industry CEO rage at Steve Jobs, or watch as Microsoft drops cash like it’s hot. It’s a super-sized edition of remainders for Monday, January 31, 2011.

Macworld - The much vaunted special relationship connects the U.S. and the UK, but apparently it also links Apple and the BBC? Also, Cupertino may plan to encheapen iPhones, the Comcast-NBC merger isn’t all bad news, and don’t go, Jony Ive! The remains for February 28, 2011, are staying right here.

PC World - Dell updated its enterprise Ethernet switch lineup on Thursday with the PowerConnect 7000 series, adding high-availability features, low power consumption and POE (power over Ethernet) to its equipment offerings for use in several parts of a LAN.

Mashable - Soren Gordhamer is the organizer of the Wisdom 2.0 Conferences. Along with their annual event, they are also holding a Wisdom 2.0 Youth Conference for parents and others focused on supporting young people in the digital age. You can follow him at @SorenG on Twitter. Parenting in the age of social media is no easy endeavor.

Digital Trends - Apple has released Security Update 2011-003 to deal with the MacDefender malware and known variants that have been attempting to bilk Macintosh users out of their credit card information and money to fix non-existent problems on their computer. The update is available for Mac OS X 10.6.7 and Mac OS X Server 10.6.7, and patches Snow Leopard’s built-in file quarantine system to detect MacDefender and known variants. And, in case new variants emerge, Macs with the security update will check for new malware definitions daily to make sure users’ machines stay safe.

Investor's Business Daily - The provider of Internet telecom services partnered with Virtual Computing Environment to speed up deployment of its cloud-computing services. VCE was formed by Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO - News) and EMC with investments from VMware and Intel (NASDAQ:INTC - News) and is making its VBlock platform available to 8x8 (NASDAQ:EGHT - News) to help it accelerate its cloud-based products. With VBlock's help, 8x8 will pursue larger enterprise and gov't clients. 8x8 leapt 9.9% to 5.

Appolicious - Take the hoverboard from Back to the Future, place a cartoony robot on top, add in 2D platformer action with 3D backgrounds, and you?ve got Roboto. It?s one of the most content-rich, fun iOS games to come along this year, and it?s this weeks must-install. Add in a gross-out-good puzzler, take to the skies with a spot-on remote control plane sim, and bring your best tile-removal skills to a new Mahjong title, and you?ve got yourself our iPad Games of the Week.

Digital Trends - One of the greatest pleasures in life is discovering a great restaurant, or a new favorite dish. Forkly, a highly polished new app for iPhone, makes it easy to do both at once.

NewsFactor - Joining forces against mutual rivals, software giant Microsoft and Korean hardware giant Samsung Electronics announced an agreement Wednesday to cross-license patent portfolios, enabling them to profit from each other's products.

Digital Trends - According to data provided by StatCounter, Google Chrome is currently in position to rise above Mozilla’s Firefox and become the second most popular Web browser by December 2011. Google’s aggressive advertising for the speedy browser has helped growth over 2011. Starting with 15 percent of the market share in January 2011, Google’s current market share has risen to 23.6 percent as of September 2011. Google’s rapid gain in market share is likely attributed to users defecting from Internet Explorer and Firefox. Microsoft’s user share has dropped from about 46 percent at the start of the year down to 42 percent and Mozilla’s user share has dropped a little over five percent in the same time period.

NewsFactor - Research In Motion hopes to move some PlayBooks before the end of the year with a promotion that aims at business users. The BlackBerry U.S. Web site is making an offer it hopes mobile business users won't be able to refuse.

Digital Trends - According to a survey conducted by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners, the research firm found that 30 percent of iPhone 4S owners upgraded from the iPhone 4. Since the iPhone 4 was released during June 2010, anyone upgrading to the iPhone 4S approximately 16 months later would be subject to the early termination fee issued by wireless service providers like Verizon and AT&T. For instance, the early termination fee on smartphones for AT&T is set at $325 per line minus $10 for each month of service. Anyone upgrading to the iPhone 4S that previously purchased an iPhone 4 at launch would have paid around $175 to get their hands on the new model. Verizon customers likely paid around $270 to upgrade since the CDMA version of the iPhone 4 was released during February 2011.

AP - Vevo, the online music video service launched by Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment in late 2009, pulled in $150 million in revenue last year, chief executive Rio Caraeff revealed on Tuesday.

Digital Trends - The world of patent licensing often seems like a maze of twisty little passages, all alike, but every so often the industry stumbles into a new tunnel — or, at least, one that seems new at first glance. Such is the case with Apple, which has asked the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) to establish a set of basic principles governing so-called fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensing of patented technologies included in wireless communications standards. That sentence may make many consumers’ eyes glaze over, but it boils down to this: Apple wants rules saying that if a company contributes their technology to a standard, they don’t get to use that technology to beat up competitors who use that standard.