The morning reboot, tasty like a candy cane:
- Ack, the tubes are cracked. A major earthquake off the coast of Taiwan created an Internet blackout across much of Asia. The quake damaged the undersea fiber optic cables that serve China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong and elsewhere. Officials say the repairs will take some time, but declined to give a specific timeframe.
- Things are heating up in the investigation into Apple's stock options practices. Law.com reports that the case against Apple may involve “falsified” stock options documents. Law.com's claim is unverified, but Apple shares fell 4 percent this morning as Wall Street apparently believes most everything it reads.
- It's my favorite time of year, list time. And my favorite list, the Wired vaporware awards, just came out this morning.
- Missed this one: Wired is suing AT&T over AT&T's alleged illegal participation in government surveillance. Wired (and some other, lesser news outlets) wants the judge to unseal the documents for public viewing. AT&T, predictably, does not.
