Every time Apple releases a new product, you can count on hundreds of fans lining up for days to be the first to have one. But who would have thought that the latest Apple item to get them waiting would be machine washable?

Just in time for the Christmas rush, next Friday Apple will open the doors to its largest Apple Store so far.

Is there no place Apple can't plant its flag? Apparently not, as the company scored some retail space in New York City's Grand Central Station, which is already filled with a lot of the kind of stores you see in airports: magazine shops and odds and ends. Thanks to the 23,000-square-foot bid Grand Central will be the home of the biggest Apple Store yet.

Online Best Colleges (dot com) has thrown together a list of 100 free iPhone apps that'll make you smarter if you use them. As it's so big, it understandably has quite a few throwaways (such as Gmail, or using Pandora...