The results are in from the Duracell Toy Report, an annual report that tracks what kids from ages five to sixteen want for Christmas. The big winner: Apple, which swept the #1, #2, and #3 slots. Who gets their child/tween an iPhone 4, though?

Survey results below:

After Apple has “fixed” the iPhone 4 antenna issue by not actually fixing it at all and offering free cases that quell the issue instead, Ryan Block of gdgt claims that insider Apple sources are telling him that Apple stores are halting the sales of of third-party slide-on iPhone 4 cases because they could lead to scratches, which could then lead to cracked glass and a broken phone.

Well-played, Red Devil Lounge.

(via SFist)

With the latest incarnation of Ultrasn0w, the iPhone Dev Team has given us the first tool allowing for full carrier unlocking of the iPhone 4. (Ultrasn0w 1.0-1 works for iPhone4 baseband 01.59 and 3G/3GS basebands 04.26.08, 05.11.07, 05.12.01 and 05.13.04.) Note that you will need to jailbreak your iPhone to allow support for unapproved apps first, using something like the recently unveiled browser-based jailbreakme. From there, Wired says the whole process, “from virgin iPhone 4 to jailbroken, carrier-independent iPhone takes seconds.”

And yes, it’s legal.

North Korean soccer team shamed by government for World Cup performance (With Leather)

The science of Caddyshack (Discovery)

Live action Mulan in the works (Screenrant)

iPhone 4 antenna woes “significantly worse” than competition (Ars)

Some Jedi are real jerks (LaughingSquid)

How LEGO got its groove back (Businessweek)

57 things you didn’t know about Hugh Hefner (Flavorwire)

With Apple‘s announcement that the white version of the iPhone 4 has proved “more challenging to manufacture than we originally expected,” comes the inevitable question:

Well, what the heck does that mean? Is it something with the glass? Are they delaying to fix the antennae problem?

TechCrunch points out that it doesn’t really matter which reason you pick. If the white iPhone is really as delayed as Apple seems to say it is, it’s going to be bad for the product.

It can’t be more ironic: Today, in order to distribute free bumpers which fix the iPhone 4‘s antenna attenuation problem, Apple has released an iPhone application … that you have to download. Using, we assume, your obviously powerful and reliable iPhone connection.

Also, you’ve got to hurry: The bumpers are in limited supply and are expected to run out quickly. Apple has also noted that customers who purchased an iPhone before July 23 must apply for a free case by August 22. Others will need to apply for the bumper “within 30 days of your iPhone 4 purchase.” The entire program ends on September 30, because this “free stuff” notion is just getting ridiculous.

The Taiwanese animation mavens at Apple Daily have evolved beyond simply retelling news stories with quirky Machinima into the realm of high art. Consider their latest short, which covers the iPhone 4 saga.

Not only does it manage to succinctly cover the basics of the controversy, the allegations of worker exploitation by Foxconn, the police raid on Gizmondo Gizmodo editor Jason Chen‘s suspiciously warehouse-like home, Consumer Reports‘ bombshell review, and Apple’s free bumper offer, all in under two minutes, but it equips Steve Jobs with a Darth Vader helmet and a lightsaber, turns AT&T logos into literal balls-and-chains, and depicts the Reality Distortion field as a literal electric-blue forcefield. In short, the writers for the new Futurama should be a little worried for their jobs right about now.

Video below:

During Apple‘s press conference on Friday, Steve Jobs explained that the company had conducted thorough testing of the iPhone 4‘s antenna in the company’s secret lab. Following the presser, 11 journalists were invited to tour the once-hidden “Infinite Loop labs,” which Apple has invested $100 million into for antenna design and testing. The tour was notably led by senior Apple engineer Ruben Caballero, who had reportedly warned Jobs about the antenna problem early in the iPhone 4′s development (Jobs called the allegation “total bullshit”).

According to Macworld–who were among the lucky few invitees–an Apple PR representative told them, “The existence of this lab used to be secret. Now it’s not.” Indeed, Apple had presented images of its facilities at the conference, and later posted a page about its state-of-the-art testing environment, the implication being that no other facility would yield results as accurate.

Just as the dust settles from the iPhone 4 press conference, we are greeted with the news that San Mateo Superior Court Judge Clifford Cretan has granted an application from San Mateo County D.A.’s office to withdraw the warrant to search Gizmodo editor Jason Chen’s home. You’ll recall that in April, Chen claimed to have purchased an iPhone 4 prototype for $5,000 after the smartphone was left at a bar by a poor (ex-)Apple engineer, and controversially had his house raided by California’s Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team.