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Pre-caffeine tech: McAfee busted, Daleks Xmas! 

Our roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.

In an exclusive interview with NBC's "Rock Center with Brian Williams," Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that  one of the existing Mac lines will be manufactured exclusively in the United States next year.

Meanwhile, zany software guru John McAfee got busted in Guatemala.

Here's how a reporters iPhone photo helped track McAfee down. Whoops! 

Snapseed, a popular photo-editing app, has ditched its iOS-only label and arrived on Android. Oh, and it's now free, rather than setting users back five bucks.

Verizon is totally patenting DVR that monitors for cuddling ... because that's at all not creepy. 

Facebook-owned Instagram snapped the shutter closed on Twitter. 

Here's why you should buy a new smartphone every two years.

Federal agencies are failing to uphold Obama's sated commitment to transparency. Shocking.

Oh well. Mayans were right, the end of the world is coming, says Australia PM Julia Gillard.

ERMAHGERD! "Star Trek" trailer!  "Star Trek" trailer! 

ERMAHGERD! ERMAHGERD! A 1964 single by a British band The Go Go's (not those Go Go's) tried to turn the sinister Daleks (of Doctor Who-exterminating fame) into another version of the Chipmunks!

—  compiled by Helen A.S. Popkin, who invites you to join her on Twitter and/or Facebook. Also, Google+.