“Don’t Be Evil” –The Movie
First a film about Facebook, and now a film about Google. Groundswell Productions has acquired the film rights to Ken Auletta’s book: “Googled: The End of the World As We Know It.” The story takes a look at how Google’s founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, started the company and what has lead to the Internet giant’s success.
Apple Tries To Thwart Jailbreakers
Apple has applied for a patent that would allow the company to identify and disable jailbroken iPhones. Currently, Apple does not honor the warranty on jailbroken iPhones. The patent would go a step further by allowing Apple to erase data and alert AT&T to discontinue service on hacked phones.
Lineage II is Addictive
Craig Smallwood is suing the makers of the virtual-game, Lineage II, claiming the company was negligent because they failed to warn players about the addictiveness of the game. Smallwood spent over 20,000 hours playing the game from 2004-2009. During that time he stopped bathing, dressing and communicating with family and friends because he was so addicted to the game.
Your Trash Is Watching You
Are you recycling? The city of Cleveland is planning to implement chips into recycling bins in order to monitor who is recycling and who is not. If a recycling bin hasn’t been rolled out to the curb for a set period of time, the chip will alert trash collectors who will then search the regular trash. If more than 10 percent of the garbage is composed of recyclables, the violator could be fined $100.
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