A South Korean construction worker who was reported to have been killed by an exploding cell phone battery was actually killed in an industrial accident, reports said.
November 2007
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Fri 30 Nov 2007
Cell phone battery didn’t kill S. Korean worker, LG says
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Fri 30 Nov 2007
Motorola Inc.’s board of directors said it will replace Edward Zander as CEO effective Jan. 1, although Zander will continue as chairman of the board until May.
Fri 30 Nov 2007
Bergkamp10 writes “Australia’s University of Technology in Queensland has created a groundbreaking new system that can detect invisible intruders on wireless LANs. Wireless networks have been almost impossible to thoroughly secure as they possess no clearly defined boundaries, instead they are defined by the quality and strength of the receiving antenna. QUT Information Security Institute researcher Dr Jason Smith has invented a new system to detect eavesdropping on unencrypted networks or active hijackings of computer sessions when a legitimate user who is logged onto the network leaves the connection. Smith has created a series of monitoring techniques that when used together can detect both attackers and configuration mistakes in network devices.”
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Fri 30 Nov 2007
Game Journalist May Have Been Fired Over Negative Review
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It started as a rumour post on Kotaku and a Penny Arcade comic strip: reviewer Jeff Gerstmann was fired from the gaming news site Gamespot for giving the co-op action title Kane and Lynch a low score, and snarking on the game in the review. The catch? The firing was dictated by games publisher Eidos, who didn’t appreciate the veteran reviewer’s tone in the piece. Their hideous ad campaign (spread across the entirety of the Gamespot site) may have been used as a bargaining tool of some kind. Joystiq has a lengthy, detailed summary of this event and its implications, which is no longer technically a rumour. Gerstmann confirmed to the blog that he has been let go from the C|Net-affiliated site, but as of right now can’t talk about the details. “The ramifications of the story, if true, are huge. Readers should fairly expect there to be an inviolable firewall between advertising and editorial in journalism, and game journalism (yes, that includes “just reviews”) is no different. While our industry has had its fair share of accusations of impropriety, nothing so far has been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt. Giving a publisher the power to fire a senior editor is a line no outlet should be willing to cross.”
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Fri 30 Nov 2007
Today’s most popular headlines are Use Your … [Stats Feed]
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Today’s most popular headlines are Use Your iPhone’s Internet Connection On Your Laptop (23,911 views today), Learn the Truth About 11 Food Myths (8,507) and Buy Cheap Eyeglasses Online (7,215)….
Fri 30 Nov 2007
The Most Dangerous Object in the Office This Month: The Photonic Disruptor
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Twenty-one times more powerful than your average presentation pointer, the photonic disruptor packs a punch in nonlethal takedowns.
Fri 30 Nov 2007
Bergkamp10 writes “A Computerworld article is reporting that IBM is suing Shentech for selling laptop batteries that catch on fire and sport allegedly fake IBM logos. IBM apparently followed up on a claim by a customer that an ‘IBM’ laptop battery bought at Shentech caught on fire and damaged his laptop. The customer reported the problem to Lenovo (who license Big Blue’s trademark) who subsequently ordered 12 batteries from Shentech and found them all to be fakes. IBM is asking for US$1 million in damages for each dodgy battery sold.”
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Fri 30 Nov 2007
The controversial advertising program has gone through several changes since it was introduced earlier this month.
Fri 30 Nov 2007
Sprint Is Said to Reject Offer by Investors and SK Telecom
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Sprint Nextel has rejected an offer from Providence Equity Partners and SK Telecom of South Korea to replace management and invest $5 billion in the company.
Fri 30 Nov 2007
Faced with its second mass protest by members in its short life span, Facebook is reining in some aspects of a controversial new advertising program.