Aug 29, 2010
The American FTC has had a look at some product reviews that had been placed on the iTunes store by employees of Reverb Communications. It seems that these very favorable reviews that were put onto the site were reviews of their clients’ products, but no declaration of any connection between the employees, Reverb Communications, and their clients, was...
Aug 29, 2010
In some Asian cultures, one way to respect the departed is to burn paper items – replicas of parts of their mortal life – in their honor. Au Yeung Ping Chi, owner of Hong Kong’s Bo Wah Effigies Shop, has created a new niche market making paper effigies of popular electronic gadgets. These effigies are then set alight and burned in the honor of...
Aug 29, 2010
On Thursday of this week, Australian courts placed a ban on the sales and distribution of a jailbreak dongle for Sony’s PS3. The ban remains in place until this Tuesday, when a further hearing of the case is scheduled. I’ll be quit interested to see how this one is resolved. We should remember that it’s only been a few weeks since the US...
Aug 22, 2010
As photographers, we are always looking for a way to get that different point of view from which to photograph our subjects. Low angles, wide angles, climbing a tree …. and now there’s a four rotor helicopter platform to help you get the ultimate elevated view. Pitched at photojournalists, this camera platform lets you get an aerial view of your...
Aug 22, 2010
A number of web service providers, including Walt Disney’s websites, are being sued due to what may be their illegal use of Locally Stored Objects (LSOs). Flash Cookies, as LSOs are more commonly known, have the ability to store user information over long periods of time. Disturbingly, they can do with without notifying the computer user, and without...
Aug 22, 2010
For a limited time, Google has decided to allow Germans to erase their homes from Google’s Street View. Until September 15, affected Germans in up to 20 cities can ask to have their homes erased, and Google will then blur the image of the home within Street View.