Apple tries to de-bug iPhone - USA Today

IPhone 3G users have complained about dropped calls and other connection issues. Apple says a software update at least partly fixes the problem. Apple acknowledged Tuesday that a software update for the iPhone partly fixes the connection snags that have caused a global firestorm for the new iPhone 3G. Though mum on details, Apple spokeswoman Jennifer Bowcock said on Tuesday, “The software update improves communication with 3G networks.” In recent days, customers around the globe have complained about dropped calls and other connection issues with the latest iPhone. Such drops apparently occur when calls are handed off from the 3G network to a slower network, such as AT&T’s Edge, when 3G isn’t available.

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Defense: Prosecutors bending law for MySpace hoax - Associated Press

A defense attorney for the Missouri woman charged in a MySpace hoax that allegedly led to a 13-year-old girl’s suicide argued in court papers that prosecutors are bending a cyber crime statute to prosecute his client. At issue is whether the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is relevant to the case against Lori Drew of O’Fallon, Mo. Prosecutors filed voluminous motions last week arguing the statute can be used to prosecute cyber bullying, though it has traditionally been used for crimes such as hacking into computers. The defense filed a thin six-page reply arguing that Drew did not violate the statute. “Cyber bullying is not, under any definition, trespass or theft,” according to the defense motion filed by H. Dean Steward on Monday.

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Professor Creates Video Game About the Lecture Circuit - Wired Campus

When a major video-game company created a new Web site that lets visitors create their own simple games online, it invited Ian S. Bogost, an assistant professor of literature, communication, and culture at the Georgia Institute of Technology, to be one of the first to try it out. So Mr. Bogost, who is known for his work creating video games that address social issues, made one about lecturing. The goal of the game, called Honorarium, is to assemble lectures by moving Tetris-like shapes onto a screen at the front of a lecture hall. Successful players win virtual invitations to travel and speak at other institutions.

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Financial Data ‘on Steroids’ - Washington Post

In the realm of quarterly filings, David Blaszkowsky takes the long view. He’s quick to mention that the earliest form of record keeping was on tablets in the ancient Middle Eastern civilization of Sumer. Now, he says, the financial world is about to discover yet a new way. The Securities and Exchange Commission plans in the coming months to require that all publicly traded U.S. companies and mutual funds prepare their financial filings using a new interactive system that allows the information to be viewed and analyzed online as never before. “We’re adding a new dimension,” said Blaszkowsky, the SEC’s director of interactive disclosures.

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Germans urge tougher laws after new privacy scandal - Reuters

German politicians called for tougher privacy laws on Tuesday after officials revealed personal and financial information on millions of Germans was readily available for cash on the Internet. The scandal over the illegal trading of bank account and phone data came just months after snooping cases at some major German corporations raised alarms. “The data scandals unfortunately highlight how urgent this issue is,” said parliamentarian Sebastian Edathy from the Social Democrats (SPD), who share power with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative Christian Democrats (CDU). “Parliament must … find a quick response to these blatant cases of abuse,” Edathy, who chairs parliament’s internal affairs committee, told Neue Osnabruecker Zeitung.. .Stumble It!

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