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This social and ethical issue (Privacy) has been an issue recently. Privacy is a fundamental human right, we have the right to protect our information.However, privacy has become a huge issue throughout this years. The development of new information and communication technologies has grown rapidly throughout this years which is leading to a decrease in privacy. More information about an individual is being required on social neworks meaning that there will be more access to people's private information. This article is bringing awareness to people that if nothing changes quickly, that online privacy will eventually end and personal information will simply be available to any one on the internet.

(This article affects 2.5_digital_entertainment) Although the Playbook has various appealing features such as dual HD cameras on the front and on the rear of the tablet and flash compatibilty, it is still entering a highly competitive market. It has been over a year since the playbook's release and it is clear that Apple's iPad continues at the top of the market. Here is a good comparison between both tablets: http://www.techdigest.tv/2011/06/blackberry_play_8.html

I agree with Jorge. By lauching this Playbook, Blackberry is surely entering a highly competitive market where not only Apple has lauched a similar product (iPad) yet also Samsung is also in the market for similar products. However, this Playbook has something that Apple doesn't; software for flash. Also, this Playbook is smaller than the Apple's iPad. This can be an advantage such that it would be easier to carry around, yet also a disadvantage since the screen would be smaller so people can't see things so well as on the iPad.

"What's the carbon footprint of ... email?"

The news article mainly addresses the issue of people and machines, although the use of email has numerous advantages, it is affecting the environment and speeding up the greenhouse effect. However, the main cause of the high carbon footprint is predominantly due to spam emails; each spam email creates 0.3g of Carbon dioxide if you times this by the 62 trillion spam emails sent globally it is equivalent to "driving around the Earth 1.6 million times". Here is a link to another news article which breaks down the several aspects of email and shows their impact on CO2 emissions: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10220363-93.html