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"Hacking group leader, identified as Hector Xavier Monsegur, revealed"

This could be good for those boring lessons!

Well there is always the fake ipad 3 video to watch: http://www.itworld.com/mobile-wireless/254586/fake-ipad-3-video-likely-more-exciting-next-weeks-real-one

"Google tests cars that drive themselves"

This is a good system since cars that drive themselves will decrease danger in the road. They're programmed and don't have the problem of "drinking and driving" like humans do. This is an advantage because it will reduce danger. Plus, it will increase time for leisure since people can be socializing with people or doing work instead of driving.

Here is a link to one of google's self driving cars. http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-02-24/tech/31094289_1_sergey-brin-google-car

This article demonstrates that there is a reliability issue with the Satellite T130 laptop production, the main problem is that the DC is faulty which leads to the melting of the AC adapter. Toshiba has recognised this problem and has posted a solution on their forum. http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/bulletin.jsp?soid=2761378

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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.

By banning accounts, Twitter is giving into outside pressure to effectively censor its own website, and destroying one of the main goals that was set out at the time of the company's creation: freedom of speech. Once one account is banned it sets up a precedent for other governments, and businesses to politetly request Twitter to 'censor' what governments believe to be 'illegal' accounts.

The social and ethical issue mainly presented is surveillance. The twitter accounts are set up to warn the followers of traffic stops, roadblocks etc, this gives time for the followers to avoid the police. This is an even bigger problem to tackle because most smartphones have access to Twitter through a 3G connection, this means that users are able to get push notifications on the road as well as at home. I agree with 'Fiche Galinha' in the sense that the banning of the accounts does go against freedom of speech however, it is a sensible measure to take as the account users are making police officers jobs more difficult.

28 February 2012 Last updated at 11:58 ET Google's been letting users of services know that its privacy policies will change on 1 March Google's new privacy policy may violate the European Union's data protection laws, according to the French data regulator. The search giant plans to unify 60 different privacy policies across its products from 1 March.

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"This is an innovative technique which is going to bring a great advance,"

Here's a proof of how technology is increasing. Who would think, lots of years ago, that such thing would be possible. This technique consists of "implanting a microchip into the human brain to translate the nerve pulses into electric pulses, making it possible for the patient to move robotic prosthetics" which means that technoogy has increase to the point that even microchip's can by implanted in order to be able to move robotic prosthetics! Would this mean than in unknown years time, our body will be taken over by robotic implants, therefore humans would be taken over by robots? Yet, despite that, this is a great advantage for people who don't have arms or have arm problems, with this, they will be able to do what they always wanted with their robotic arm just like normal people!

I do not think that "humans would be taken over by robots". As long as we keep our emotions and all the other things that makes us human, we will not become robots. Anyway. This is a great leap forward in prosthetic and one, if successful, will help a great many people. It is going to take time to perfect though, at the moment I doubt they are able to do this without bugs. Here is a link to a duke article on "Monkey Adapt Robot Arm as Their Own" http://today.duke.edu/2005/05/monkeyrobot.html