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Chinese worker commits suicide after losing prototype iPhone 4G

Chinese worker commits suicide after losing prototype iPhone 4GRE: Chinese worker commits suicide after losing prototype iPhone 4GActually Jason the Press are also responsible since you hound and hound companies and try to leak ahead of time. You are the people putting the pressure on. If you weren't so keen...

Tags: Cellular phones, Wireless and Mobility, worker, suicide, Apple Inc., 4G, iPhone 4G, Apple iPhone, Chinese worker

Discussion threads 2009-07-21

Chinese worker commits suicide after losing prototype iPhone 4G (updated)

VentureBeat reports via News reports coming out of China that 25 year-old Sun Danyong committed suicide on July 9 after a fourth-generation iPhone prototype he was responsible for went missing. Danyong worked for Foxconn in Shenzhen in Guangdong province near Hong Kong which manufacturers iPhones for Apple. According to VB...

Tags: Apple iPhone, 4G, Apartment, Sun Microsystems Inc., Apple Inc., Suicide, Worker, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-07-21

Google isn't killing journalism, it's more of a suicide

Google isn't killing journalism, it's more of a suicideNewspapers, RIAA and MPAANewspapers, RIAA and MPAA are all in the same boat, making buggy whips when the car came along. The obvious solution for the newspapers is to bribe the law makers into outlawing the internet and then we can all...

Tags: INTERNET, Digital media, Strategy, Google Inc., RIAA, suicide, MPAA

Discussion threads 2009-04-10

Episode 105: PowerPage Podcast (Updated)

Episode 105 of the PowerPage Podcast has been posted. This week we interview Travis Yates, developer of A Blackjack Card Counter for iPhone, we discuss Apple outlawing jailbreaking, Hulu's fantastic suicide and we play "What's on your Mac?" Featuring: Jason O'Grady, Rob Parker, Youngmoo Kim and Tom Hesser. ...

Tags: Jason O'Grady, Suicide, Desktops, Hardware, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-02-18

The cause behind the Zune's "New Year's Eve" mass suicide

Ed Felton writing on Freedom to Tinker takes a look at the reason behind the Zune "New Year's Eve" mass suicide - how a simple code blunder can have a worldwide effect. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Microsoft Zune, Suicide, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-01-12

Pepsico Saved from Suicide Campaign by Twitter?

It's not easy to push consumer products these days as discretionary spend dries up and advertising channels become ever fragmented. Understandable then when corporations are seduced into more edgier terrain by their creative agencies. And yet where trust and sustainability is at a premium, its hard to figure how BBDO convinced Pepsico to cross the line...

Tags: Advertisement, PepsiCo, Suicide, Twitter, BBDO, Christine Lu, TBWA, James Farrar

Blog posts 2008-12-04

Mom wants Drew to serve the max - three years and $300,000

Mom wants Drew to serve the max - three years and $300,000It's not manslaughter!She did it on purpose. It's murder. Nothing less.agree with "bad precedent"I agree with you except for the last part. As you stated yourself, it is not absolutely clear that this charade really caused the suicide. So...

Tags: Lori Drew, suicide, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-11-29

Did suicide viewers commit a crime?

Did suicide viewers commit a crime?A crime? Probably not...But it would seem the traditional Internet mob justice of public humiliation would not be inappropriate, for those who encouraged him to do it.few issuesGoading someone is not assisting.. that would mean that cheering your favorites sports teams is actually helping them...

Tags: INTERNET, suicide viewer, suicide

Discussion threads 2008-11-24

Did suicide viewers commit a crime?

185 people watched Abe Biggs kill himself online. Some tried to talk him out of it, other goaded him on. No one notified authorities until it was too late. Was a crime committed? by Richard Koman

Tags: Suicide, Florida, Channel Management, Marketing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-11-24

Witnesses set for MySpace suicide trial

Well, it's shaping up to be a juicy time at the trial of psycho-mom Lori Drew, the woman whose weirdo obsession with a neighbor girl led to the teen's MySpace-driven suicide. A long list of witnesses are poised to testify, Wired reports, including the parents of...

Tags: Juror, Suicide, MySpace, Internet, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Suicide theories wanted

Suicide theories wantedsuicideWhy is no one considering the rampant over prescription of anti-depresant drugs and their relationship to suicides? SSRI drugs are a social scourge as terrible as crack or crystal meth. They are legal addictive drugs, handed out like candy by doctors, promising a cure for depression. But the...

Tags: Gender and diversity, GSK, pornography addiction, suicide, SSRI, theory

Discussion threads 2008-10-21

No charges in MySpace suicide

No charges in MySpace suicideWhat a Crock![i]He said the people involved are probably suffering plenty already. "The loss of a life of a person that they once talked to as a friend, I'm sure, is just twisting them all up inside," Banas said.[/i]I can almost guarantee you that this is...

Tags: MySpace, pocketbook, suicide

Discussion threads 2007-12-03

People Shooter 1 (Windows)

People are committing suicide by throwing themselves from the castle walls. You must kill them before they hit the ground or the special kind of hell reserved for suicides will become full and explode. Limited to 6 launches of the game. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com....

Tags: Suicide, XZIST Games, Microsoft Windows, Construction, Games, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2007-07-13

Episode 105: PowerPage Podcast

Episode 105 of the PowerPage Podcast has been posted. This week we interview Travis Yates, developer of A Blackjack Card Counter for iPhone, we discuss Apple outlawing jailbreaking, Hulu’s fantastic suicide and we play “What’s on your Mac?” Featuring: Jason O’Grady, Rob Parker, Youngmoo Kim and Tom Hesser. by David...

Tags: Jason O'Grady, Suicide, Desktops, Hardware, David Grober

Blog posts 2006-02-19

Japan's Net-organized suicides soar

Japan's Net-organized suicides soarThat's DepressingWhy does one of the most advanced societies have to make a habit of killing themselves. I would prefer it be a less industrialized nation with one of those dictator leaders. That would really boost the moral of us more developed nations.For that matter,...

Tags: Gender and diversity, women, suicide

Discussion threads 2006-02-09

Japan's ISPs to intervene on potential suicides

Japan's ISPs to intervene on potential suicidesIs this REALLY a good idea???If someone desires to commit suicide is it REALLY the states responsibility to stop them??? First of all we all have the right to commit suicide should we chose to. I realize that there are some dumbazz websites and...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Strategy, SECURITY, Religious Beliefs, suicide

Discussion threads 2005-08-26

Australia to outlaw suicide Web sites

Australia to outlaw suicide Web sitesWhat about murder?"Using the Internet to promote the idea or practical details of committing suicide is about to become illegal in Australia."Is it OK to write about the details of murder?What if I write in details about a murder case and it later turns out...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Web, suicide, Web site

Discussion threads 2005-06-24

Ski Resort Extreme 1 (Windows)

Ski Resort Extreme allows you to create bunny slopes for timid first-timers or double black diamond suicide runs for the seasoned daredevils. Fire up the lights for bone-chilling, night-time skiing and build the ultimate glacial getaway in Ski Resort Extreme.This demo lets you play one Free Play map and 1...

Tags: Suicide, Global Star Software, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2005-01-07

Suicide Squad (Freedom Force) patch (Windows)

This is a patch for Suicide Squad, a popular mod for Freedom Force.

Tags: Suicide, Microsoft Windows, Patches, Security, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2003-10-23

Additional Resources

Netbooks dead? Not when sales are up 264% percent

My prediction:Intel and MS and the major brands are trying to drag the market upwards in size and cost to maintain their margins. They will shortly face a barrage of products based on ARM class processors and Linux (Chrome?), which will cost much less and have much better battery lives....

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, sales, netbook

Discussion threads 2009-11-16