Google Bans Scammy Ads, Radiation Leak at Three-Mile Island
Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines....
- Google is taking a heavy-handed stance on scams, as it has declared an outright ban on advertisers that attempt to entice people with false promises. The folks at Facebook, which is currently being sued for allowing such duplicitous ads, must be kicking themselves right now. [From: The Consumerist]
- The 1979 partial nuclear meltdown at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island terrified the entire nation. The plant experienced another frightening incident over the weekend, when a radiation leak forced the evacuation of 150 employees. Authorities claim the leak was isolated to the plant, and did not pose a threat to the public. [From: CNN, via: Gawker]
- AOL (Ed. note: We're part of the AOL network) is set to split from Time Warner next month, and the company plans to mark the occasion by officially unveiling a new logo. The new, punctuated logo, which will replace the circle enclosed by a triangle, will represent "confidence, completeness." [From: Huffington Post and The Guardian]
- Apple claims that its computers are impervious to viruses, but the company can't make the same statement about its consoles and cigarette smoke. The company reportedly refused to perform maintenance on computers for two customers because the consoles were located in smoking households. [From: TUAW]
- It might be time for Microsoft and Google to finally throw down the gauntlet and engage in a sanctioned 'Gangs of New York'-style search engine brouhaha. Following News Corp.'s lead, Microsoft, which is trying to gain support for its search engine Bing, has reportedly been stealthily approaching various publishers and sites about removing their content from Google. [From: CNN]
- Geeks famously celebrate brainy inside jokes through mysterious T-shirts, but folks don't typically expect such shenanigans from Christian groups. Cafe Press, though, is removing a shirt that says, "Pray for Obama: Psalm 109:8," basically imploring people to pray for God to smite down the President of the United States. Whatever happened to that Golden Rule thing and those pesky Ten Commandments? [From: Gawker]
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