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Children's Advocates Decry ChatRoulette, Apple Sues HTC

by Warren Riddle on March 2, 2010 at 11:25 AM


Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines....
  • ChatRoulette, the spontaneous online video interaction service, has exploded in popularity but has also given rise to an epidemic of exaggeration and hyperbole. Worried that children will be exposed to sexual deviants, various organizations are labeling the site as a "predator's paradise." But, there's one easy solution to that troubling possibility: monitor and restrict your child's Internet usage! [From: FOX News]
  • Back in October, Apple sued Nokia over patent infringement issues, and now the pride of Cupertino, California is setting its sights on HTC. Apple is reportedly suing the company over 20 specific patents, because, as CEO Steve Jobs declared, "competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours." Pwnd. [From: Engadget]
  • Asus has officially unveiled its DR-900 e-reader, and the model features a 9-inch touchscreen and 4 gigabytes of storage. The company is expected to release price and availability information soon. [From: Engadget]
  • Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 Series has been building hype since being announced at Mobile World Congress, but the new OS has alienated at least one portion of the company's customer base. HTC's gorgeous HD2 smartphone apparently won't be eligible for a Windows 7 software upgrade because it has too many buttons. [From: APC]
  • The Internet obviously revolutionized the smut industry. The Web, though, is also apparently damaging the porn biz through the proliferation of video sharing sites, where freeloaders upload unauthorized content. Steven Hirsch, the founder of Vivid Entertainment, asserted, "This is the worst I've seen in this industry in 25 years." [From: USA Today]
  • Twitter played an integral role in assessing and covering the damage from the Haitian earthquake, and Chileans also turned to the site after their nation experienced a similar disaster. Chile reportedly ranks fourth in the world in terms of social networking activity, and those networkers immediately utilized Twitter to spread vital information about injured and missing victims, relief areas, food, water, and transportation. [From: USA Today]
  • This winter has been intensely polarizing for Twitter, as its instrumental and positive role in the response to the Haitian and Chilean earthquakes has been somewhat offset by incessant direct message scams. The latest scheme involves the de facto technique of enticing users to click on a fake link that directs them to a phony Twitter log-in screen. [From: Mashable]

Tags: asus, chatroulette, chile, earthquake, haiti, htc, morningxtra, nokia, security, top, twitter, windows phone 7, WindowsPhone7

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