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YouTube Purging Mainstay Hitler Mashups, Louisiana Considering Cyber-Bully Law

by Warren Riddle on April 21, 2010 at 11:44 AM


Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines....
  • It's a sad day for satirists, slackers and Internet meme followers. Despite support from the film's director, the classic 'Downfall' Hitler mashups have begun disappearing from YouTube. Constantin Films has apparently decided its 2004 film has received enough free publicity, and is reportedly demanding the removal of the ridiculous fist-slamming parodies. [From: Open Video Alliance and Geeksosystem]
  • School administrators, parents and law enforcement officials have been forced to address cyber-bullying as a real and dangerous phenomenon, particularly because of apparently related teen suicides. In Louisiana, threatening people under the age of 17 through texts, e-mails and social networking sites may soon become a recognized misdemeanor criminal offense. A proposed cyber-bullying bill (putting the mean in misdemeanor) has made it to the state's House of Representatives. [From: The Huffington Post]
  • Apple's initial iPad sales may not have met some analysts' bloated expectations, but the company still reportedly enjoyed its "best non-holiday quarter ever." The company did sell almost 9 million iPhones and an amazing 10 million iPods during the second fiscal quarter of 2010, helping to drive up profits by a staggering 90-percent. [From: Geekosystem]
  • Leonard's Nimoy's involvement in 2009's 'Star Trek' lent immediate credence to the film. The actor told the Toronto Sun that he is officially hanging up the old pointy ears, though, because he doesn't think sharing the spotlight in a sequel "would be fair to [successor] Zachary Quinto." [From: Cinematical]
  • An antitrust ruling forced Microsoft to implement a browser selection screen in Europe, and the company is already addressing an "inadvertent" page mishap in Poland. The company's Internet Explorer option conveniently managed to appear first among the screen's choices, a glitch Microsoft says it will fix within the next week. [From: Yahoo! News]
  • Apple has removed an incredibly popular app from iTunes, and, no, it's actually not porn this time. The company recently eliminated 'Scratch Viewer,' a free educational tool created in part by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- a move that was immediately met with complaints from teachers. While Apple is remaining mum on the reason, analysts believe code issues contributed to its decision. [From: The New York Times]

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