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Droid Shadow Caught in a Verizon Gym, Google's Pac-Man Eats Productivity

by Warren Riddle on May 26, 2010 at 11:32 AM

DROID Shadow

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines....
  • Apple's numerous gadget leaks have earned the company more than a month's worth of high-profile media attention. Apparently feeling somewhat overlooked, Verizon and Motorola just joined the lost gadget fray; the next incarnation of the Droid, the Droid Shadow, has mysteriously appeared. The device was reportedly left in a Verizon company gym (which sounds a little better than a public watering hole), and features 16 gigabytes of memory, an 8-megapixel camera and a 4.3-inch screen. [From: Laptop Mag]
  • Google's playable 'Pac-man' has sparked a Web frenzy of procrastination. The site's homage, in honor of the seminal game's 30th anniversary, has created such a fever that people apparently logged 4,819,352 hours playing the game. That reportedly equates to $120 million in lost productivity, and, by our own estimation, a whole lot of quarters. [From: Neatorama]
  • The Foxconn factory in China, which produces numerous Apple gadgets, recently experienced its ninth employee suicide, and an undercover intern just released a video depicting an oppressive working environment. Apple has finally responded to the devastating events, stating in a press release, "[We are] independently evaluating the steps they are taking to address these tragic events and we will continue our ongoing inspections of the facilities where our products are made." [From: Daily Tech]
  • A massive, and seemingly coordinated, assault crippled the Media Temple Web-hosting service yesterday for over two hours. The distributed denial-of-service attacks originated in numerous countries, prompting Media Temple to block traffic from Asia, South America and Mexico. The company, which provides services for a variety of major companies including Adobe, ABC, NBC, Sony, Volkswagen and Starbucks, stated that its "network health is normalizing." [From: CNET]
  • Facebook's unceasing changes and privacy issues continue to foster public mistrust, as certain demographics have lost interest in the site, politicians have used it for negative campaigning and some nations have even blocked access to it. Overall traffic reportedly remains incredibly high, though, as Comscore attests that usage escalated from 411 million users last September to 519.1 million as of April. Zuckerberg must be hiding a golden horseshoe somewhere. [From: Bloomberg]
  • Apple's business practices frequently inspire complaints about unfair advantages. The Justice Department is now reportedly investigating Apple in regards to antitrust issues. The inquiry concerns allegations that Apple used its standing to influence record companies not to provide rival Amazon with early and exclusive rights to song releases. [From: The New York Times]

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