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iPhone hangover sweeps the world…

December 4th, 2008 Pete

The world has slowly begun to wake up from the Apple party with a severe case of iPhone hangover. People are realising that the device fails to do many of the things they would expect a smart phone to do (or even some things a basic mobile could do). Many are starting to wonder why they bought a device that simply doesn’t deliver to do what the flashy marketroid ads said it could do.

Article at Apple Insider: Apple argues only a fool would believe its iPhone 3G ads

Simple answer: they were lied to.

Which books would you be arrested for?

August 23rd, 2008 Pete

Heidi Dalibor arrested for not returning library bookIn recent news, a twenty year old woman from Wisconsin was arrested for not returning two overdue library books to her library. The books were White Oleander by Janet Fitch and Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. Read the original article here.

Heidi Dalibor of Grafton, Wisconsin had unfortunately ignored all correspondence and court requests directing her to return the books and the issue escalated until she was arrested after a visit from the police to her family home. Read the rest of this entry »