Headlines for August 5th, 2009
Posted on 05. Aug, 2009 by [modern media mom] in Lastest Headlines, Latest News, Links & Resources
- Palm Nabs Another Apple Employee – Palm has hired another former Apple employee, as the company said Jeff Zwerner will be Palm's senior VP of brand design.
- Modder arrest a reminder that most console hacks are illegal – A California student has been arrested for modding gaming consoles to run "backup" copies of games, and he could face up to ten years in prison. Ars explores why your hacked console is very likely illegal if you live in the US.
- Nielsen: Kids really don’t use Twitter – This afternoon, Nielsen researchers David Martin and Sue MacDonald posted the Nielsen NetView Audience metric for Twitter in 2009, which shows that the majority of Twitter users are in the 25-54 age group.
- Some NFL teams clamp down on tweets – The only tweets during the Miami Dolphins scrimmage Saturday will come from the officials' whistles.
The Dolphins are at the forefront of an NFL clampdown on Twitter and other social media, with new restrictions imposed on players, reporters and even spectators.
- Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.5.8 – "Apple on Wednesday released the latest update to Mac OS X Leopard, version 10.5.8, which improves the reliability of key features such as AirPort wireless networking and Bluetooth while also fixing disappearing display resolutions in System Preferences."
- Google Buys Video Compression Concern On2 for $106.5M – Google agreed to buy video compression software maker On2 Technologies for $106.5 million in stock Aug. 5.
