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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

3G iPhone Confirmed, US Currency Unfair, Miyamoto Top 10, and Charter Crap

iPhone 3G Confirmed - Gizmodo is saying that they have confirmed the long running rumor that on June 9th Apple will announce the new model at the WWDC keynote and available shortly there after worldwide.

US Currency Unfair - A federal appeals court said that the current one size for all bills is unfair to the blind and it should be changed in some fashion to accommodate them. For many countries that means size changes since texture differences can often to worn out on bills. A solution that meets the courts ruling is probably years away.

Charter Opt-Out Doesn't Really Opt-Out - Charter's recent decision to track its customers internet activity for the purposes of directed advertising supposedly comes with a complicated opt out option. The thing is the option only opts you out of the targeted advertising; it doesn't stop them from tracking your internet activity. Which of course means all your private activity is available to the corporation (and its employees) to use, sell, or do with as they see fit (say turn over to the government). This could also be in violation of the Cable TV Privacy Act but it will take someone with money to litigate that.

Top 10 Miyamoto Games - Shigeru Miyamoto is probably the father of the modern video game with pretty much every game out there having an influence from his work. The list just features what Gamepro thinks as his best, not sure if I agree:
10) Donkey Kong (1981)
9) Sar Fox (1993)
8) Metroid Prime (2002)
7) Nintendogs (2005)
6) Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
5) Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker (2003)
4) Wii Sports (2006)
3) Super Mario 64 (1996)
2) Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1992)
1) Super Mario Bros 3 (1990)

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