Gadget Links: Turkey Hangover Edition
- Toy for teens becomes tool for activists a Reuters story on CNN.com: "Once regarded as a toy for rich teens, the ubiquitous camera cell phone is becoming a powerful community tool in the debate about police conduct." Article focuses on community groups in Los Angeles and their on-going attempt to expose alleged excessive use of force by the LAPD.
- Japan's Sony Finds Defects In Some of Its Digital Cameras on WSJ.com: "Sony Corp. said Friday that it found defects in some of its popular Cyber-shot digital cameras, the latest quality problem to strike the Japanese company whose image was severely tarnished by a massive battery recall earlier this year.... Sony shipped a total of about one million units of the models in question in Japan, of which 0.4% had been reported to have been affected so far, a spokesman said." There are also digital camera quality problems in cameras sold in other markets, but Sony has no firm numbers on the problem at this time. [ Subscription probably required. ]
- The Biggest Mouth in Sports on ESPN.com: "Part John Madden, part Rush Limbaugh, hockey curmudgeon Don Cherry keeps an entire nation on edge."
