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Texting, video games, a dead tortoise and inflight broadband.
The British desire to text shows no sign of abating, a record breaking 3.3billion were sent during March. That equates to an average of 106m per day or 1.76 per day per person. The Mobile Data Association, who collate such data, report that this is 26% up on the same month last year and beats the previous monthly high of 3.2bn set in March.
Take Two Interactive, publisher of video game franchise Grand Theft Auto, has been issued subpoenas relating to hidden sex scenes found in their game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The sex scene's although hidden in the game were programmed by Take Two programmers and then unlocked on PC's using a highly publicised hack. The furore that followed saw the game pulled from shops, reclassified and then released without the sex scenes present as well as elevating Take Two into the political arena as the purveyor of all things bad with video games. The grand jury subpoenas were issued by the district attorney of New York County and requested documents related to the sex scene, acquisitions, accounting and other issues. Take Two said it has not been advised that it or any specific individual is presently a target of the investigation. It said it is fully cooperating and providing the requested documents.
A 176 yr old tortoise named Harriet, which some believe was one of three tortoises taken by Charles Darwin from the Galapagos Islands, has died in Australia of a suspected heart attack. Most recently Harriet was living under the care of Steve 'look at the size of this beaut' Irwin at Australia Zoo. Fighting back the tears Irwin told CNN, "She is possibly one of the oldest living creatures on the planet and her passing today is not only a great loss for the world but a very sad day for my family. She was a grand old lady."
Finally, Boeing is considering axing its inflight broadband service Connexion. It has admitted that the market for the satellite-based service has not developed satisfactorily and that it is halting expansion plans. A sell off of the service, a partnership or outright termination are the options now being mulled over by the airline giant. Air China, Japan Airlines, Singapore Airlines and Germany's Lufthansa are among the few major airlines using the satellite-based service, but ultimately it's the slow take-up rates with passengers that have caused the problems.
Take Two Interactive, publisher of video game franchise Grand Theft Auto, has been issued subpoenas relating to hidden sex scenes found in their game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The sex scene's although hidden in the game were programmed by Take Two programmers and then unlocked on PC's using a highly publicised hack. The furore that followed saw the game pulled from shops, reclassified and then released without the sex scenes present as well as elevating Take Two into the political arena as the purveyor of all things bad with video games. The grand jury subpoenas were issued by the district attorney of New York County and requested documents related to the sex scene, acquisitions, accounting and other issues. Take Two said it has not been advised that it or any specific individual is presently a target of the investigation. It said it is fully cooperating and providing the requested documents.
A 176 yr old tortoise named Harriet, which some believe was one of three tortoises taken by Charles Darwin from the Galapagos Islands, has died in Australia of a suspected heart attack. Most recently Harriet was living under the care of Steve 'look at the size of this beaut' Irwin at Australia Zoo. Fighting back the tears Irwin told CNN, "She is possibly one of the oldest living creatures on the planet and her passing today is not only a great loss for the world but a very sad day for my family. She was a grand old lady."
Finally, Boeing is considering axing its inflight broadband service Connexion. It has admitted that the market for the satellite-based service has not developed satisfactorily and that it is halting expansion plans. A sell off of the service, a partnership or outright termination are the options now being mulled over by the airline giant. Air China, Japan Airlines, Singapore Airlines and Germany's Lufthansa are among the few major airlines using the satellite-based service, but ultimately it's the slow take-up rates with passengers that have caused the problems.
