Month: April 2011

At least 72 protesters are killed by security forces in Syria, rights groups say – the highest reported death toll in five weeks of unrest there.

Study finds the risk of certain chemicals could have been underestimated.

Another way to think of this change is as a gradual shifting from the promotion mindset (i.e., seeing your goals in terms of what you can gain ) to the prevention mindset (i.e., seeing your goals in terms of avoiding loss .)

In many articles and nooks, ti has been described how these two ways of looking at your goals create different motivations, and lead to very different strengths and weaknesses (e.g., creativity, innovation, speed, and embracing risk vs. thoroughness, accuracy, persistence, and careful planning).

“… curious what the tablet market would look like if iPad competitors choose the route of hardware commoditization and low cost, instead of appealing to consumer’s emotion, look no further than the MP3 player market, where Apple’s iPod and iTunes ecosystem maintains 70 % market and emotion share.”

Anonymous, the group which gained notoriety over Wikileaks-related attacks, has previously strongly criticised the Japan-based entertainment giant over its treatment of George Hotz, an American hacker who unlocked the games console’s closed operating system. Sony filed a lawsuit against the 21- year-old, arguing that his hack had allowed pirated games to be played on the machine. The case was dropped earlier this month after Mr Hotz agreed to sign an injunction banning him from similar behaviour in future.

Very good article, that’s why I do not do what I love: being a millionaire ;p