The Hostile Media Phenomenon. It’s a psychological term for the way the opinionated react to negative reviews of Apple products and which also explains the enormous divide between the pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian lobbies.
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News from Burma:
YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar’s military junta rang in the New Year by dramatically raising the annual fee for TV satellite dishes in an apparent move to limit access to the foreign news channels that beamed in global criticism of its recent crackdown on pro-democracy protests.
The license fee has rocketed from US$5 to $800 [...]
A ground-breaking decision by the Consumer Complaints Board in Denmark may have global consequences for the Apple computer company.
Users of the iBook G4 have found that shortly after the one-year guarantee runs out, the computer goes dead and the screen goes blank. But when they apply to the manufacturer to have the machine repaired or for a replacement, Apple responds that there is no question of a design fault, and anyway the 12 month guarantee date has passed.
Some users found that they could get the iBook G4 working again by clamping one side,
while others managed to reboot the machine by loosening the cover and inserting cardboard shims.
The Danish Consumer Complaints Board discovered that a solder joint between two components was weakened a little every time the computer was turned on. Eventually the joint broke and the iBook G4 would no longer function properly. Apple Computer International has already settled some cases in Denmark on the basis of the report.
The question now is if Apple will admit that there is a design fault in their computer and settle the complaints of their many customers in the world at large.
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Apple’s digital rights management lock on its iPod device and iTunes software is illegal, the Consumer Ombudsman in Norway has ruled. The blow follows the news that consumer groups in Germany and France are joining Norway’s action against Apple. Similar actions in Sweden and Denmark are expected to follow.
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