The “Break it Down” Blog

LittleBigPlanet Moderation Update

Monday we reported that user created LittleBigPlanet levels were being removed without warning.  It seems that the community uproar over their levels being “moderated” got Sony and Media Molecule’s attention as they released a statement today ensuring users that they were working to improve their “moderation procedure and the methods of communication.” Here is the full [...]

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Vodafone Study Confirms 25% of Security Breaches are due to Mobile Devices

Interesting tid-bit from Vodafone UK this morning, looks like after a long-winded study they found that: 25% of companies experience a security breach due to mobile device (notebook, cell phone) use in unapproved ways. 50% of employees have no idea their companies have mobile device use-policies in place. Sounds to me like the companies are the issue here [...]

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US Govt. Thinks Citizens Are a Constant Threat

The Washington Times is reporting that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) expressed “great interest” in a “safety bracelet” that all air-travelers would be forced to wear if implemented. This information was from a promotional video (Link Dead, they have removed the movie after all the attention it got) over at the Lamperd Less Lethal website. The [...]

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Utah Adopts 4-Day, 10hr/Day, Work Week

With gas prices around $4/gallon and budgets everywhere getting crunched with higher costs of… everything, states are struggling to figure out how to lower costs and try and accomodate greener practices. After a year-long study, Utah has announced this week that it will be moving to a 4-day (Monday through Thursday), 10hr/day work week. The announcement will [...]

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eBay - Sellers Cannot Give Buyer Feedback

I saw this today when I was directed to the feedback page to leave feedback on the seller that I just bought a Herman Miller Aeron from (great experience). At first it caught me off guard, my gut reaction being something like “Feedback has been limited?! WHAT?!” but then I thought about it, and remembered a [...]

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