CNN reports that for most of the past week a Google image search for Michelle Obama returned a result with a picture of the US first lady altered to look like a monkey. Bormbarded with outrage and complaints Google blocked the site that was hosting the image and stated that the site was spreading malware. The image showed up on another site and was back in the search results but as of Wednesday was permanently removed. A man was arrested for refusing to tweet: police arrested a senior vice president from Island Def Jam Records, saying he hindered their crowd-control efforts by not cooperating. The crowd at a mall where Justin Bieber was appearing got out of control, and police wanted the man to send a tweet asking for calm; he refused and they arrested him on a felony assault charge 'for putting people in danger.'
Be careful what pictures you put up on Facebook, it seems even the privacy policies of the social networking site are not full-proof. A Quebec woman on long-term sick leave, due to a diagnosis of depression, lost her health benefits after her insurance provider found pictures of her looking happy smiling on her Facebook at parties and out on the beach.
How much does the internet weigh? 500 billion kg! According to CNET. To reach this figure, they added together public data on the weight of every computer, server and connecting cable. To this they added 6,075,000kg of iPhones, and over 6,800,000kg of Blackberries. Finally, they added the weight of 287,524 viruses and 85 billion+ webpages.
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