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Each iPhone 4 was set to Magnetic North, but they each obviously have their own idea where North is. 
Br.st is Giving Away 21 Wii Systems & 4 MacBook Pros
Announcing the Br.st 25 Days of Christmas Giveaway!
Last week we launched br.st. We worked hard to make sure it was the best place to experience Twitter on the net. We did not get the press coverage we anticipated. So, to get the word out we decided instead of buying advertising we would do a giveaway contest and give the money in the form of prizes to our users.
We are giving away 21 Nintendo Wii game systems every day (except Fridays) from December 1st through December 24th. AND we are giving away 4 MacBook Pros (13 inch) every Friday in December.
It is pretty simple to enter: login to br.st, click the Wii or MacBook button on the right sidebar, submit the tweet, and you are entered! You can enter each giveaway up to five (5) times per day. And you have to re-enter the contest every day for the Nintendo Wii and every week for the MacBook Pro.
Read the main giveaway page, the FAQs, and the rules. Here's to hoping you win!
Google to Release Chrome OS Next Week (rumor)
There is a reported rumor going around that Google is going to release for download its Chrome OS next week. But wait, word is that the drivers have not been written for it, so getting it to work on your DELL or HP PC will be next to impossible since the keyboard, mouse and monitor will not work.
Drivers or no drivers, it is exciting. I really like the way Google drives innovation through competition. The result has been some awesome new technology (think Google Maps and MSN Maps).
See what PCWorld and TechCrunch had to say about it.
Does Modern Warfare 2′s violence go too far?
Activision debuted its newest game this week called Call of Duty: Modern Warefare 2. It was much anticipated and is already being called an instant classic selling almost 5 million copies on the first day. But what video game release would be complete without a little controversy? The heat in this video game is being generated by a "scene" in which you play an undercover operative that infiltrates a terrorist organization. The problem is that in the scene you are asked to massacre a bunch of civilians.
Now to be fair video games have long included the player commiting acts of violence (think Grand Theft Auto series), and even Mario had to squash the bad jumping mushrooms. However, there should be a limit, a line, things these game makers do not put in video games.
Putting a scene in a video game that has the player "act" as a terrorist and kill civilians is crossing the line. With the current wars in Afghanistan and Iran still going on and the memory of September 11th not too far off, I don't think video games should be including scenes of players acting as terrorists and killing innocent people. In some ways this glorifies it, desensitizes people and does not honor the memory of our fallen soldiers and the people killed on September 11th.
The game maker must have known this because they made this scene optional to play, allowing the player to totally skip it without any hit to their points.
Read what FastCompany, Game Informer and MyJoyOnline had to say about it.