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Bitten: Apple's 'blasphemous' logo under fire in Russia

You might make the case that Apple is sinful based on the gluttony for gadgets it inspires, but some extreme Orthodox Christians in Russia are more offended by the company's "blasphemous" logo.

According to a translation of a Russian news report that's been kicking around the Web, some conservative believers see the image of the bitten apple as a symbol of Adam and Eve's original sin in the Bible. Some have gone so far as to cover up the logo and replace it with an image of a cross.… Read more

Foxconn guards loom over Taiyuan workers, report says

The 79,000 workers at Foxconn's Taiyuan production facility are under the supervision of heavily protected guards, according to a new report.

Security guards working at the facility in the Shanxi province in northern China are wearing riot helmets and holding plastic shields as they march around the plant, Bloomberg is reporting. The workers, meanwhile, are cranking out products.

"The guards here use gangster style to manage," Fang Zhongyang, a Foxconn employee, told Bloomberg in an interview. "We are not against following rules but you have to tell us why. They won't explain things and … Read more

Foxconn riot spurs pledge on overtime pay

The riot at a Foxconn facility appears to have been related to overtime pay, a report says, but the incident shouldn't impact iPhone 5 shipments.

Foxconn, which builds Apple products, shut down a Chinese facility earlier this week after rioting broke out among workers. The company in a statement today said it will "ensure its duties relating to employee welfare are implemented and it will make overtime payments as promised," according to a Digitimes report.

The company also said the riot shouldn't affect shipments for "the latest smartphone product" as the facility doesn't … Read more

Foxconn factory resumes production after huge riot

Production has resumed at a Foxconn factory in northern China after a riot involving thousands of employees forced the factory to close.

A Foxconn representative told Reuters that production resumed Tuesday and that the one-day suspension of production would have no affect on supply to clients.

"We have 79,000 people working in Taiyuan campus, and we always have spare inventory," said Foxconn spokesman Louis Woo.

Foxconn, which builds many Apple products, was forced to shut down its Taiyuan factory early Monday after an hours-long riot involving roughly 2,000 employees broke out at 11 p.m. local … Read more

Girl makes Facebook party invite public, riot police called

Some parties are a riot.

No really, they are. Riot police are called, because there's simply too much fun going on.

Indeed, my heart rocks to an exalted beat at hearing that such a party broke out in the small Dutch town of Haren.

As the BBC reports it, the 16-year-old girl posted an invitation to her birthday party on Facebook and wasn't quite au fait with the privacy controls.

Her little hometown became somewhat tense at the idea of thousands descending upon its leafy parts to party, for 30,000 people ended up receiving the invitation.

The … Read more

Russian court Web site defaced over Pussy Riot verdict

A Russian court Web site has been defaced following a verdict that saw the members of the all-female punk-rock band Pussy Riot sentenced to two years in jail.

The Khamovnichesky District Court was hacked today by a group claiming to be affiliated with the U.S. branch of Anonymous. The site uploaded a message in Russian saying that it doesn't "forget" or "forgive." The group also posted a Pussy Riot song, called "Putin Is Lighting the Fires of the Revolution," and video of Bulgarian singer Aziz.

The BBC was first to report on … Read more

Foxconn worker riot leads to arrests, damage in Chengdu

Workers at Foxconn's Chengdu factory started a riot earlier this week, according to reports.

According to Hong Kong-based newspaper, Ming Pao (Translate), several workers on Monday clashed with security staff at their off-site dormitory. Not long after, the issue escalated, and over 1,000 people rioted around the dormitory, according to reports. The rioters reportedly ignited firecrackers and threw a host of objects, damaging facilities.

Soon after the riot started, security staff alerted local police, which sent out officers to quell the unrest. The police presence resulted in dozens of arrests, according to reports out of the country.

Foxconn … Read more

U.K. men get 4-year sentences for Facebook riot posts

Two men in North West England have been sentenced to four years in prison for using Facebook to incite others to riot, although neither man's actions resulted in any rioting.

Jordan Blackshaw, 20, and Perry Sutcliffe-Keenan, 22, were sentenced at Chester Crown Court yesterday, a week after mob violence struck many parts of the U.K. The riots and looting had prompted prime minister David Cameron to say that those "using social media for violence" had to be stopped.

"If we cast our minds back just a few days to last week and recall the way … Read more

Hacker uses Facebook to find looted laptop

Some rioters seem to have worked out the idea of personal security. You know, by wearing their auntie's scarves across their faces and by disabling security cameras before they steal, um, cameras.

Others, though, appear to blunder in, without a second thought to just how pervasive technology has become.

So it seems in the case of a youth who allegedly thought it might be an idea, during last week's riots, to steal a MacBook Pro from a house in the West Kensington district of London.

The way the BBC reveals it, the accused, 18-year-old Soheil Khalilfar allegedly wandered into an apartment (or flat, as they like to call them there) and stole a MacBook Pro.

Sadly, for the alleged thief, it happened to belong to Greg Martin, an IT security specialist.

You will be stunned into a sense of foreboding when I tell you that Martin had a tracking device on his laptop. Oh, did I mention he used to work for NASA and the FBI?

Martin's personal blog is a joyous affair. He describes himself as a hacker. And he describes the security software he uses as something called, portentously, Prey. … Read more