Looks like China’s not the only country jazzed about stealing the contents of Steve Jobs’ brain! Although far less lucrative than counterfeiting iPhones, TNW reports Ukraine’s Secretary of National Security and Defence stole Mr Apple’s Stanford speech. They’re different, AMIRITE?
Kickstarter’s great! People with neat ideas can show off their concept, win over online backers, and move their brain gems into the real world. Or, they can plagiarise someone else’s cool idea and earn money (and an award). Uhhh.
You’ve gotta admire the brazenness of this developer’s balls. Offering “a brief, yet throughout [sic]introduction about Nirvana – the legendary rock band of US”, the Nirvana: The Complete Biography iPhone app costs $US40 and features copied and pasted Wikipedia content.
In the eternal arms race that is teachers versus cheaters, the administration of the University of Central Florida has hit DEFCON-1. And they’re doing it with technology.
For background info on what the image means, see this post on Valleywag about plagiarist Chris Anderson, Wired’s editor and his new book. Then this and this. For full sized image, hit up Boing Boing Gadgets.
