You Don’t Know Tech: News Quiz for October 10, 2008
dan tynan on Oct 10 2008 at 1:32 pm | Filed under: Uncategorized
The world’s financial markets may be collapsing, but technology lives on — for the moment, anyway. This week the feds arrested a suspect in the Sarah Palin e-mail hacking case, and both Steve Jobs and Windows XP got yet another lease on life. Also: new e-books, virtual worlds, and some truly wacky science. Are you up to speed on all things tech? Prove your geek street cred by acing this quiz. Correct answers are worth 10 points each, and no asking your artificial intelligence buddies for help. Ready?
1. Tennessee University student David Kernell has been charged with illegally accessing Sarah Palin’s Yahoo e-mail account by changing her password. What new password did he allegedly choose?
a. Pitbull
b. Lipstick
c. Popcorn
d. Maverick
2. Steve Jobs did not have a heart attack last week, but some of Apple’s shareholders probably did. Where did the bogus report of Jobs’ nonexistent ailment appear?
a. Bloomberg.com
b. iReport.com
c. Wikileaks.org
d. Apple.com
3. Read any good e-books lately? Rumors are swirling Amazon is about to release an update to its Kindle e-book device. Which of the following is NOT one of the rumored changes?
a. Less clumsy keypad
b. Touchscreen
c. Joystick
d. Mini-USB charger
[For the rest, and the answers, see Infoword's Quiz Home Page.]
