Five on air DJs and five other staff members have been fired from the Californian radio station KDND 107.9 FM following the ‘Hold your wee for a Wii’ fiasco, followed up by a criminal investigation and a threat by the affected family to sue.
The audio recordings of shows following the death of the 28-year old woman, Jennifer Strange, who died from water intoxication after failing to win the main prize of a Nintendo Wii and winning second prize tickets to a Justin Timberlake concert, have prompted a spokesperson from the Sacramento County Sheriff’s department to say they have launched an investigation.
Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, the internet billionaires behind Skype have signed up groups that include Endemol UK, the Big Brother producer, and Warner Music Group, the US music label, to supply content to their free online television service. The two men revealed yesterday that the service, which is expected to launched worldwide by the summer, will be called “Joost”.
Scientists at Hewlett-Packard have discovered a new way to wire a certain type of computer chip, making way for an even smaller and cheaper electronics in the future. Although this chip-design breakthrough has been achieved only in laboratory simulations, Stan Williams, director of Quantum Science Research at HP Labs, said the company expects to make a working copy of the chip within a year.