Japan executions of two men condemned | Amnesty International

28 July 2010

AI Index: PRE01/258/2010

Amnesty International has condemned the executions of two Japanese men in the first death sentences carried out since the country's new government came to power last year. [Read More!]

Secretary-General to honour atomic bomb victims in Hiroshima and Nagasaki

28 July 2010 – Ban Ki-moon is set to become the first United Nations Secretary-General to attend the Peace Memorial Ceremony on the anniversary of the nuclear attack on Hiroshima when he visits the southern Japanese city next week. [Read More!]

ConsumerReports.org

July 12, 2010

Lab tests: Why Consumer Reports can't recommend the iPhone 4

It's official. Consumer Reports' engineers have just completed testing the iPhone 4, and have confirmed that there is a problem with its reception. When your finger or hand touches a spot on the phone's lower left side―an easy thing, especially for lefties―the signal can significantly degrade enough to cause you to lose your connection altogether if you're in an area with a weak signal. Due to this problem, we can't recommend the iPhone 4.

Lab test: Apple iPhone 4 design defect confirmed [Read More!]

July 2, 2010

Letter from Apple Regarding iPhone 4

Dear iPhone 4 Users,

The iPhone 4 has been the most successful product launch in Apple’s history. It has been judged by reviewers around the world to be the best smartphone ever, and users have told us that they love it. So we were surprised when we read reports of reception problems, and we immediately began investigating them. Here is what we have learned. [Read More!]