Everyone has their limits, as this week's quiz amply demonstrates. The past week saw Comcast place caps on how much bandwidth its subscribers could use. Microsoft tried to halt the slide in Xbox 360 sales, Yahoo discovered its own limitations in the social networking arena, and Apple/AT&T got sued for the iPhone's limited 3G network. Even this quiz is limited -- with 10 points for each correct answer, you can't score more than 100. But can you attain perfection? There's only one way to find out.
1. Google's Chrome browser beta is out, and the reviewsare mostly positive -- with one glaring exception. What Chrome feature have reviewers objected to most?
a. Its "incognito" Web privacy feature
b. Lack of support for Shockwave and Flash
c. Its geeky comic book-style FAQ
d. Overly presumptuous EULA
2. Comcast has announced plans to bust a cap in yo' asynchronous modem. What's the new monthly limit for Comcast subscribers?
a. 250MB
b. 25GB
c. 250GB
d. 25TB
3. "A college dropout who co-founded Apple Inc., Jobs won ardent supporters by ushering 'cool' gadgets to market. He delivered the Macintosh, the first user friendly computer, and conquered the online music industry with the iPod, making white ear buds fashionable." Who had such nice things to say about the Apple icon?
a. Apple's official corporate biography
b. The Second Coming of Steve Jobs, by Alan Deutschman
c. iCon: Steve Jobs, by Jeffrey S. Young & William L. Simon
d. Bloomberg.com obituary
4. Another Apple "special event" is coming up next week, which can only mean one thing: rampant rumor-mongering. Which of the following is Apple most likely to announce?
a. A new line of video iPods
b. A new gaming console
c. Yet another iteration of AppleTV
d. Steve Jobs is dead
5. To promote Will Wright's evolution-based Spore, Electronic Arts invited dozens of celebrities to create their own Spore creatures. Which of the following high-profile names did NOT participate?
a. Adam West
b. Emeril Lagasse
c. Carlos Santana
d. Robin Williams
6. Microsoft may be planning a mobile apps store to rival Apple's App Store and Google's Android Market -- or maybe not. What is the alleged store's apparent name?
a. Microsoft Live Application Store for Windows Mobile 6.0
b. SkyMarket
c. MobileSoft
d. Apps4Saps
7. Yahoo has jettisoned another failed attempt to compete with Facebook and MySpace. What is/was the name of this (anti) social network?
a. Mish
b. Mash
c. Mosh
d. Moishe
8. In response to lagging sales, Microsoft has slashed the price on its gaming system. What does a base model Xbox 360 cost now?
a. (US)$279
b. $249
c. $199
d. $149
9. A new online music store has launched with a unique spin: It shares a slice of the sales pie with customers. What's this new store called?
a. Popcuts
b. Popcharts
c. Poptarts
d. Popweasel
10. It's math time again. Take the amount of annual revenue Facebook's $1 gifts are likely to generate in 2008 and multiply by the percentage of market share Google Chrome managed to snag in its first 24 hours. Divide by the number of lawsuits currently filed against Apple and AT&T for poor 3G network performance. Plug that into your iPhone Web browser and -- oh, wait, it dropped the connection. What do you get?
a. 17.5
b. 17,500
c. 175,000
d. 1.75 million
Answer key
Now that you know how you scored, you probably want to know why. Check out the answers below for the gory details. And be sure to return next week for another news quiz, ripped straight from the tech headlines.
Question 1: What has taken some of the shine off Google's Chrome?
10 points
d. Overly presumptuous EULA
Within a day of Chrome's release a backlash formed against its EULA, which appears to grant Google rights to any content posted using the browser (like blog entries or e-mail). In response to the uproar, Google said it would amend the objectionable language in the browser's license. Because they would never do evil. Right?
Question 2: How much can you download before you exceed Comcast's limit?
10 points
c. 250GB
Starting Oct. 1, formerly "unlimited" Comcast accounts will top out at 250GB,









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