Albert Einstein has been dead since 1955 but that doesn’t mean the fuzzy-haired genius isn’t still causing controversies. 

Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a beneficiary of Einstein’s will, was not happy back in 2009 when General Motors Photoshopped the well-known face onto the body of a buff bodybuilder in an ad that ran in People magazine for its GMC Terrain SUV. On “Einstein’s” arm was an “e=mc2” tattoo and the ad carried the tagline of “Ideas Are Sexy Too.”

Ideas may be sexy, but Hebrew University was not amused. It sued GM in 2010 and finally got its answer from a judge this week. Judge A. Howard Matz of U.S. District Court found that the use of Einstein’s image was “tasteless,” but not illegal, according to the Los Angeles Daily News. In addition, the judge noted that, even if the action had been illegal at some point, the University had no right to claim Einstein’s image as their own since it had been more than 50 years since Einstein’s death.Continue reading...

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Amazon acquired deal-of-the-day site, Woot, which celebrates with $150 Kindle special. Kindle DX also slashes price.

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Disney has found itself in a bit of a bind as it attempts to handle a major blow to its Baby Einstein brand. But in trying to shore up the baby education video line, is it sending a confused message?

Established in 1997, the Baby Genius brand became the most successful of the booming baby education industry, exemplified by products such as multilingual talking dolls, videos, flash-cards and books -- all with names based on words like "Mozart," "Galileo," and "Shakespeare." It's estimated that as many as one third of all American families own a Baby Einstein video, and that the brand controls the majority of the market.

Meanwhile, the American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended children under the age of 2 watch no TV whatsoever. Can you start to see the conflict?Continue reading...