Remains of the Day: Mistakes were made

05.05.2012

Monty Python alum Terry Gilliam talks about two apps related to the famed comedy troupe--one of which was --and reveals that he doesn't, in fact, have his own iPhone. That's the craziest thing I've heard of since .

(ZDNet Australia)

Perhaps you recall the story of the iPhone that . The mystery has thankfully been solved: "a misplaced screw punctured the battery casing, leading to a short circuit that caused the battery to overheat." Claims that the phone was simply "too hot for TV" were not confirmed.

(AllThingsD)

In his bio--and in certain regulatory filings--Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson stated that he had a college degree in computer science. Only...not so much. Turns out Thompson's degree is actually in accounting. Yahoo described the gaffe as an "inadvertent error." You know, as opposed to an intentional error.