You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz

Apple apps strictly for purists, Google nailed by Italian jurists

The tech world may not always reach Olympian heights, but there's still plenty to report this week. For instance: Apple got tougher on apps vendors, Wal-Mart got into the video-on-demand business, Google got skewered by an Italian court, and schools in Southeast Pennsylvania got in Dutch with angry parents. Do you have what it takes to win the gold? Give yourself 10 points for each correct answer. Ready, set ... and you're off.

1. A school district in Southeastern Pennsylvania has been sued by parents over a digital indiscretion. What is the district accused of?

a. Posting pics of students on Facebookb. Removing student sites critical of the schoolc. Spying on students via their own webcamsd. Sending suggestive tweets about underage students

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The tech world may not always reach Olympian heights, but there's still plenty to report this week. For instance: Apple got tougher on apps vendors, Wal-Mart got into the video-on-demand business, Google got skewered by an Italian court, and schools in Southeast Pennsylvania got in Dutch with angry parents. Do you have what it takes to win the gold? Give yourself 10 points for each correct answer. Ready, set ... and you're off.

1. A school district in Southeastern Pennsylvania has been sued by parents over a digital indiscretion. What is the district accused of?

a. Posting pics of students on Facebookb. Removing student sites critical of the schoolc. Spying on students via their own webcamsd. Sending suggestive tweets about underage students

2. Apple just made it a little harder for iPhone apps to get on its virtual shelves. What did the app store mandarins just ban?

a. Anything with "overtly sexual" content

b. Anything duplicating AT&T phone services

c. Anything with the word "Google" attached

d. Graven images of Steve Jobs

3. "These networks are now so pervasive that we can literally know everything if we want to. What people are doing, what people care about, information that's monitored, we can literally know it if we want to, and if people want us to know it." Who says he can know anything about you that he wants to know?

a. Google's Eric Schmidt

b. AT&T's Randall Stephenson

c. Amazon's Jeff Bezos

d. Lower Merion School District's Dr. Chris McGinley

4. Wal-Mart just bought a video-on-demand service. Which one?

a. Hulu

b. Vudu

c. Roku

d. Zulu

5. Three Google employees were found guilty by an Italian court this week. What was their alleged crime?

a. Privacy violations caused by Google Buzz

b. Failure to comply with Italian privacy code

c. Refusal to hand over Gmail accounts of Italian dissidents

d. Eating pasta with a spoon

6. Apple's iTunes just clocked its 10 billionth song download. Which tune was it?

a. "Take this Job and Shove It," Johnny Paycheck

b. "Guess Things Happen That Way," Johnny Cash

c. "Wonderful Wonderful," Johnny Mathis

d. "God Save the Queen," Johnny Rotten

7. Microsoft just withdrew a takedown notice that temporarily delisted Cryptome.org from the Web. What did Cryptome post that upset Microsoft so?

a. Steve Ballmer's home address

b. The source code for Windows 8

c. Microsoft's criminal procedures manual

d. Bill Gates' secret plan for world domination

8. Cryptome wasn't the only Internet classic that made a temporary disappearance. What long-standing Net meme got yanked briefly from the InterTubes?

a. Star Wars Kid

b. Numa Numa Dance

c. Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" video

d. Charlie the Unicorn

9. Yelp is being sued by, of all things, a veterinary clinic. What did Yelp allegedly do?

a. Animal testing

b. Demanded money to spike a negative review

c. Failed to pay for neutering services

d. Published reviews from fake users

10. Take the tweets-per-day milestone just passed by Twitter and multiple by the percentage of iPhone owners who download at least one application per month, according to AdMob. Add the number of Waledec botnet sites Microsoft just wiped off the Net. Put that on your iPhone and jiggle it. What do you get?