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Submission Summary: 0 pending, 11 declined, 7 accepted (18 total, 38.89% accepted)

Submission + - RIM co-CEO cries "No Fair" on security question (bbc.co.uk)

bulled writes: When asked about letting governments in Asia and the Middle East into the "secure" message service used by their Blackberry devices, Mike Lazaridis, the co-chief executive or RIM, walks out on the interview and says "We've dealt with this, the question is no fair." By dealt with, we can only assume he meant "been paid handsomely to let governments read what they wish."
Music

Submission + - Return of the Vinyl Album

bulled writes: NPR ran a story this morning about the comeback of Vinyl. They highlighted a turntable with a USB interface and speculated on the possible reasons for the resurgence. They mentioned sound quality and lack of DRM as possible causes. Sound quality can and will be debated but the second reason should get the response, "Duh."
Spam

Submission + - Verizon wins injunction against TXT spammer

bulled writes: "cnet.com is running a story about a suit Verizon Wireless recently won against a company that was delivering spam text messages. Specialized Programming and Marketing and Henderson was ordered to pay more than $200,000 in damages to Verizon Wireless."
Censorship

Submission + - Chinese Wikipedia Content differs from English

bulled writes: "news.com is running a story on differences found in Wikipedia's Chinese site content from content on the same subjects from the Enlish site. The article goes into a discussion about how the "sanitized" information is so prevalent in Chinese education that it is seen as the "truth"."
Spam

Submission + - 4th Circuit Court Sides with Spammer

bulled writes: "The 4th Circuit court ruled in favor of Omega World Travel today, allowing them to procede with their suit against an anti-spam activist. This goes to show that is the Federal government is going to do nothing about spam, they shouldn't legislate that they will do nothing."
Patents

Submission + - Obivous test for patents questioned

bulled writes: news.com Is currently running a story about a case coming before the US Supreme Court on testing new patents for "obviousness". The decision has potential to significantly impact the High Tech industry. The usual gang of idiots have lined up on both sides of the issue.

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