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McDonald's N. Zealand reviews ban on gay websites
AFP, Published on 11/01/2011
» McDonald's New Zealand said it was reviewing its Internet access policies Tuesday after gay groups complained the fast-food giant was blocking their websites from its Wi-Fi network.
BlackBerry says Indian security fears answered
AFP, Published on 14/01/2011
» The Canadian maker of BlackBerry said Thursday it had found a way out of an ongoing standoff in India over allowing security agencies access to the smartphone's encrypted messaging service.
S.Korean court rules anti-rumour law unconstitutional
AFP, Published on 29/12/2010
» South Korea's Constitutional Court ruled Tuesday that a clause in a telecommunications law that was used to crack down on Internet rumourmongers is unconstitutional.
RIM tells India no access for BlackBerry emails
AFP, Published on 28/01/2011
» BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) said Thursday it could not give Indian law enforcers a way to monitor its corporate mail service, days ahead of a government deadline for access.
Don't touch his junk
Database, Published on 22/12/2010
» The year 2010 comes to an end. It was the year of social media, the year of Apple and also the year of Google.
US regulators approve 'net neutrality' rules
AFP, Published on 22/12/2010
» US telecom regulators, in a vote split on party lines, approved rules Tuesday that supporters said are needed to ensure an open Internet but opponents denounced as unwelcome government meddling.
Venezuela passes media, Internet-muzzling law
AFP, Published on 21/12/2010
» The Venezuelan parliament passed a law banning for the first time Internet content that promotes social unrest, challenges authority or condones crime, fueling outrage by the opposition.
Pakistan bans players from Facebook and Twitter
AFP, Published on 16/12/2010
» Pakistan has banned its cricketers from social networking sites Facebook and Twitter in the latest effort to exert discipline following a series of damaging scandals, an official said Wednesday.
One born every minute
Database, Published on 15/12/2010
» The cabinet decided that instead of raising the bridge, it would lower the water; by an unknown vote, the ministers voted to tell the Industry Minister to lower the standards that make ID cards so darned smart, and accept dumber ones; the thing is that the Ministry of Internet Censorship in Thailand (MICT) has already ordered 26 million of blank not-so-smart cards, and, well, paid for them; the Industry Ministry wants smart cards, not partly smart ones, and rejected them; c'mon, said Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and some supporters - take these ones that are almost smart enough; if you believe that a lot of money for a certain political party is at stake in the smart-card contract - double the amount if they have to be reprinted by the heavily connected contractors V Smart Joint Venture - you are smarter than any ID card.
Irreverent and irrelevant
Database, Published on 20/10/2010
» Microsoft unveiled its most important product of 2010, the Windows Phone 7, a smart phone that puts the company clearly at a make-or-break landmark; not only is the phone itself - which got good early reviews - important for income and prestige, but Microsoft is counting on Windows Mobile 7 to sell a gazillion copies and power a jillion apps; as ICD analyst put it, "On a scale of 1 to 10, this (phone launch) is an 11"; of course, you are far too foreign to be allowed to have a Windows Phone 7; within a day, phone makers HTC, Dell, Samsung and LG all had jumped on the Windows Phone 7 platform, with additional features including pop-out speakers and Qwerty keyboards.