BurnLounge Promoter Settles FTC Complaint (PC World)
PC World - The promoter of a digital music service settles a U.S. FTC complaint against him.
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Hardware
Recognize the Reveler: Who’s Flipping the Finger? (E! Online)
E! Online - Here’s a Hint: This blond singer has a hit song that’s getting major airplay and she’s clubbing at NYC hot spot Butter, so why’s she giving us a digital diss? Maybe she’s just trying to show off her injured finger to gain some sympathy points from her paparazzi pals.
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Apple’s iPhone could find Asia tough to crack (AFP)
AFP - The iPhone 3G, which Apple is billing as twice as fast and half as expensive as the debut model, will roll out in cities from Tokyo to Sydney on Friday — but it could face challenges in Asia it will not have elsewhere.
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Asustek to Offer Eee PC With Built-in 3G Wireless (PC World)
PC World - Asustek will offer an Eee PC later this year with built-in 3G connectivity.
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Terra gets Olympic Internet rights (AP)
AP - Internet company Terra says it has been awarded Internet and mobile rights to transmit the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Latin America.
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Suit Seeks Information on U.S. Cell-Phone Tracking (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation are suing the Department of Justice to obtain official records concerning the U.S. government’s possible use of cell-phone-tracking technology to spy on individuals without first obtaining a court order based on probable cause.
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Judge in NY scolds hedge fund scammer who ran away (AP)
AP - A hedge fund cheat who tried to fake his own death and spent nearly a month as a fugitive told a judge Thursday that he really did try to commit suicide while on the run, saying he thought it would be better to do himself in than turn himself in.
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iPhone 3G queue forms in Manhattan (CNET)
CNET - The line for the Apple iPhone 3G began to form Friday–an entire week before the device goes on sale.
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Apple’s iPhone could find Asia tough to crack (AFP)
AFP - The iPhone 3G, which Apple is billing as twice as fast and half as expensive as the debut model, will roll out in cities from Tokyo to Sydney on Friday — but it could face challenges in Asia it will not have elsewhere.
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Review: SOHO Organizer 7.0.2 (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - For personal organization, Apple has focused on the basics with its Address Book and iCal programs, which are included with Mac OS X. These are fine light-duty programs, but they lack power for anything more than simple contact and calendar management. Chronos’s SOHO Organizer 7.0.2 suite provides a feature-rich alternative that will appeal [...]
