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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Ticketmaster Claims Hacking Over Ticket Resale Site
* Listening To The Radio At Work? Prepare To Be Sued
* Scientists Deliver 'God' Via A Helmet
* Thunderbird in Crisis?
* Microsoft's Ballmer: Google Reads Your Mail
* In the UK, Possession of the Anarchist's Cookbook Is Terrorism
* New Hope for Jackson Hobbit Film?
* 'Neurotic' is Best RTS strategy
* NASA Building Giant Roller Coaster For Science
* Tivo Tries, Cancels PayPerPost Ad Strategy
* Adobe Confirms Unpatched PDF Backdoor
* Is the Internet Bad For Professional Writers
* Brain Heatsink Could Reduce Epilepsy
* How Not to Write a Cease-and-Desist Letter
* Heart Corset to Reduce Congestive Heart Failure
* Man Claims iPod Set His Pants Aflame
* Google and IBM to Provide Cloud Computing to Students
* Seagate Releases Hybrid Hard Drive
* Stem Cell Targeting Wins First Nobel of 2007
* Vonage Settles Patent Suit With Sprint-Nextel
* Google Hopes to Disaggregate Carriers with gPhone
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| Ticketmaster Claims Hacking Over Ticket Resale Site |
| from the watch-out-for-ticket-haxxors dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Sunday October 07, @20:18 (Security) |
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/07/2332237
|
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FlopEJoe writes "Ticketmaster claims that RMG Technologies is
[0]providing software to avoid security measures on their website - even
to the point of utilizing bots to get large blocks of tickets. RMG says
it just 'provides a specialized browser for ticket brokers.' From the New
York Times article: 'The fact that tickets to popular events sell out so
quickly -- and that brokers and online resellers obtain them with such
velocity -- is clouding the business, many in the music industry say. It
is enough, some longtime concertgoers say, to make them long for the days
when all they had to do to obtain tickets was camp out overnight.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/07/2332237
Links:
0. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/06/business/06money.html?ref=technology
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| Listening To The Radio At Work? Prepare To Be Sued |
| from the we-live-in-an-age-of-wonders dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Sunday October 07, @22:06 (The Courts) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/07/2335244
|
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MLCT writes "The Performing Rights Society, one of the UK's royalties
collecting societies, has taken a Scottish car servicing company to court
because the employees are [0]alleged to have been listening to the radio
at work, allowing the music to be 'heard by colleagues and customers'.
The PRS is seeking ��200,000 in damages for the 'performances of the
music' which they claim equates to copyright infringement. The judge,
Lord Emslie, has ruled that the case can continue to hearing evidence,
commenting that the key point to note was that music was 'audibly blaring
from employee's radios'. Where do the extents of a 'public performance'
end? Radios on in cabs?"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/07/2335244
Links:
0. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7029892.stm
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| Scientists Deliver 'God' Via A Helmet |
| from the don't-forget-the-devil-in-the-details dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Monday October 08, @00:23 (Communications) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/08/0340229
|
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[0]prostoalex writes "Scientific American is reporting on scientific work
done to [1]map the euphoric religious feelings within the brain. As a
result, it's now quite possible to experience 'proximity to God' via a
special helmet: 'In a series of studies conducted over the past several
decades, Persinger and his team have trained their device on the temporal
lobes of hundreds of people. In doing so, the researchers induced in most
of them the experience of a sensed presence ��� a feeling that someone (or
a spirit) is in the room when no one, in fact, is ��� or of a profound
state of cosmic bliss that reveals a universal truth. During the
three-minute bursts of stimulation, the affected subjects translated this
perception of the divine into their own cultural and religious language ���
terming it God, Buddha, a benevolent presence or the wonder of the
universe.""
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/08/0340229
Links:
0. http://www.moskalyuk.com/blog
1. http://www.sciam.com/print_version.cfm?articleID=434D7C62-E7F2-99DF-37CC9814533B90D7
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| Thunderbird in Crisis? |
| from the film-at-eleven dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Monday October 08, @02:11 (Mozilla) |
|
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/08/0344231
|
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[0]Elektroschock writes "The two core developers of Thunderbird have left
Mozilla. Scott McGregor [1]made a brief statement: 'I wanted to let the
Thunderbird community know that Friday October 12th will be my last day
as an employee of the Mozilla Corporation.' Meanwhile, David Bienvenu
[2]blogged: 'Just wanted to let everyone know that my last day at The
Mozilla Corporation will be Oct. 12. I intend to stay involved with
Thunderbird... I've enjoyed working at Mozilla a lot, and I wish Mozilla
Co and the new Mail Co all the best.' A few month ago Mozilla management
considered abandoning their second product and setting up a special
corporation just for the mail client. Scott was more or less
[3]supportive. David [4]joined in. While [5]Sunbird just released a new
version no appropriate resources were dedicated to the missing component.
And while Thunderbird became the most used Linux mail client it has been
abandoned by Mozilla for 'popularity reasons'. Both messages from David
and Scott do not sound as if the founders will play any role in the
Thunderbird Mail Corporation. What happened to Mozilla? Is it a case of
pauperization through donations?"
Discuss this story at:
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/08/0344231
Links:
0. mailto:elektroschock@linuxmail.org
1. http://scott-macgregor.org/blog/?p=6
2. http://blog.mozilla.com/bienvenu/2007/10/05/movin-on/
3. http://scott-macgregor.org/blog/?p=4
4. http://blog.mozilla.com/bienvenu/2007/07/30/recent-thunderbird-discussions/
5. http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/
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| Microsoft's Ballmer: Google Reads Your Mail |
| from the ballmer-lives-in-a-glass-house dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Monday October 08, @04:22 (Privacy) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/08/0416213
|
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Anonymous writes "A piece of video has emerged in which Microsoft CEO
Steve [0]Ballmer says of Google, 'they read your mail and we don't.'
Evidently, it was part of a lengthy discussion on the future of the
software business model, and whether advertising could support free
consumer software. Ballmer said it doesn't work, at least when it comes
to email. '"That's just a factual statement, not even to be pejorative.
The theory was if we read your mail, if somebody read your mail, they
would know what to talk to you about. It's not working out as brilliantly
as the concept was laid out." Ballmer isn't the first to fire salvos at
Google's Gmail privacy policy. Privacy advocates have been critical over
the policy almost since the beginning, but the popularity of the service
has skyrocketed nonetheless.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/08/0416213
Links:
0. http://www.crn.com/software/202300583
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| In the UK, Possession of the Anarchist's Cookbook Is Terrorism |
| from the orwell-would-have-been-so-proud dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Monday October 08, @06:22 (The Courts) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/08/0348253
|
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Anonymous Terrorist writes "Back in the midsts of time, when I was a lad
and gopher was the height of information retrieval I read [0]The
Anarchist's Cookbook in one huge text file. Now it appears the UK
government considers possession of the book an offense under the
Terrorism Act 2000 and is [1]prosecuting a 17 year old boy, in part, for
having a copy of the book. 'The teenager faces two charges under the
Terrorism Act 2000. The first charge relates to the possession of
material for terrorist purposes in October last year. The second relates
to the collection or possession of information useful in the preparation
of an act of terrorism.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/08/0348253
Links:
0. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anarchist's_Cookbook
1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7030096.stm
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| New Hope for Jackson Hobbit Film? |
| from the something-worth-fighting-for dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Monday October 08, @07:03 (Lord of the Rings) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/08/0346242
|
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DrJimbo writes "Just in time for the [0] 70th Anniversary of the Hobbit
(published September 21, 1937) Entertainment Weekly has a 5-page article
on a possible [1]reconciliation between Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema
that may pave the way for the director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy
to return and helm the filming of The Hobbit. It was [2]previously
[3]reported here that Jackson would not be making the Hobbit film. The EW
article says that Jackson wants to make two films: first the Hobbit in
its entirety and then another film that bridges the roughly 60 years
between the end of the Hobbit and the start of the Lord of the Rings.
Unfortunately Jackson already has a lot on his plate with filming of
[4]The Lovely Bones scheduled to start this month and a [5]live action
Tintin film in the works."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/08/0346242
Links:
0. http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/The_Hobbit_70th_Anniversary_Edition_by_Harper_Collins.php
1. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20036782_20037403_20142132,00.html
2. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/11/20/1131247&tid=199
3. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/13/0054202&tid=97
4. http://imdb.com/title/tt0380510/
5. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117964927.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
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| 'Neurotic' is Best RTS strategy |
| from the better-than-my-strat-of-hide-and-cry dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday October 08, @08:35 (Real Time Strate|
|
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/08/1226213
|
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An anonymous reader writes "Austrian researchers experimenting with
adding emotion to game AI [0]say that 'neurotic' software is best at RTS.
They developed aggressive, defensive, neutral and neurotic bots to play
Age of Mythology, based on [1]psychological models of emotion. Neurotic
bots beat the standard game AI every time and faster than the other
personalities."
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/08/1226213
Links:
0. http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2007/10/neurotic-software-is-top-gamer.html
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits
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| NASA Building Giant Roller Coaster For Science |
| from the still-no-excuse-for-300ft-pinwheel dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday October 08, @09:15 (NASA) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/08/1259213
|
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Jamie found a story of [0]NASAs Giant "Science" Roller Coaster. It will
be used as an escape chute on rocket launchpads, and will be the 3rd
highest drop in the world. More like the Cedar Point Demon Drop than a
roller coaster, but still, I'd ride it.
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/08/1259213
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| Tivo Tries, Cancels PayPerPost Ad Strategy |
| from the not-the-best-plan-folks dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday October 08, @09:53 (The Almighty Buc|
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/08/1320226
|
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[0]Tivo tries out PayPerPost- essentially pseudo viral marketing where
you pay people for creating advertising for you and getting it out on the
net. Unsurprisingly, when this all came out, people complained and they
[1]killed the program and tried to [2]pull the videos when they realized
that they were looking like tools.
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/08/1320226
Links:
0. http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2007-10/tivo-hooks-up-with-pay-per-post/
1. http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2007-10/tivo-payperpost-update-program-killed/
2. http://boards.payperpost.com/viewtopic.php?p=107714#107714
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| Adobe Confirms Unpatched PDF Backdoor |
| from the machines-wide-open dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday October 08, @10:29 (Security) |
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/08/1340224
|
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50Mat writes "Adobe has fessed up to a [0]dangerous code execution
vulnerability affecting software programs installed on millions of
Windows machines. The flaw, publicly disclosed more than three weeks ago,
could allow hackers to use rigged PDF files to take control of Window XP
computers with Internet Explorer 7 installed. It affects Adobe Reader,
Adobe Acrobat Standard, Professional and Elements and Adobe Acrobat 3D."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/08/1340224
Links:
0. http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=566
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| Is the Internet Bad For Professional Writers |
| from the won't-someone-please-think-of-the-writers dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday October 08, @11:09 (The Media) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/08/1341205
|
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[0]destinyland writes "The internet democratized writing ��� but has there
been collateral damage? A former magazine editor asks 10 professional
writers [1]how the net has changed their profession, and even the act of
writing itself. Has the net changed the demand for longer articles, or
created more opportunities for more kinds of writing? It's a fascinating
read that belongs in a time capsule for the variety of reactions captured
��� including the author who complains reading time was traded away for
time to maintain our applications, and adding "Gates and Jobs...ought to
be disemboweled ��� yes, on the internet.""
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/08/1341205
Links:
0. http://www.destinyland.org/
1. http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2007/10/05/is-the-net-good-for-writers/
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| Brain Heatsink Could Reduce Epilepsy |
| from the also-prevent-core-dumps dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday October 08, @11:47 (Biotech) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/08/148255
|
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[0]SimonNight writes "[1]Attaching a heatsink to the brain can reduce the
severity of epileptic seizures, Japanese researchers say. They've
developed a surgically implanted heat conduit that connects a brain
region to a heatsink on the outside of the skull. Seizures get worse when
they abnormal activity of brain cells overheats the brain and causes more
abnormal firing patterns."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/08/148255
Links:
0. http://www.technology.newscientist.com/
1. http://www.newscientist.com/blog/invention/2007/10/brain-radiator.html
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| How Not to Write a Cease-and-Desist Letter |
| from the love-seeing-bullies-get-bullied dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday October 08, @12:39 (The Courts)|
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/08/1453254
|
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In our overly litigious society it seems that many companies are all too
happy to fire off a cease-and-desist letter if they see something they
don't like. Many times these letters end up online just causing further
embarrassment for the company. One such company has decided to try
scaring their targets out of this response by including a [0]copyright
notice for their cease-and-desist letter. Public Citizen has [1]fielded
one of these dumb letters and has invited them to try to assert their
cease-and-desist copyright (which isn't even registered).
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/08/1453254
Links:
0. http://techdirt.com/articles/20071005/174623.shtml
1. http://www.citizen.org/documents/directbuyresponse.pdf
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| Heart Corset to Reduce Congestive Heart Failure |
| from the suck-in-that-ventricle dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday October 08, @13:30 (Biotech) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/08/153259
|
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Scientists have designed a new "[0]heart-reinforcing corset" to help
combat congestive heart failure. While there isn't a large degree of
understanding of the condition, many believe that the heart expands in
order to pump more blood as a reaction to damage or valve problems. This
expansion generally exacerbates the problem, so the new reinforcing band
is attempting to control the expansion of the heart thereby reducing the
chance of failure.
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/08/153259
Links:
0. http://technology.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn12747&feedId=online-news_rss20
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| Man Claims iPod Set His Pants Aflame |
| from the lighter-and-gasoline-in-his-pocket-had-nothing-to-do-wit|
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday October 08, @14:22 (Handhelds) |
|
http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/08/1521251
|
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alphadogg writes to mention that an Atlanta man is claiming an iPod Nano
actually [0]caught fire in his pants creating flames that lasted 15
seconds and reached up as far as his chest. Apple hasn't responded to the
claims yet other than sending him a packet to return the iPod.
Discuss this story at:
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/08/1521251
Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/100807-ipod-nano-fire-pocket.html
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| Google and IBM to Provide Cloud Computing to Students |
| from the vested-interests dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday October 08, @15:15 (Supercomput|
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/08/1625229
|
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[0]John "butter/oreo" Bajana-Bacall writes to tell us that IBM and Google
have decided to team up to [1]provide cloud computing resources to
participating college students. "Most of the innovation in cloud
computing has been led by corporations, but industry executives and
computer scientists say a shortage of skills and talent could limit
future growth. 'We in academia and the government labs have not kept up
with the times,' said Randal E. Bryant, dean of the computer science
school at Carnegie Mellon University. 'Universities really need to get on
board.' Six universities will be involved in the initiative. They are
Carnegie Mellon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford
University, the University of California, Berkeley, the University of
Maryland and the University of Washington."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/08/1625229
Links:
0. http://unixen.org/
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| Seagate Releases Hybrid Hard Drive |
| from the either-the-best-or-worst-of-both-worlds dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday October 08, @16:07 (Data Storag|
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/08/1735209
|
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An anonymous reader writes to tell us Seagate has released a new
[0]hybrid hard drive. This new drive adds the speed of a solid state
drive to the conventional hard drive. Originally designed for laptops
this new drive comes in 80, 120, and 160 GB flavors and features 256MB of
flash memory.
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/08/1735209
Links:
0. http://www.pclaunches.com/hard_drive/seagate_momentus_5400_psd_laptop_hybrid_drives_announced.php
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| Stem Cell Targeting Wins First Nobel of 2007 |
| from the tweaking-the-blueprint dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday October 08, @17:02 (Biotech) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/08/1927204
|
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An anonymous reader writes "'[0]Gene targeting,' which allows scientists
to isolate stem cells in mice and reproduce genetically modified
offspring, has [1]won the Nobel Prize for medicine. Having allowed
pathologists to better understand diseases such as cancer, heart disease,
diabetes and cystic fibrosis for close to 20 years, the technology is
just now getting its big day in the sun. From [2]Nobel's full
how-it-works: 'Their [i.e. ES cells] use as a vehicle for the transfer
into the mouse genome of mutant alleles, either selected in cell culture
or inserted into the cells via transformation with specific DNA
fragments, has been presented as an attractive proposition. In many of
these studies the use of pluripotential cells directly isolated from the
embryos under study should have great advantages.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/08/1927204
Links:
0. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_targeting
1. http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/science_news/4225605.html
2. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2007/adv.html
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| Vonage Settles Patent Suit With Sprint-Nextel |
| from the money-can-soothe-a-lot-of-hurt-feelings dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday October 08, @17:53 (Patents) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/08/2019248
|
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[0]mytrip writes to tell us that Vonage has been able to [1]settle their
patent differences with Sprint-Nextel for a mere $80 million. This
settlement resolves all pending claims by Sprint-Nextel as well as
licensing Vonage to use over 100 patents and a $5 million advance in
prepayment for services.
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/08/2019248
Links:
0. http://www.mytrip.com/
1. http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8S54MA83.htm
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| Google Hopes to Disaggregate Carriers with gPhone |
| from the locutus-of-google dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday October 08, @18:44 (Google) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/08/2050208
|
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "The New York Times has a look at Google's plan to
[1]loosen the carriers' control over their mobile phone networks in an
effort to bring the dynamics of the PC-oriented Internet to the mobile
Internet hoping that it can beat competitors in an open environment. The
Google Phone or gPhone which is expected to be unveiled later this year
will not compete with the iPhone but will help Google distribute their
online services. Google intends to provide software that will be built
into phones sold by many manufacturers and, unlike Microsoft's Windows
Mobile, Google is not expected to charge phone makers a licensing fee for
their software. Google will make its money brokering ads on the mobile
phones and even envisions a free phone service one day supported entirely
through ad revenue."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/08/2050208
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/08/business/media/08googlephone.html?pagewanted=1&_r=3&ref=technology
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