Deutsche Telekom Wins Ruling in IPhone Sales Dispute  —  Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) — Deutsche Telekom AG, Europe’s largest telephone company, can block buyers of Apple Inc.’s iPhone from using the handset on competitors’ networks, a German court ruled, overturning an injunction won by Vodafone Group Plc.

Source:   Bloomberg
Link:   http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid…

Verizon Embraces Google’s Android  —  How Verizon Wireless learned to stop worrying and love open access.  Step one: Realizing it’s a way to add low-cost customers  —  In yet another sudden shift, Verizon Wireless plans to support Google’s (GOOG) new software platform for cell phones and other mobile devices.

Source:   Business Week
Author:   Spencer E. […]

MPAA’s University Toolkit hit with DMCA takedown notice after GPL violation  —  The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) recently released a software toolkit designed to help universities detect instances of potentially illegal filesharing on school networks.

Source:   Ars Technica
Author:   Ryan Paul
Link:   http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071204-mpaas…

Where the hell is Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook?  —  It’s just totally amazing to me how badly Facebook is handling the PR around its new Beacon system.  —  This story is NOT going away.  Even if this particular story goes away, there’s a bad taste in our mouths because Facebook tried to do something that […]

‘Kill switch’ dropped from Vista  —  Microsoft is to withdraw an anti-piracy tool from Windows Vista, which disables the operating system when invoked, following customer complaints.  —  The so-called “kill switch” is designed to prevent users with illegal copies of Vista from using certain features.

Source:   BBC
Link:   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7126902.stm

MySpace Launches Transmissions - No, It’s Not an Auto Repair Social Network  —  MySpace has announced this morning the launch of MySpace Transmissions.  The program is described as, “a music program that empowers top recording artists with a new platform to create and distribute exclusive …

Source:   CenterNetworks
Author:   Allen Stern
Link:   http://www.centernetworks.com/myspace-transmissions…

MySpace Launches Transmissions - No, It’s Not an Auto Repar Social Network  —  MySpace has announced this morning the launch of MySpace Transmissions.  The program is described as, “a music program that empowers top recording artists with a new platform to create and distribute exclusive …

Source:   CenterNetworks
Author:   Allen Stern
Link:   http://www.centernetworks.com/myspace-transmissions…

Google Announces Fastest Growing Search Terms  —  Yesterday Yahoo announced its top search trends for 2007.  Google’s list traditionally come later in December (here’s last years list), but today VP of Search and User Experience Marissa Mayer revealed the “fastest rising U.S. search terms” on the Today Show.

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Michael Arrington
Link:   http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/google-announces…

Nokia World 2007: Nokia outlines its vision of Internet evolution and commitment to environmental sustainability  —  Amsterdam, The Netherlands - At the annual Nokia World conference today, Nokia outlined its vision for the mobile industry, predicting rapid change driven by the convergence …

Source:   Nokia
Link:   http://www.nokia.com/A4136001?newsid=1172937

Secret mailing list rocks Wikipedia  —  The Register Desktop Support Seminar .  Live & Online 11th December (10am PST)  —  On the surface, all is well in Wikiland.  Just last week, a headline from The San Francisco Chronicle told the world that “Wikipedia’s Future Is Still Looking Up,” …

Source:   The Register
Author:   Cade Metz
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