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Submission + - Wikimedia Italia sued for 20,000,000 Euros (wikipedia.org)

Sbisolo writes: Wikimedia Italia, the Italian chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation, has been sued for 20,000,000 â together with its former president, Frieda Brioschi by Antonio and Giampaolo Angelucci (a father and son), allegedly because of some edits made to the Italian Wikipedia's Antonio Angelucci article, which they claim were defamatory to the reputation of both men.

More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Gianfranco/Wikimedia_Italia_sued_for_20,000,000_%E2%82%AC
In italian: http://punto-informatico.it/2708336/PI/News/wikimedia-italia-accusa-20-milioni-euro.aspx

Submission + - Lawyer demands jury stops Googling (itwire.com) 1

coomaria writes: So lawyers want to get juries to sign, on threat of prison, that they won't Google the case they are hearing. Apparently it could influence their decision, and only lawyers are allowed to do that, right?
The Military

Submission + - SOCOM wants psywar websites targeted at U.K. (725.be) 1

Agent725 writes: "The secretive US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has offered arms globocorp General Dynamics a contract of $10m to set up a network of psychological-warfare "influence websites". The websites should support the Global War On Terror. France and Britain are specifically included as "targeted regions".

A psychological operation (PSYOP) is the dissemination of information to foreign audiences. According to SOCOM: ...the dissemination of truthful information to foreign audiences in support of US policy. The activities are not forms of force, but are force multipliers that use nonviolent means in often violent environments. They rely on logic, fear, desire or other mental factors. The ultimate objective of US military psychological operations is to convince enemy, neutral, and friendly nations and forces to take action favorable to the United States.

So, who will spot these websites first? Give a hoot!"

Submission + - British film 'Creation' banned in USA (digitaljournal.com) 8

thesappho writes: "From the story : "British film 'Creation' will not be coming to the United States because of its controversial theme. While the film opened the Toronto Film Festival to rave reviews, the religious undertones surrounding this Darwin biopic appear to be to much for the U.S. ". It seems that the film could not find even one distributor to be aired. Is this a kind of banning? negligence? censorship? or business decision?"

Submission + - GeoCities closing October 26, 2009 (yahoo.com)

angkor writes: "End of an era: On October 26, 2009, your GeoCities site will no longer appear on the Web, and you will no longer be able to access your GeoCities account and files..."

Comment Haven't I seen this one before? (Score 1) 138

Already, subscribers are talking about a controversial military maneuver whereby a small unit or individual, outgunned and trapped may use an otherwise abandoned motor vehicle and a makeshift ramp to disable or destroy a rotory aerial vehicle.

At least one may in fact currently be viewing this via "the old satcomms".

Comment Re:The status quo (Score 1, Insightful) 426

The major difference between our service and theirs is that our plans aren't rated by data transferred per month. In the EU, Japan, even Australia, end users have 5G, 10G, 25G plans et al. We're "unlimited" in the sense that we could download every minute of every day of a month and with the exception of being throttled (by either the company or our flatmates) could hit theoretical maximums well outside the financial means of these international customers.

Our method is to limit traffic use by limiting how much you can use at any one time.

Theirs is to limit traffic use by letting you get whatever you want as fast as you want... but make you pay if you go over a certain line.

God help us if Broadband pricing guidelines become Wireless pricing guidelines.

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