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Submission + - Google execs convicted in Italy for bullying video (reuters.com)

Submitted by ifchairscouldtalk on Wednesday February 24, 2010 @06:07AM

ifchairscouldtalk writes: A court in Milan found Google Italy employees guilty of privacy violations for allowing the publication of an Internet video showing a handicapped teenager being bullied. The video remained online for two months even when some web users posted comments asking for it to be removed. The three were sentenced to six months in jail but they will not serve jail time because sentences of less than three years are commuted in Italy for people without criminal records.

Submission + - AIDS Vaccine is partially successful

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ifchairscouldtalk

on Thursday September 24, 2009 @08:11AM

ifchairscouldtalk writes: "Phase III "RV 144" study in Thailand succeeded in reducing HIV infection rate in trial with 31.2% effectiveness. The study was conducted by the Thailand Ministry of Public Health and used strains of HIV common in Thailand. It is not clear whether the vaccine, which combines AIDSVAX with Aventis Pasteur ALVAC-HIV canarypox vector, known as "vCP1521", would work against other strains in the United States, Africa or elsewhere. Strangely, the vaccine had no effect on levels of HIV in the blood of those who did become infected, providing 'one of the most important and intriguing findings' of the trial, according to Dr Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which is one of the trial's sponsors."

Submission + - Bill Gates quits Facebook (telegraph.co.uk)

Submitted by ifchairscouldtalk on Monday July 27, 2009 @12:02PM

ifchairscouldtalk writes: Bill Gates, founder and chairman of Microsoft, which purchased a 1.6% share of Facebook for $240 million in 2007, quit his Facebook profile. Apparently, the more than 10,000 friend requests made it difficult and tedious to determine who he knew and who he didn't. 'It was just way too much trouble so I gave it up,' he said. While the technological revolution has been 'hugely beneficial,' it can also 'waste our time' he warned.

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