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Submission + - Canada's Telus Ends Sales of Cell-Phone Porn

Submitted by westlake on Thursday February 22, 2007 @12:02AM

westlake writes: Telus, Canada's No. 2 phone company, has ended sales of soft core porn to it's cell phone customers following complaints from the Roman Catholic Church and others. Telus was the first North American carrier to offer adult content for download. $3 for stills, $4 for videos. Access to adult content on the web remains unrestricted, but Telus seems to have badly underestimated resistance to the public download of porn and the risks for a carrier in becoming a dealer in porn. Telus bows to pressure, ends phone porn downloads

Submission + - Apple Aperture Explained For Non-Photographers

Submitted by

ConMotto

on Wednesday February 21, 2007 @11:46PM

ConMotto writes: "If you caught the recent Lightroom Vs. Aperture story but aren't a photographer, you might be wondering what the heck Apple's Aperture software does, in plain English."

Submission + - Apple, Cisco settle iPhone trademark lawsuit

Submitted by warrior_s on Wednesday February 21, 2007 @11:45PM

warrior_s writes: Cisco Systems and Apple said Wednesday they have settled the trademark-infringement lawsuit over the use of the iPhone name for Apple's new multimedia phone.
The agreement allows Apple and Cisco to use the iPhone brand on their own products. Also, the companies said that they would explore opportunities for interoperability in the areas of security, consumer and business communications.

Submission + - New Go Algorithm May Help Beat Human Players

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 21, 2007 @11:38PM

An anonymous reader writes: The Birmingham Post reports that two Hungarian scientists have now come up with an algorithm that helps computers pick the right move in Go (an ancient Chinese board game that is still popular in Asia). Though computers have beat top players in chess, even the most powerful computer failed to beat top players in Go. The new method uses two processors instead of one. Though 19x19 board is still tough for computers, "On a nine by nine board we are not far from reaching the level of a professional Go player," said Levente Kocsis at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences' computing lab SZTAKI.

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