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Submission + - Verizon Wireless to open up network (marketwatch.com)

Submitted by gerbalblaste on Tuesday November 27, 2007 @11:52AM

gerbalblaste writes: Verizon Wireless, the nation's No. 2 wireless-phone carrier, said Tuesday it will allow customers to use phones and software not sold by company starting at the end of 2008 so long as the devices and applications meet certain standards that make them compatible with its network.
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/verizon-wireless-open-up-network/story.aspx?guid=%7BE879FB44-3D42-48FD-8B6B-DD6FEADB4FBD%7D

Sounds like verizon feels google breathing down its neck.

Submission + - ExxonMobil Paid to Mislead Public

Submitted by gerbalblaste on Thursday January 04, 2007 @09:56AM

gerbalblaste writes: ExxonMobil Corp. gave $16 million to 43 ideological groups between 1998 and 2005 in an effort to mislead the public by discrediting the science behind global warming, the Union of Concerned Scientists asserted Wednesday.

http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/printarticle.aspx ?feed=AP&date=20070103&id=6312409

Submission + - Battlestar Galactica Pen and Paper RPG

Submitted by gerbalblaste on Friday December 29, 2006 @12:24AM

gerbalblaste writes: Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd. has reached an agreement with Universal Studios Consumer Products Group to produce roleplaying game products based on the enormously successful, critically-acclaimed television series, Battlestar Galactica.

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