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BT strike could disrupt internet across the UK-> 0

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on Thursday May 27 2010, @08:51AM

Doches writes "The Communication Workers Union, which represents IT and telecommunications engineers for BT, is threatening a strike in response to a combination of recent pay cuts and outrageous executive bonuses issued by the telecom giant. 'Many business and residential phonelines could go out of action, and if broadband crashes then thousands and thousands of people will find their internet goes down,' says CWU spokesman Kevin Slocombe."
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Steam Accused of Exploiting Indie Developers-> 0

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on Friday October 09 2009, @04:33AM

Doches writes "While the independent game development community may still be in love with Valve's digital distribution service Steam, Gearbox Software's Randy Pitchford declares that the service is actually exploiting indie developers and small studios. In particular, he cautions against trusting Valve to manage Steam impartially, given that they also use the service as the primary distribution network for their own games. "There's so much conflict of interest there that it's horrid," he says. "It's actually really, really dangerous for the rest of the industry to allow Valve to win.""
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Intuit Buys Mint.com for $170 Million-> 0

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on Tuesday September 15 2009, @08:04AM

Doches writes "Intuit (makes of Quicken and the DRM-laden TurboTax) just finalized a deal to acquire web-based personal finance tool Mint.com. The company promises that Mint will remain free, but users are skeptical. Another great web startup about to be wrecked by software giant?"
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BT-Phorm deal officially no more-> 0

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on Tuesday July 07 2009, @11:07AM

Doches writes "Good news from the UK (via the NYTimes): looks like British Telecom is officially canceling their partnership with the controversial advertising company Phorm. I'm sure you all remember Phorm, which builds web browsing profiles of ISP subscribers via deep packet inspection; this is great news for BT customers (e.g. most of the UK), since BT's adoption of Phorm would have basically done away with any semblance of privacy in web surfing. Don't rejoice too soon, though — apparently BT called off the deal 'because of budget limitations caused by investments in other technology, not because of privacy concerns.'"
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