Mastadex - Slashdot User

RIM forced to change name of new platform-> 0

Submitted by Mastadex on Wednesday December 07, @11:00AM

Mastadex writes "RIM's brand new BlackBerry mobile OS, due in early 2012, was expected to be called "BBX." But due to a recently court ruling against it, RIM has dropped BBX and opted simply for "BlackBerry 10." Software company Basis International said a US federal court in Albuquerque has granted a temporary restraining order against RIM, barring it from using Basis' BBX trademark. The court decision bars RIM from using the trademark at its Asian DevCon conference on Wednesday and Thursday in Singapore."
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How the West is arming the anti-censorship movemen-> 0

Submitted by Mastadex on Friday August 12 2011, @10:13PM

Mastadex writes "In the high-stakes cyber struggle to outwit repressive regimes – such as China’s – that spend billions thwarting the free flow of information, a Canada-U.S. computer research group believes it can tip the balance toward freedom. Ian Goldberg, an assistant professor at the University of Waterloo’s Cheriton School of Computer Science, is part of team that has come up with an anti-censorship system called Telex. Until a few days ago, when the joint University of Waterloo and University of Michigan team announced their Telex test running inside a computer lab in Ann Arbor, China’s cyber police may not have known there was a chink in their cyber wall."
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China reports U.S. Human Rights violations 0

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RealMarkP

on Friday February 27 2009, @01:04PM

RealMarkP writes "We all know about the United States' zealous campaign on Human Rights, especially when it comes to China. But what is seldom reported is how badly the US violates Human Rights itself. The Xinhua, a Chinese News website, has published an article titled "The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2006." It contains references to published studies by International News Agencies and various U.S. federal departments and universities. The article is very factual and provides a detailed overview of the United States' interpretation of Human Rights. Nonetheless, It makes for a very good read."

35 Impeachment articles introduced against Bush 0

Submitted by Mark P on Tuesday June 10 2008, @05:51PM

Mark P writes ""Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, introduced 35 articles of impeachment against President George W. Bush in the U.S. House of Representatives Monday night." Furthermore, "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and other leading House Democrats have said Congress will not pursue impeachment of Bush. During the 2006 election campaign, Pelosi told CBS' "60 Minutes" impeachment was "off the table." Kucinich and others in Congress — including Rep. Robert Wexler, D-Fla. — have pressed for impeachment of Bush and Cheney, accusing the administration of multiple offenses, including lying to Congress and the public about its reasons for the 2003 invasion of Iraq." This topic, although recently introduced in Congress, is being covered by a number of news sources."