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  Canadian Phone Company to Sell Porn 2007-01-28 20:49 westcoaster004

Submitted by westcoaster004 on Sunday January 28 2007, @08:49PM
westcoaster004 writes "Telus, Canada's second-largest telecommunications carrier has decided to start selling pornography to its cellular subscribers. The service will allow subscribers with mobile browsers to purchase both photographic and video adult-oriented content from Telus. Telus decided to introduce the service after noticing that there existed a certain "segment of the population that is interested in that content" from review of the mobile web browsing habits of their subscribers. They are the first telecommunications company in Canada to offer such content."
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  MS admits to embrace-extend-extingish strategy 2007-01-28 19:36 walterbyrd

Submitted by walterbyrd on Sunday January 28 2007, @07:36PM
walterbyrd writes "According to Microsoft filings in Comes v. Microsoft : "OSS projects have been able to gain a foothold in many server applications because of the wide utility of highly commoditized, simple protocols. By extending these protocols and developing new protocols, we can deny OSS projects entry into the market.""
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  Uncle Sam spoils dream trip to space 2007-01-28 19:10 gollum123

Submitted by gollum123 on Sunday January 28 2007, @07:10PM
gollum123 writes "Brian Emmett's childhood fantasy came true when he won a free trip to outer space ( http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/01/28/free.ride .ap/index.html ). But the 31-year-old was crushed when he had to cancel his reservation because of Uncle Sam. Emmett won his ticket to the stars in a 2005 sweepstakes by Oracle Corp., in which he answered a series of online questions on Java computer code. For the self-described space buff who has attended space camp and watched shuttle launches from Kennedy Space Center, it seemed like a chance to become an astronaut on a dime. Then reality hit. After some number-crunching, Emmett realized he would have to report the $138,000 galactic joy ride as income and owe $25,000 in taxes. Unwilling to sink into debt, the software consultant from the San Francisco Bay area gave up his seat. Since the Internal Revenue Service requires winnings from lottery drawings, TV game shows and other contests to be reported as taxable income, tax experts contend there's no such thing as a free spaceflight. Some contest sponsors provide a check to cover taxes, but that income is also taxable."
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  man achieves winged flight 2006-12-30 16:59 penguinbroker

Submitted by penguinbroker on Saturday December 30 2006, @04:59PM
penguinbroker writes "Former Swiss military pilot Yves Rossy has created a wearable 10ft airfoil powered by four miniature kerosene powered turbines. Can we get a tutorial in MAKE please. From the article:

"Man has dreamt of flight ever since our ancestors first saw birds soaring into the sky.And even after the dream was realised, first with hot-air balloons and later with heavier-than-air aeroplanes, the dream remained unfulfilled... There is just enough lift generated by the 10ft aerofoil strapped to his back to negate the effects of gravity. At first, after the wings are unfolded electrically, he becomes a glider then, when the four kerosene-powered engines are turned on, he becomes a jetplane. Thanks to the engines, each of which develops 22kg of thrust, he can not only maintain altitude but actually gain height, he says, at a rate of several hundred feet a minute — until the fuel runs out six minutes later. He lands with a conventional parachute.""
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  Printers that don't use toner level chips? 2006-12-30 15:56 xymog

Submitted by xymog on Saturday December 30 2006, @03:56PM
xymog writes "I'm increasingly seeing people with printers that stop working and provide a "toner out" message, even though the end user swears they are using a new cartridge. Though they are not using Lexmark printers, I am pretty sure they are using a printer and cartridge combination that uses so-called toner level chips. These are discussed in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexmark_Int'l_v._Stat ic_Control_Components. The chips allow manufacturers to lock users into using their cartridges, rather than using OEM or toner refill programs. Good for the manufacturer, bad for consumers and consumer choice. In my bumbling way I've tried locating more information, or even a list, of personal or small workgroup printers that use these manufacturer lock-in techniques, but wasn't able to find such a list. Any Slashdot readers have anecdotal suggestions or even a pretty-darn-sure list I could refer to?"
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