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Apple, RIM, Google All Bid On Palm 117

Posted by timothy on Thursday July 15, 2010 @07:00PM
from the face-palm-apple dept.

imamac writes "It seems HP was only one of many bidders for the struggling Palm. The others included Apple, RIM and even Google. You may now commence speculation on why the various companies wanted Palm."

+ - Swedish Police Try to Block The Pirate Bay-> 0

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 06, 2007 @06:36PM

An anonymous reader writes "The Swedish Police seem to have one more trick up their sleeves in the latest attempt to shut The Pirate Bay down. They will voluntarily ask Swedish ISPs to reclassify them as a child porn site, thereby blocking access to Swedish citizens."
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Arrest Under New NY Anti-Piracy Law 275

Posted by Zonk on Friday July 06, 2007 @02:41PM
from the next-time-don't-wear-an-eyepatch-to-the-movies dept.

AxminsterLeuven writes "The BBC is carrying a story on new tightened New York anti-piracy legislation: A man has been arrested, after smuggling video recording equipment into a theater showing the new Transformers movie. 'Kalidou Diallo, 48, has been charged with unauthorized use of a video camera in a cinema. Under upgraded legislation, he could face six months in jail and fines of up to $5,000 (£2,487) if found guilty,' the BBC reports."