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Submission + - WikiLeaks calls for Assange to step down (thinq.co.uk)

Submitted by Stoobalou on Monday September 06, 2010 @01:21PM

Stoobalou writes: A member of Iceland's parliament and prominent organiser for whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks has turned on the site's founder, Julian Assange, demanding that he step down over rape allegations made against him in Sweden.

Birgitta Jonsdottir told Internet news site The Daily Beast that she did not believe Assange's repeated assertion that the allegations of rape and molestation made against him were part of a US-backed smear campaign to distract attention from documents posted on the site laying bare US involvement in the war in Afghanistan and further promised revelations.

Submission + - Ryanair's CEO suggests eliminating co-pilots (cnn.com) 2

Submitted by postbigbang on Monday September 06, 2010 @12:31PM

postbigbang writes: Ryanair's miser-in-chief Michael O'Leary now suggests eliminating co-pilots as a way to save money. Will airliners be powered by drones, or is it actually viable to have just a single pilot on passenger planes?

Submission + - ACTA Text Leaks:US Caves on ISPs, Seeks Super-DMCA (michaelgeist.ca)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 06, 2010 @09:33AM

An anonymous reader writes: Given the history of ACTA leaks, to no one's surprise, the latest version of the draft agreement was leaked last night on KEI's website. The new version — which reflects changes made during an intense week of negotiations last month in Washington — shows a draft agreement that is much closer to becoming reality. Perhaps the most important story of the latest draft is how the countries are close to agreement on the Internet enforcement chapter. In the face of opposition, the U.S. has dropped its demands on secondary liability for ISPs but is still holding out hope of establishing a super-DMCA with digital lock rules that go beyond the WIPO Internet treaties and were even rejected by U.S. courts.

Comment Graybar (Score 1) 196

by Understudy on Thursday March 12, 2009 @12:50AM (#27162351) Attached to: The First Phone Call Was 133 Years Ago

Don't feel to bad for Elisha. He was part owner of the Graybar Electric Company. Which today is still one of the largest suppliers of electric and voice data supplies who still today suck up large amounts of money for over priced items. It was that money he used to try and patent the telephone.

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