Comment Your magistrate wishes to inform you (Score 1) 2
Sony will be requesting subpoenas for anyone who comments on this post, lulz.
Submission + - Best Buy bans customer for life (gizmocrunch.com)
cobracommand0 writes: And yet another reason to avoid shopping at Best Buy. After winning two out of three charges in a small claims court against the electronics store, a customer received a check and a letter from Best Buy informing him of his perma-ban from the entire chain.
Submission + - Google Starts Testing Google Music Internally (techspot.com)
Krystalo writes: Google employees have begun testing Google Music internally. Talks with at least some of the top publishers and four largest record labels are still ongoing. The delays are largely due to the fact that Google is negotiating for cloud music rights and not just the authorization to distribute the songs themselves. The search giant wants to be able to store users' existing music libraries on the company's servers. Labels are in similar discussions with Apple.
Submission + - Cable Channels Panic Over iPad Streaming App (itworld.com) 1
jfruhlinger writes: "Time Warner Cable this month released an iPad app that would allow its subscribers to stream (some of) the channels they already pay for to their iPad, so long as they're connected to home Internet service provided by Time Warner Cable. The app probably seems like a baby step to most Slashdotters, and was extremely popular among subscribers — but it's thrown the owners of those channels into a panic, and they're threatening lawsuits. Time Warner says the contracts they've signed with the channel allows broadcast to any device in the home — "I don't know what a TV is anymore" says one company exec — but the channel owners fear that this will disrupt current and future revenue streams and that they need to stop it now. "If we allow this without litigation, everyone will do it tomorrow," says an anonymous source. "If we litigate, we have a chance to win.""
Submission + - WikiLeaks cash-for-votes exposé rocks Indian (bbc.co.uk) 1
mage7 writes: While the world's attention seems to be focused on the events unfolding in Japan and the Middle-east, Indian headlines are being dominated by the latest WikiLeaks' revelations.
The newly leaked cable (dated 17 July 2008) suggests that India's ruling Congress party bribed MPs, in order to secure their votes for a controversial nuclear deal between India and the US. Among other details, It describes how a senior Congress aide showed a US embassy official "chests of cash" allegedly containing about $25 million to pay off MPs ahead of the vote. Another Congress insider told a US official about how the Minister of Commerce and Industry formerly "could only offer small planes as bribes.....now he can pay for votes with jets."
The newly leaked cable (dated 17 July 2008) suggests that India's ruling Congress party bribed MPs, in order to secure their votes for a controversial nuclear deal between India and the US. Among other details, It describes how a senior Congress aide showed a US embassy official "chests of cash" allegedly containing about $25 million to pay off MPs ahead of the vote. Another Congress insider told a US official about how the Minister of Commerce and Industry formerly "could only offer small planes as bribes.....now he can pay for votes with jets."
Comment Interesting standpoint (Score 1) 2
This idea is exactly what I was thinking about today, most of Europe and Asia were given the same opportunity after the Second World War; to rebuild their infrastructure and modernize during the process. Even in light of the tragic loss of life and the continuing disaster that the quake has caused in Japan, the Japanese will use this opportunity to continue to modernize their country and and integrate all of the newest technologies as they rebuild. It will be interesting to see what the country will be like 10-20 years from now, most likely Japan will continue to be one the most technologically advanced societies and will rise above the current situation. *Insert witty phoenix analogy*
