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China Eases Licensing Rules For Foreign Media Sources 36

Posted by timothy on Friday November 14, 2008 @02:52AM from the now-transmit-all-yuanna dept.

The New York Times reports that China has "agreed to loosen restrictions on foreign news and information providers inside the country, settling a trade dispute with the United States, the European Union and Canada." Formerly, all such news sources required licensing through China's official Xinhua News Agency. Note that the focus seems to be on financial reporting and information, rather than all forms of news reporting.

Users Rage Over Missing FireWire On New MacBooks 820

Posted by kdawson on Friday October 17, 2008 @10:58AM from the liar-liar-pants-not-wired dept.

CWmike writes "Apple customers, unhappy that the company dropped FireWire from its new MacBook (not the Pro), are venting their frustrations on the company's support forum in hundreds of messages. Within minutes of Apple CEO Steve Jobs wrapping up a launch event in Cupertino, Calif., users started several threads to vent over the omission. 'Apple really screwed up with no FireWire port,' said Russ Tolman, who inaugurated a thread that by Thursday has collected more than 300 messages and been viewed over 8,000 times. 'No MacBook with [FireWire] — no new MacBook for me,' added Simon Meyer in a message posted yesterday. Several mentioned that FireWire's disappearance means that the new MacBooks could not be connected to other Macs using Target Disk Mode, and one noted that iMovie will have no way to connect to new MacBooks. Others pointed out that the previous-generation MacBook, which Apple is still selling at a reduced price of $999, includes a FireWire port. Apple introduced FireWire into its product lines in 1999 and championed the standard."

Comment Re:Russia's ressponse was reasonable and justified (Score 1) 515

by cobrakai87 on Wednesday August 13, 2008 @03:53PM (#24588951) Attached to: Russian Invasion of Georgia Might Jeopardize Space Station

Very well put. While I have to say that it is certainly not in the best interests of the USA to allow the continued invasion of Georgia, I certainly feel that the Russians had the right to do some retaliating. That being said, I think there is no need for the Russians to target civilians. Simply crush their military bases to show them who is in control. Also, while this is unconfirmed, Russia's supposed attacks on the oil lines into Turkey seems unnecessary, they are simply risking antagonizing the rest of Europe into actually doing something.

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