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Nokia Preps Linux OS For Low-End Smartphones 199

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday October 01, 2011 @01:52PM from the eggs-in-different-baskets dept.

itwbennett writes "Nokia is going after the low-end smartphone market with a Linux-based OS code-named 'Meltemi.' The phones are expected to cost under $100 without subsidies. A Nokia spokesman's no-comment comment went like this: 'Of course, we don't comment on future products or technologies. However, I can say that our Mobile Phones team has a number of exciting projects in the works that will help connect the next billion consumers to the Internet.'"

Big Brother In the School Cafeteria? 425

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 08, 2010 @09:06PM from the getting-an-A-in-cafeteria dept.

AustinSlacker writes "An Iowa school district's lunch program asks children as young as 5 years old to memorize a four-digit PIN code so it can monitor what they eat in the school cafeteria - prompting some parents to claim it's an unhealthy case of 'Big Brother.' An over reaction by parents or an unnecessary invasion of privacy?"

Mexico Wants Payment For Aztec Images 325

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday January 07, 2010 @11:44PM from the montezuma's-latest-revenge dept.

innocent_white_lamb writes "Starbucks brought out a line of cups with prehistoric Aztec images on them. Now the government of Mexico wants them to pay for the use of the images. Does the copyright on an image last hundreds of years?"

Comment Re:Technology making privacy outdated (Score 1) 168

by jstupid on Wednesday July 19, 2000 @12:13PM (#921874) Attached to: The Death of the "Inviolate Personality"

If a company needs to use large anonymous statistical samples of DNA in order to develop treatments, that is acceptable, but there is no need for my name, or anyone else's to be associated with the samples. It is only when a sample (DNA or otherwise) can uniquely identify me that it becomes a privacy concern, especially if the party to whom I give my information then gives the info to others without my knowlege or approval. So, I personally find no cause for concern if drug companies need DNA samples to develop treatments, or even if one of the samples is mine. My only concern is whether they or anyone else can use these research smaples to identify me, which isn't a problem if the samples truly are anonymous.

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