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Submission + - uTorrent Adds "Featured Torrents" Advertising - With No Opt Out (Yet) (utorrent.com)

Submitted by wrekkuh on Sunday August 12, 2012 @12:52AM

wrekkuh writes: BitTorrent, Inc, the company who owns the freeware (but closed-source) BitTorrent client uTorrent, has announced that it will be updating it's popular client with "Featured Torrents." In a post on uTorrent's forum, the company explained -

"This featured torrent space will be used to offer a variety of different types of content. We are working towards bringing you offers that are relevant to you. This means films, games, music, software...basically anything that you will find interesting."

In the Q&A portion of their announcement, the company adds — "There is no way to turn in-client offers off*. We will pay attention to feedback, and may change this in the future." (*The Plus version of the BitTorrent client does not include these ads).

Submission + - Who's Afraid of Huawei? (economist.com) 2

Submitted by wrekkuh on Sunday August 05, 2012 @03:17PM

wrekkuh writes: The Economist has printed an interesting look at the concerns and speculations of the fast-growing Chinese telecom giant Huawei, and it's spread into western markets. Of particular concern is Huawei's state funding, and the company's founder, Ren Zhengfei, who once served as an engineer in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). However, another article from The Economist goes into greater detail about the steps Huawei has taken to mitigate some of these concerns in England — including co-operating with the GCHQ in Britain, the UK's signals-intelligence agency, to ensure equipment built by Huawei is not back-doored.

Submission + - NY: Freedom of Information Req's Do Not Include BBerry's PIN-to-PIN Msg System (nydailynews.com)

Submitted by wrekkuh on Monday July 16, 2012 @09:28PM

wrekkuh writes: The Daily News is reporting that if aides of New York's Governor Andrew Cuomo cannot speak in person or by telephone with the Governor, they are told to use BlackBerry's PIN-to-PIN messaging system — a function that leaves no lasting trail because it bypasses data-saving email servers. Consequently, a Freedom of Information request for all e-mails to and from Governor Cuomo's office resulted in an empty reply from the Records Access Officer -

"Please be advised that the New York State Executive Chamber has conducted a diligent search, but does not possess records responsive to your request."

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