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Verizon suspends staff for ogling Obama's phone bill
Verizon staff caught snooping
Staff at Verizon face disciplinary action after accessing Barack Obama's phone bill and taking a peek at who the president elect had been calling.…
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2008-11-21 4:17:5
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Apple updates iPhone firmware
Google Street view cometh
Apple has released a firmware update for the iPhone, giving Jesus phone devotees access to Google Map’s Street View, keyboard settings and more.…
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2008-11-21 4:14:10
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PM quizzed over McKinnon extradition
Brown supports repatriation, in principle
Prime minister Gordon Brown has spoken about the Gary McKinnon extradition case for the first time, supporting the principle of repatriation of sentenced prisoners while declining to get into the specifics of the case, which remains under judicial review.…
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2008-11-21 3:55:37
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Nokia goes to tinsel town
Hoping to make it big in the flicks
Continuing to distance itself from boring-old mobile phones, Nokia has announced plans to open a research lab in Hollywood packed with movie executives rather than those engineers the company so recently laid off in Finland.…
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2008-11-21 3:43:30
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Police probe Baby P text messages and websites
Contempt warnings
The Metropolitan Police is investigating websites which are naming the mother of Baby P and her boyfriend at time of the child's death.…
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2008-11-21 3:35:1
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Brocade results are solid as a rock
A couple of blips
Brocade turned in satisfyingly solid results in its final 2008 quarter, beating its own guidance. The Foundry acquisition is on track, Cisco competition contained and it is preparing for a challenging first half in 2009.…
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2008-11-21 3:31:58
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Law firm argues links to its website abuse its trademarks
Jones Day wrestles BlockShopper.com
One of the world's biggest law firms is suing a small Chicago-based website for naming the firm and linking to two of its associates' biographies. A judge rejected an attempt to have the case thrown out last week.…
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2008-11-21 3:26:24
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HP breaks Japanese excessive packaging record
Still destroying the planet, one big box at a time
Those of you who don't like trees very much will appreciate HP's continuing efforts to deforest the planet by using the maximum cardboard possible when dispatching items to expectant customers. Here's a big box the company recently delivered to loyal Reg reader Simon Lucas, who's based in Tokyo:… Free Download - The Reg Guide to Storage and Storage Platforms
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2008-11-21 2:58:5
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Dassault to build aerospace-factory Sims
Gaming engines to model complex aviation projects
Graphic engines used in the latest videogames are set to be see more and more service in the French aerospace industry, according to reports.…
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2008-11-21 2:53:18
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Government still losing at least a computer a week
Don't care, won't care
A year and a day after losing child benefit records for every family in the UK and promising to reform data handling the British government is still losing a laptop every single week.…
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2008-11-21 2:18:5
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