Sprint Nextel is finally reconsidering its 0 early termination fee, albeit under duress. A California judge ruled Tuesday that the company must pay million to the nearly two million class-action customers who sued it for slapping them with early-termination fees (ETFs). The judge’s order, which is still tentative, requires Sprint (S) to pay .25 [...]
$73 Million: How’s That for an Early Termination Fee …
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Do You Want A Watch That Catches Attention?
July 31st, 2008 · No Comments
Tokyoflash is a well known Japanese company that is producing lots of “I need to read the manual to read the time” watches on their website which surprisingly - for a Japanese company - offers an English section for its international visitors. The prices for the watches start by roughly 8900 Yen which is [...]
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My Picks for BlackHat USA 2008
July 31st, 2008 · No Comments
Loads of awesome looking presentations this year! So hard to choose from. I really hope I’ll have time to see most of them and not stuck 24×7 in little rooms answering questions with people holding microphones. I hear the conference attendance is PACKED and suggest if you want to get in to see a [...]
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Whaaa? Freddy Krueger Is a Mac & LG Kind of Man
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Whaaa? Freddy Krueger Is a Mac & LG Kind of Man by Christine Whitney, posted Jul 31st 2008 at 12:30PM We know Robert Englund mostly as the scary guy that traumatized us throughout early childhood in the legendary Freddy Krueger movies. Dude usually gets typecast in creepy horror flicks (keep an eye out [...]
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Book reading is declining in youth of Pakistan
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With revolution in technology reading habits are changing across the glob, even e-versions of newspapers and online news resources have reduced the popularity of paper versions of newspapers. People have access to online newspapers early in the morning thus they prefer not to buy newspapers. Associated Press-Ipsos poll reveals that 1 in 4 adults read [...]
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Nickel-Metal Hydride Toys & Gadgets Battery For Fisher-Price LeapPad Deluxe
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Nickel-Metal Hydride Toys & Gadgets Battery For Fisher-Price LeapPad Deluxe Manufacturer: Batteries Product Description: Nickel-Metal Hydride Toys & Gadgets Battery For Fisher-Price LeapPad Deluxe List Price: USD 20.72 Lowest New Price: USD 10.85 Price is accurate as of the date/time indicated. Prices and product availability are subject to [...]
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Is Now the Time for e-Book Readers?
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With Sony announcing today that its Reader Digital Book will be able to read electronic books published using the .epub format — the same that many of the largest book publishers are using — ring in a new age for e-books? Until now, Sony’s e-book reader could only read books available from the Sony [...]
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Links for 2008 07 31
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Shindig - opensocial and google gadgets container, open source Shindig is a new project in the Apache Software Foundation incubator and is an open source implementation of the OpenSocial specification and gadgets specification. (tags: sonet, google, gadgets, widgets, opensocial, shindig, apache, opensource, free_software) ShareThis
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“Aren’t you a little short for a stormtrooper?” ..Leia
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“Aren’t you a little short for a stormtrooper?” ..Leia July 31st, 2008 by joshk Danny Choo is a self propelled hype machine. How does one generate 3 million UNIQUE visitors in 1 month?! Looks like the secret is deftly mixing the pop culture past, the pop tech future, and his love [...]
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New Recommendation System = 40 Percent More Diggs
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One month after launching its new recommendation system, Digg is already reporting positive results. Digg recommends stories based on other members with similar voting patterns and interests. Chief scientist Anton Kast writes on the Digg Blog: - Digging activity is up significantly: the total number of Diggs increased 40% after launch. - The [...]
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