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4. oktober 2005
 

Police: Child Pornographers Go High-Tech . TORONTO -- Sex crimes investigators around the world will need to step up their technological know-how as child pornography becomes more mobile and difficult to detect, a veteran of Toronto police's sex crimes unit told an international conference Monday. By AP. [washingtonpost.com - Technology - Industry News, Policy, and Reviews]
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DeLay Is Indicted on Two New Charges . A Texas grand jury indicted Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) yesterday for alleged involvement in money laundering related to the 2002 Texas election, raising new and more serious allegations than the conspiracy charge lodged against the former House majority leader last week. By R. Jeffrey Smith. [washingtonpost.com - washingtonpost.com - elections, campaigns, government and politics news and headlines.]
3:37:51 PM    comment []

Microsoft ends license talks with music labels: WSJ (Reuters).

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer answers a reporters question in Seoul. The European Union's Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes will meet Ballmer next Wednesday to discuss competition issues, a Commission spokesman said on Friday. Photo taken July 1 2004. (Lee Jae-Won/Reuters)Reuters - Microsoft Corp. has broken off licensing talks with the four global music companies, raising questions about the software giant's plans to start a subscription-based music service, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing unnamed sources.


[Yahoo! News: Technology News]
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Media, media everywhere, and no time left to think? (AFP).

A model displays a Nokia 9300 mobile device at the CeBIT 2005 information and telecommunication technology fair in Hanover. The average American is a ravenous media junkie, consuming up to nine hours a day of television, web time or cellphone minutes, according to new research which raises fresh questions about how technology is revolutionising society(AFP/DDP/File/David Hecker)AFP - The average American is a ravenous media junkie, consuming up to nine hours a day of television, web time or cellphone minutes, according to new research which raises fresh questions about how technology is revolutionising society.


[Yahoo! News: Technology News]
3:36:10 PM    comment []

China Shuts Down Web Sites in Crackdown (AP). AP - Chinese authorities have shut down an online discussion forum that reported on anti-corruption protests in a village in the country's south as well as a Web site serving ethnic Mongolians, overseas monitors said Tuesday. [Yahoo! News: Technology News]
3:35:08 PM    comment []

Travel Industry Gets New Online Domain (AP). AP - A new online domain for the travel industry is open for business. Airlines, theme parks, restaurants, tourism offices and others in travel and tourism are eligible for Web sites and e-mail addresses ending in ".travel." [Yahoo! News: Technology News]
3:34:21 PM    comment []

Next-Generation DVD War Heats Up in Tokyo (AP).

Model displays Toshiba Corp.'s prototype of HD DVD player and HD DVD-ROM discs with 30GB data at the CEATEC Japan 2005 exhibition in Makuhari, east of Tokyo, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2005. The next generation DVD standard is in a fierce battle between HD DVD supported by Toshiba and Blue Ray technology backed by Sony Corp. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - The war over the next-generation DVD standard is playing out full force at a sprawling electronics exhibition opening near Tokyo Tuesday with Japanese electronics companies on both sides expressing confidence for victory.


[Yahoo! News: Technology News]
3:33:26 PM    comment []

Pirated DVD Seller Faces U.S. Charges. A man convicted in China of selling pirated DVD's now faces multiple charges of copyright infringement in the United States. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. [NYT > Business]
3:31:44 PM    comment []

This Bali Bombing Seen as Having Less Economic Effect. Saturday's bombings are likely to have an impact on Bali's tourism, but Indonesia is likely to bounce back sooner than it did after the attacks there in 2002. By WAYNE ARNOLD. [NYT > Business]
3:30:52 PM    comment []

Onshore Casinos Approved in Mississippi. JACKSON, Miss., Oct. 3 (AP) - Mississippi lawmakers sent Gov. Haley Barbour a bill on Monday to let coastal casinos move a short distance onto dry land. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. [NYT > Business]
3:29:41 PM    comment []

Somali hijack ship 'safe' in port. A ship carrying food aid that was hijacked by pirates arrives in the Somali port of El-Maan, the UN says. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
3:28:24 PM    comment []

First payouts go to bomb victims. The first two compensation payments are made to victims of the 7 July London bombings. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
3:27:37 PM    comment []

Katrina web scammer arrested. Bogus mercy flights [The Register]
3:26:43 PM    comment []

Hurricane heads for Mexican coast. Mexico prepares to be hit by Hurricane Stan, which has already killed dozens of people in Central America. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
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