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Google censors cougarlife.com

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May 23rd, 2010 by Frances Locke

America’s puritanical values strike again! From Steve Jobs using the whole “think-of-the-children” routine, to now Google and their apparent problems with older woman and younger men (what would Ashton Kutcher say?) - Google has banned so-called “cougar” dating sites from advertising through its network, which is bad enough. Meanwhile it doesn’t seem to have the same problem with ads where older men [...]

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Published by Frances Locke on May 23, 2010 under Google,Google Buzz,Google News | Post your comment now

Several Major Electronics Companies Accused of Price Fixing

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February 27th, 2010 by Frances Locke

An electronics retail store has filed a class-action lawsuit against Sony, Samsung, Toshiba, Hitachi and several subsidiaries, accusing the electronics manufacturers of conspiring to fix prices in the US optical disc drive (ODD) market. The suit claims the disc drive manufacturers used trade organization forums to meet and discuss agreements to keep prices of CD, DVD and Blu-ray drives in products [...]

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Published by Frances Locke on Feb 27, 2010 under Computers | Post your comment now

Joe Barker: An Interview With nixternal

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November 19th, 2009 by dondavanzo

The next interview in the series comes from somebody who I’ve never really spoken to personally (well…until now), but who I’ve heard a lot of people talking about/referring to. To me, this shows the extraordinary amount of work that he’s put into Ubuntu/Kubuntu. Some of you have probably heard of him for something more recent…which I won’t spoil – so [...]

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