Cody Taylor

Vodafone just scooped planet earth with the first touchscreen-only Android phone: HTC’s Magic. All the specs look to line up with what was rumored, with a 3.2-inch HVGA screen front and center, HDSPA, GPS, 3.2 megapixel camera (no flash), and a G1-style trackball.

Wake the fuck up Zuckerberg! You are going to burn it to the ground by your own hand.

For a company that’s not making money, Twitter is being awfully picky about who it hires to come up with ideas for generating cash. The company accidentally published the email addresses of 186 rejects.

angry tapir writes “He’s been in jail for seven months now, but former San Francisco network administrator Terry Childs says he’s going to keep fighting to prove he’s innocent of computer crime charges. Childs was arrested on July 12, charged with disrupting the City of San Francisco’s Wide Area Network during a tense standoff with management. Infoworld has also conducted an interview with Childs”

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rarel writes “CNN and other media outlets report that Facebook reverted their TOS update and went back to using the previous one. “The site posted a brief message on users’ home pages that said it was returning to its previous “Terms of Use” policy “while we resolve the issues that people have raised.” Facebook’s controversial changes to its Terms of Service, previously commented on Slashdot, included a mention that (users) may remove (their) User Content from the Site at any time. … However, (they) acknowledge that the Company may retain archived copies of (their) User Content”, triggering a massive uproar from users and privacy groups.”

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cemaco writes in with news that TelTech, developers of the infamous SpoofCard service, have come out with something even more controversial: a set of services for revealing blocked caller ID numbers. The services take advantage of a loophole in the way caller ID blocking works — it has never been effective when calling an 800 number, because the recipient is paying for the call. So TelTech instructs you how to forward blocked calls (transparently) to their 800 number; the call comes back to your phone in seconds with the formerly hidden caller ID revealed. Advocacy groups for victims of domestic violence are concerned. Victims of annoying calls hiding behind caller ID blocking are rejoicing.

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