Verizon Wireless, a long time heavyweight in wireless communications, has been disabling the GPS feature on the BlackBerry 8830 handsets it sells, after advertising the feature as one of the device’s selling points. In fact the Blackberry 8830 comes equipped with a fully functional gps locator and tracking system but Verizon Wireless their customers to […]
Freedom from cyber crime: No reply, no buy, no spam
Abhishek Behl, www.merinews.cominews In an era when cyber crime is rising drastically, one should be extra careful while replying to unknown mails and subscribing to journals, magazines etc. BEWARE. Before clicking on any email just take your time and see to it that you are clicking on a message which comes […]
Latest on HIV- Aids
What does AIDS stands for? Acquired immune deficiency syndrome, (AIDS), is a state that describes a highly developed position of HIV infectivity. What is HIV? Scientists discovered the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the early eighties. HIV is a germ that is transferred from being to being during the swap of body fluids […]
New Orleans Drums into US Social Forum
ATLANTA, GA–After a quick lunch, the New Orleans delegation of activists to the first-ever US Social Forum grouped at Atlanta’s John Calhoun Park, on Piedmont and Auburn, where they got some energy flowing in the rising heat with African drumming and chants dating back to the Civil Rights Movement. The full march started at the […]
Suu Kyi’s 62nd birthday marked as Burmese Women’s Day
Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi turned 62 on Tuesday while being under house arrest. Such a notable day that not only did hundreds of Suu Kyi’s supporters stand at National League for Democracy (NLD) party headquarters demanding her freedom, but this her fifth consecutive birthday spent under house detention also marked as “Burmese […]
The End of FUD Revisited
Recent actions by Microsoft prompted us to re-issue this position paper and add a section on intellectual property. This position paper will address the question, “Can the open source approach to software development promote transparency and remove FUD — fear, uncertainty and doubt?” By requiring that source code is freely available to all, the open […]