p2pnet headline roundups: Sept 24
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Saudi Arabia Bans Imams From Reading Koran Over Cellphone – The Memri Blog: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Islamic Affairs Sheikh Salah bin Abd Al-’Aziz Al-Sheikh has issued a decision banning imams from reading the Koran in Ramadan night prayers over cellular phones.
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Mobile pop-ups, but who asked? – Australian IT: What a cheek. Without so much as asking me, or you, whether it’s what we want, Google has launched what it calls AdSense for Mobile, a “service for placing contextual ads with mobile web content”. What that appears to mean is that very soon many Australians, along with others around the globe, will be copping ads on our mobile phone screens. Just what you want when you’re trying to dial 000, or check the Rugby World Cup score, eh?
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Apple legend Woz blasts iPhone price drop and refund policy – IT News: Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak Saturday blasted his old buddy Steve Jobs’ decision to drop the price of the iPhone by US$200 only 68 days after the big launch and even took his old friend to task for how refunds have been handled for the popular device.
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Germany tightens control of Wikipedia edits – vnunet: Germany will be the first country to wield tighter control of the user information posted on Wikipedia. The German language version of the online encyclopaedia will restrict instant editing to allow “trusted editors” to look over the content before it appears online. The changes will come into effect later this year, and could be applied to the English language version of Wikipedia if feedback from users is positive.
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Google shoots down reports of grand telecom ambitions – IT News: Google appears to be in the midst of a transformation from information provider to telecommunications provider. To those predisposed to see Google marching to conquer, the company is becoming not only a source for information but the owner of the means by which that information is delivered.
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