p2pnet headline roundups – Dec 20, 2007
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[OT] Descendants of Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse break away from US – Agency France-Presse
The Lakota Indians, who gave the world legendary warriors Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, have withdrawn from treaties with the United States, leaders said Wednesday. “We are no longer citizens of the United States of America and all those who live in the five-state area that encompasses our country are free to join us,” long-time Indian rights activist Russell Means told a handful of reporters and a delegation from the Bolivian embassy, gathered in a church in a run-down neighborhood of Washington for a news conference.
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Privacy commissioner slams Ticketmaster for collecting private info – Edmonton Journal
Canadians buying tickets through Ticketmaster will no longer have to divulge their e-mail address after the company was scolded for collecting the personal information by Alberta’s privacy commission. The commission found Ticketmaster was unreasonably collecting personal information from customers so entertainment and sports event organizers could use the data for marketing.
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U.K. government loses pensioner data – CNET News
Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs, the U.K. government department responsible for collecting taxes and other services, has admitted losing the personal details of more than 6,500 people who file pension claims. The details were lost at an office of HMRC in Cardiff, the capital and largest city in Wales, after a data cartridge went missing in September, an HMRC spokesperson said on Tuesday. The cartridge had been sent to the Cardiff office by Countrywide Assured, a life insurance and pensions company.
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Google’s DoubleClick deal gains US approval – Times Online
Google, the US online search giant, has gained US regulatory approval for its $3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick but is still waiting on Europe to give its go-ahead to seal the deal. The European Commission (EC) has set a deadline of April 2 to finish its review of the transaction after the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) accepted arguments from Google that a combination with DoubleClick will not stifle online advertising.
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More teens move their social lives online – Mercury News
The Internet is becoming ever more central to the social life of America’s teenagers, especially girls, with greater numbers communicating with friends and creating content on sites like Facebook, MySpace and YouTube, a new survey shows. And when not online, they are gabbing more on cellphones and exchanging text messages. To which America’s teens may say: “Well, duh.”
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eBay to change its fee structure – Heise Online
Internet auctioneer eBay intends to respond to sellers’ complaints by changing its fee structures, reports German Focus magazine. “We do listen to our sellers and intend to adapt our fee structures in the coming year”, eBay Deutschland’s boss Stefan Groß-Selbeck was reported to comment. He had last announced a revision of fee structures in September. The move was sparked by decreasing numbers of visitors and new customers. In addition, two thirds of the almost 248 million registered users internationally were non-active. Between October 2006 and September 2007, 53,000 sellers worldwide had closed their eBay shops. This was mainly due to the high fees, which can amount to several thousand euros a month.
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I Want My MPC: The ‘Multi-Touch PC’ Era Dawns – Raw Touch
Apple’s got it, but you can’t do much with it. Microsoft’s got it, but you can’t afford it. And Dell’s got it, but you can’t have it yet.Everyone’s talking about multi-touch. But what is it, exactly, and why should you care?
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[OT] Italy: Swedish Christmas gingerbread ‘toxic’ – The Local
An EU-wide warning has been issued by Italy over Swedish gingerbread, a Christmas speciality. The Italians claim the gingerbread, or pepparkakor as the biscuits are known, contain higher levels of the toxin coumarin than permitted under European rules.
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