It is the first case ever of UK ISPs censoring a Wikipedia article.
New York - It is the first case ever of UK ISPs censoring a Wikipedia article.
The censored article included the image of an album cover of an unclothed girl who, many believe is not an adult. The album cover in question is from […]
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Why Wikipedia waited so long to censor “Virgin Killer”
December 9th, 2008 · No Comments
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Wal-Mart to offer best deal on iPhone
December 9th, 2008 · No Comments
Washington (OTL) - According to reports, Wal-Mart stores are going to begin to carry the Apple iPhone just after Christmas.
The current plan is for Wal-Mart stores to sell the iPhone starting three days after Christmas.
Wal-Mart is going to sell it at a cheaper price, but that price point has been debated.
Rumors stated that Wal-Mart was […]
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“Virgin Killer” album cover finally censored
December 8th, 2008 · No Comments
New York - UK Internet Service Providers today censored a Wikipedia article that included an image of a naked underage girl on an album cover. The album in question is “Virgin Killer” from the band The Scorpions. This album was originally released in 1976 with the cover that included the image of the girl, but […]
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‘Man vs. Wild’ star loses to wild
December 8th, 2008 · No Comments
New York - ‘Man vs. Wild’ star was on an expedition when he was hurt.
Bear Grylls was injured Friday night while on an expedition in Antarctica.
The Man vs. Wild host was in the coldest continent for work unrelated to his Discovery show, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Grylls suffered a shoulder injury after sustaining a fall, […]
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Apple App Store setting download records
December 8th, 2008 · No Comments
Washington (OTL) - The Apple App Store opened for the first time on July 11, 2008 and has done some amazing things already.
Apple launched the App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch and has enjoyed a great deal of success with it to this point.
The App Store is more successful than Apple could have […]
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Endeavour back in Florida on Tuesday
December 8th, 2008 · No Comments
Washington (OTL) - NASA has confirmed that the space shuttle Endeavour is not going to make its return trip to Florida until Tuesday.
The space shuttle Endeavour was originally set to make the return from California to Florida starting on Monday.
That has been delayed though until Tuesday due to bad weather at its first stop.
It is […]
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Mac users now able to stream Netflix
December 5th, 2008 · No Comments
Boston (OTL) - Netflix has announced that their Watch Now streaming service is available to all Mac users.
Formerly, the software was only available in beta form to certain Mac users.
That has all changed though as the Netflix instant video watching service is going to be up and running for good for poor Mac users.
The company […]
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NASA delays next Mars mission
December 5th, 2008 · No Comments
Washington (OTL) - U.S. space agency NASA has announced that they have delayed the launch of their next Mars mission until 2011.
NASA stated that the original plan to launch the next mission to Mars in 2009 is not going to happen.
Testing and hardware challenges have been blamed for the delay, as the launch will now […]
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Amazon.com has launched their own app for the iPhone
December 4th, 2008 · No Comments
Washington (OTL) - Amazon.com has launched their own app on the Apple App Store for the iPhone.
The application will make it possible to take a picture of any product and send it to the online retailer.
The retailer will then take that picture and try to match it up with a picture in the inventory.
This is […]
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Britney Spears takes top search on Yahoo
December 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
Washington (OTL) - Britney Spears topped all as the most popular search term on Yahoo in the year 2008.
This marks the fourth year in-a-row that Britney Spears stood above the rest as the most searched term.
She has taken this throne seven out of the last eight years overall.
This comes as the 27-year old just releasd […]
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