Penguin Putnam’s decision to rename one of its best-selling books could mean that one of the Net’s oddest domain name battles may be drawing to a close. The dispute is odd because it is not over ownership of a domain name, but about its use as a book title. It is quite a saga, but ...
He has already applied for asylum in Japan and appealed against a decision to deport him to the US, where he faces a possible fine or even a jail term. I wonder if other countries often have people who attempt to renounce their citizenship as a political/other statement, or if that’s a uniquely American practice. ...
The trauma of dirty loos could be a thing of the past for users of pPod, a guide to the best and worst of public toilets for iPod owners. It’s interesting to see more stuff like this happening as iPod’s become a prevalent small digital device. It reminds me a lot of all the city ...
The real difference between the two parties comes with the decision of at one point, exactly, the government should start restricting our lives. Does Big Brother have a place in markets, or in minds, or in both? Up until this point in our recent political memory, the Leave Us Alone crowd has traditionally found a ...
Nigerian mobile phone users have been anxiously checking who is calling them before answering them in recent days. A rumour has spread rapidly in the commercial capital, Lagos, that if one answers calls from certain ‘killer numbers’ then one will die immediately. ——–
Penguin backs down on Katie.com
Aug
9
2004
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