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shared by Christoph Zed on 29 Jul 09 - Cached

And so, to the surprise of buyers, Amazon erased the two books -- which had been paid for and delivered -- from the electronic reader.
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In the age of networked digital devices, it seems that values such as the sanctity of the private sphere, the protection of our private property and the inviolability of our correspondence no longer count for very much
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All of these devices can be remotely modified at any time through software updates. So you could say that an iPhone doesn't really belong to you -- at least not in quite the same way that your refrigerator or bicycle does.
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Hence Apple -- like Amazon -- reserves the right to remotely meddle with your iPhone at any time and without the consent of the user, in order to delete objectionable applications. All with the best of intentions, of course
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A shift to tethered applicances also entails a sea change in the regulability of the Internet" (author's emphasis). The "dangers of excess" will no longer come from viruses or hackers anymore, "but from the much more predictable interventions by regulators
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We will need to get used to the fact that these "curious technological hybrids" will never fully belong to us -- even if we have paid a lot of money for them.
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shared by sayaka uchida on 02 Aug 09 - Cached

shared by Rika Ninomiya on 22 Aug 09 - Cached

QANTAS may pursue Malaysia Airlines following the demise of the Australian carrier's $8 billion merger plans with British Airways.
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Qantas had wanted majority ownership in the deal, reflecting its bigger market value, but BA was not prepared to become a junior partner.
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faced a number of significant hurdles
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Malaysia Airlines, run by savvy ex-petroleum industry executive Idris Jala, appeared the most likely partnership option in Asia
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merger with Singapore Airlines, often touted as a good match, was unlikely because of questions of control and potential competition issues
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He believed another possibility often raised, Cathay Pacific, was also unlikely, as were Thai Airways, Garuda, Philippine Airlines and the Chinese carriers.
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However, he did not rule out a possible partnership with another European carrier or Japan Airlines in the longer term.
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shared by Rika Ninomiya on 01 Sep 09 - Cached

Each of these flavours of English has its own local properties. If you know something about the pronunciation of the languages of these countries, you can often identify the speakers' nationality by their English.
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These Englishes can show a variety of errors of grammar and vocabulary. Sometimes this is caused by interference from the homeland language. Sometimes it is just a feature of the local English that has become established
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does it really matter? After all, the Australians, the British and the Americans routinely announce "all trains cancelled".
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English is growing rapidly as a vehicle for communication in many parts of the world. In return for having signs that we can read, we might cut the sign writers a little grammatical slack.
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Anglos too easily ridicule such lapses, and make feeble jokes about signs like "rock the door of the lavatory securely".
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Just think – with a little honest humility – of the devastation we would wreak if we tried to translate these notices into Malay for a supermarket or a hotel in Oz.
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