"as been a recurring subject for some time, and it's now been brought to the fore once again in the form of a multi-million dollar lawsuit. The country's Competition Bureau announced today that, after a five-month investigation, it has decided to sue all three carriers and the industry group that represents them over ads that promote so-called premium texting services. In addition to demanding that such ads stop, the government agency is seeking full customer refunds for any charges incurred and a $10 million penalty from each carrier, plus an additional $1 million from the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association. For its part, the CWTA has unsurprisingly taken issue with the lawsuit, saying in a statement that it reached out to the Bureau last year to discuss the issue, and that its actions today "could disrupt the text message services, such as severe weather alerts, charitable donations, flight status updates or sports scores, on which millions of Canadian consumers depend." You can find that full statement, and the Competition Bureau's announcement of the lawsuit, at the links below."
Following on from the introduction to our Speedhunters Photography Guide last month, we're now going to talk you through the basics of using a modern digital SLR type camera. Although they may look intimidating, most modern digital cameras are actually quite easy and intuitive to use.
CCP EVE Online is a game famous for its devious players attempting to either fight for power or to destabilize the game in some way. I spoke with the then- EVE Online executive product John Lander at Fanfest in Iceland last week, and I asked about the player behavior that most surprised or delighted him.
One Saturday evening last fall, some 180 Goldman Sachs employees assembled at a dock along the East River of Manhattan, divided into 20 teams. Standing on a platform overlooking the crowd was Mat Laibowitz, an impresario-mad-scientist-type dressed in a red t-shirt printed with the words Game Master.
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WINNIPEG - WINNIPEG -- The cost of freedom was $1 for a 16-year-old female delinquent who appeared in court recently. The Crown was seeking a 30-day jail sentence for the girl, who pleaded guilty last week to two counts of breaching a court-ordered curfew.