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Apple may use iPad launch to test lower prices for TV shows

Apple may use iPad launch to test lower prices for TV shows

Apple will begin testing $1 TV episode pricing beginning in April, according to industry executives familiar with the plans. The launch is expected to coincide with the launch of the iPad, and may serve to prove that the change is a viable one for hesitant networks.

Torture is a crime, not a state secret | Matthew Harwood

Torture is a crime, not a state secret | Matthew Harwood

The UK court ruling in the case of Binyam Mohamed demonstrates once more that judges on both sides of the Atlantic have had enough of governments hiding behind national security “secrets” to shield themselves from their many trespasses in the “war on terror”. The court’s decision to publish a seven-paragraph summary of intelligence given to MI5 by the CIA has been met by the convenient, and wholly unbelievable, argument from British and American officials that the release could damage intelligence co-operation and sharing between the two allies

Blackwater accused of defrauding US government

Blackwater accused of defrauding US government

The troubled American private ­security company Blackwater faced fresh ­controversy today when two former employees accused it of defrauding the US government for years, including ­billing for a Filipina prostitute on its payroll in Afghanistan . According to Melan Davis, a former employee, Blackwater listed the woman for payment under the “morale welfare recreation” category

Blackwater accused of defrauding US government

Blackwater accused of defrauding US government

The troubled American private ­security company Blackwater faced fresh ­controversy today when two former employees accused it of defrauding the US government for years, including ­billing for a Filipina prostitute on its payroll in Afghanistan . According to Melan Davis, a former employee, Blackwater listed the woman for payment under the “morale welfare recreation” category

First look at Buzz: much potential, not much innovation yet

First look at Buzz: much potential, not much innovation yet

Google announced this week the official launch of Buzz , a status and microblogging service that is joined at the hip with Gmail. It integrates with other Google services and can import data from a number of mainstream websites including Flickr and Twitter. We conducted hands-on testing to see how it compares to other popular social networking services

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