The Lawbean blog reports that “European Union justice ministers met today in order to discuss the regulation of sales of violent video games to minors.”
According to the Register, anti-fraud activists have warned that “
In a different article, the Register asks whether SOA can “deliver on its promises?”
The Guardian writes that “[a]lmost 300 million people worldwide are now accessing the internet using fast broadband connections. […] In terms of total broadband users, the US leads the pack with more than 60 million subscribers. But second-placed China is fast closing the gap. From 41 million users a year ago, China now has more than 56 million and looks set to overtake the US as the world’s largest broadband market this year.” However, “[m]any sub-Saharan African states do not register in the figures at all: only South Africa, Sudan, Senegal and Gabon make it on to the list, with household broadband penetration running from 1.79% in South Africa – with 215,000 users at the end of March – to just 0.05% in Sudan with a mere 3,000.”
According to CNetNews.com, “[a]nnouncing the latest in a series of pacts with Linux sellers, Microsoft said late Wednesday that it has inked a deal with Linspire. […] Under the latest deal, the two will be working more closely in a variety of areas, including instant messaging and Web search. In addition, purchasers of Linspire’s paid Linux version will get intellectual property protection against any legal action by Microsoft for using the Linux desktop software.”