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Nook E-Book Demand Causes Delays

“When the nation’s largest bookseller unveiled the device in October, customers placing early pre-orders for the Nook were told they could expect the Nook to ship by the end of November; customers placing pre-orders now are being told they can expect shipment by December 11. The new shipping date was first reported by Brighthand.com.” Link

Facebook Allowed Pro-Rape Group To Stay Online

“A group of students, both past and present, of the all-male St. Paul’s College at Sydney University, decided to create a pro-rape Facebook page called “Define Statutory” that reportedly was allowed to stay up on the site for several months.

The site, which went up in August, was shut down recently, but Reverend David Russell, an outgoing master at Wesley College, tells the Sydney Morning Herald that the Facebook page is simply an encapsulation of the rape culture that has pervaded the campus for some time. “This is a story that has to be told,” Russell says, “there is no question in my mind, women are seen as meat. That is the awful, ugly truth of it.”” Link

Computer Viruses Causing People To Be Branded Pedophiles

“An Associated Press investigation found cases in which innocent people have been branded as pedophiles after their co-workers or loved ones stumbled upon child porn placed on a PC through a virus. It can cost victims hundreds of thousands of dollars to prove their innocence.

Their situations are complicated by the fact that actual pedophiles often blame viruses – a defense rightfully viewed with skepticism by law enforcement.” Link

Daonolfix Trojan Virus Infects Across The Web

“Daonolfix is part of the Win32/Daonol family of trojans and is capable of monitoring network traffic, stealing FTP credentials, preventing access to security Web sites, disabling access to system programs, and redirecting Web searches to sites hosting other malware.” Link

Video: EA Sports MMA Teaser Trailer

The teaser trailer for EA Sports’ EA Sports MMA video game has been released:

Project Runway Video Game Coming To Wii

“Atari will help the Weinstein Co. make ‘Project Runway’ a little more realistic for fans with a videogame version set to bow next year. Series host Heidi Klum and fashion expert Tim Gunn are expected to be involved in the game, but details are still being worked out.” Link

Nintendo Wii To Cut Price To $199

“For nearly three years now, the console has sold briskly at $249.99, but beginning on September 27th at Best Buy (and everywhere else, naturally), the happy-go-lucky machine will be offered for just $199.99. Interestingly, it appears that suits at BB expect Nintendo to make an official announcement on the drop this Friday, yet retail stores won’t begin selling at the discounted rate until Sunday.” Link

Bing Moves Up In Search

“Microsoft’s Bing search engine is making inroads into Google’s dominance of the search market according to data from US net measurement firm ComScore. Its latest figures show Microsoft’s share of the search market has grown from 8.9% in July to 9.3% in August. ” Link

Dell Buying Perot Systems

“Dell Inc struck a deal to acquire computer services provider Perot Systems Corp for about $3.9 billion, offering a steep 67.5 percent premium to its previous market value.” Link

Apple Approves iPhone Apps For Porn Stars Sunny Leone And Aria Giovanni

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“Grindhouse Mobile Inc., the premier technical provider for adult mobile application development, including iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Symbian OS, Palm, Windows Mobile and others, has just launched ‘Version 1.0′ of the first and only official pornstar iPhone application for Sunny Leone and the official application for adult nude super star Aria Giovanni. Both of these brand new sexy apps are available now in the Apple iTunes®store. ” Link

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