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Verizon, AT&T broadband policies allow for censorship of unfriendly opinions

Posted by Jeff from Rawstory

Lazarus writes that the companies say they can terminate Internet access "for any behavior that AT&T or Verizon believes might harm its 'name or reputation,' or even the reputation of its business partners."

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Judge Orders Vonage to Stop Adding Customers

Posted by Jeff from New York Times

''It's the difference of cutting off oxygen as opposed to the bullet in the head,'' Vonage lawyer Roger Warin said. The judge had initially planned to issue a full injunction that would have barred Vonage from using the patented technology to serve its existing customers. If these are software patents, they are likely to fall.

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Four companies to pull ads from Ann Coulter's website

Posted by Jeff from Rawstory

I'm shocked that these companies advertised at Coulter's Web site in the first place: "Verizon, Netbank, and Sallie Mae have all removed ads from the website. The ads were pulled in part due to a grassroots effort by a DailyKos diarist, who is reporting that Washington Mutual has also pulled ads from the website."

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U.S. threatens suit if Maine probes Verizon ties to NSA

Posted by Billbar from Press Herald

"Verizon may have broken the law, and the Department of Justice is overstepping its bounds in trying to intimidate the state PUC from investigating the potential violation," said Shenna Bellows, executive director of the Maine Civil Liberties Union. "And I do think it sets an extraordinarily dangerous precedent for the federal government to threaten to sue the state, (which is) merely doing its job."

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Treo 700 Launched by Palm and Microsoft

Posted by Jeff from Tom's Hardware

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