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  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/09/AR2007100900102.html

  DETROIT -- Say some clown steals your car from the parking deck at work. If it's equipped with General Motors ' OnStar service, he could be in for a big surprise and you could get a little revenge _ and ... even see your car again. Starting with about 20 models for 2009, the service will be able to slowly halt a car that is reported stolen, and the radio may even speak up and tell the thief to pull over because police are watching. Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post. OnStar already finds 700 to 800 c   [More...] [Less...]

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  The big switch may turn off jobs | Technology | The Guardian 

  http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jan/03/computing.internet

  The big switch may turn off jobs Computing is now a resource like electricity - but where the arrival of grid power expanded the middle classes, the internet is making fewer people richer, says Nick Carr ... Video-sharing sites such as YouTube look set to be banned in China as the government announced plans to clamp down on 'degenerate thinking' online. By David Stanway in Beijing and Bobbie Johnson Apple product announcements are usually greeted with hyperbole, but this week's had already been discussed on the net by the time Steve Jobs took the stage at the company's Californian HQ on Tuesday.   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 4 January 2008, by: Kate Porter  [Report as spam]

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