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Deals of the Hour / June 28, 2011, 2:51 am

Google Hands Over User Data For 94% Of Law Enforcement Requests

On Monday, Google updated its Transparency Report , a laudable effort to make users more aware of how the company deals with governments that request that it take down content, demand the company hand information over to the police, or block local ... (Source: Forbes (blog) 2011-06-27T15:29:26Z)

HOFFARTH ON DODGERS: Filing leaves us at point of Vinsanity

But now there it is in black and white. There's more of that in previously dealing away minor-league talent - Carlos Santana to Cleveland, Josh Bell to Baltimore - in exchange for players with big deals that were overvalued, like Casey Blake and George Sherrill. (Source: Pasadena Star-News 2011-06-28T06:52:52Z)

The Glastonbury festival showed it's a place where anything can happen

The elusive Glastonbury moment of collective transcendence doesn't just happen, it keeps happening, over and over again: a majestic, charged version of Open Arms, the beautiful drift of Weather To Fly. There's something inevitable about the finale of One ... (Source: The Guardian 2011-06-27T11:40:23Z)

Dodgers win big amid financial meltdown

The fight for control of one of sport's most famous names involves a hugely expensive divorce, billion dollar TV deals and players wondering if they'll actually get paid. For now, beleaguered owner Mcourt is seeking an emergency loan to keep the team going. (Source: Al Jazeera 2011-06-28T08:18:45Z)

Nokia Maps for Windows Phone: Rivals get all the features and APIs too

from Samsung to bargain bin phone peddler ZTE. While we've hated Symbian for as long as we can remember, Nokia's Maps service is the jewel in its crown, and one it appears it's polishing to put in a new headpiece. Lumivuori says to expect more ... (Source: Electric Pig 2011-06-27T12:51:57Z)

Britain and China Set $2.2 Billion in Deals and a Goal of Doubling Trade by 2015

LONDON — China and Britain agreed Monday on £1.4 billion worth of trade deals as part of a European tour by the Chinese prime minister, Wen Jiabao. In announcing the deals, worth about $2.2 billion, the British prime minister, David Cameron, restated ... (Source: New York Times 2011-06-28T07:50:07Z)

HTC Sensation Deals : Equipped with sound mechanism and marvelous looks

The bundle of HTC Sensation Deals is considered one of the tantalizing packages of market. It holds various free gift products such as home theatre system, i-pod, tv, lcd, laptop, mp3 player, camcorder among others. The range of these lusty gift products ... (Source: PR-USA.net 2011-06-28T07:07:10Z)

Google Mobile Ad Revenues Surge

Google Offers is a Groupon-like service that targets Google users with local deals. The Federal Trade Commission on 24 June opened an antitrust investigation into Google's search business . Early indications are that the agency will have a hard time ... (Source: eWeek Europe 2011-06-28T07:50:07Z)

Survivors recall horrific Nevada Amtrak crash that killed 6 as investigators comb wreckage

Workers are picking through the blackened mix of sand, bones, and twisted metal in a grim search that may lead them to more remains. Jim Bickley, a property manager from El Dorado Hills, Calif., was sitting in the Zephyr's glass observation car with his ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2011-06-28T07:57:17Z)

Gadhafi, son are wanted men, court says

Trucker who struck Amtrak was speeder Workers wearing hazmat suits dug through burnt-out rail cars and twisted metal Monday at the scene of a horrific collision between a tractor-trailer and an Amtrak train in the Nevada desert as new details surfaced ... (Source: Fort Wayne Journal Gazette 2011-06-28T07:50:07Z)

China stops short of backing warrant for Gadhafi

After fighting began in February, China evacuated 35,000 of its citizens working in Libya, while China-backed deals such as a half-finished public housing project being built by state-owned contractor China State Construction Engineering Corp. were ... (Source: Associated Press 2011-06-28T09:08:52Z)

New Google Data Shows How Governments Seek To Control Online Content

Overall, the report is a fascinating snapshot of how the world's governments are reacting to the internet. The part of the report that deals with "content removal requests" has the most interesting details: » A few agencies with many requests. (Source: paidContent.org 2011-06-27T23:14:44Z)

Ram Gopal Varma hates beautiful women becoming pregnant

Continuing his usual style, he has wished soon-to-be parents Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, in unusual way by saying that he hates beautiful women getting pregnant but he is making an exception for the Bollywood diva! He wished Abhishek ... (Source: One India 2011-06-28T09:01:42Z)

Powerful mind

He's got the smoothest swing I've ever seen." Indeed, Gonzalez has the Scarlett Johansson of swings, beautiful and desired by all who see it. Francona likens Gonzalez' left-handed stroke to former All-Star first baseman Wally Joyner, while ... (Source: Boston Herald 2011-06-28T07:42:58Z)

As Chinese premier tours, think-tank warns `China is taking over Europe'

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is expected to announce billions of dollars in business deals with German firms Tuesday as his European tour generates some hope for a continent's debt-ridden economy - and some concern over Beijing's potential to use ``bond ... (Source: Windsor Star 2011-06-28T07:14:20Z)

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