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A law to ban talking and texting using hand held cellphones has been introduced in the Legislature Saskatoon Home Page
Minister Responsible for SGI says using a cellphone to talk or text is a dangerous distraction with recent research indicating that a person who is texting while driving is 23 times more likely to be involved in a collision than a non-distracted driver.

Twitter, Internet undermine Canada election rules Reuters
In this era of smartphones and the Internet, the federal elections agency is struggling to enforce a rule that bans the general broadcasting of voting results until all the polls have closed. As Canadians in four electoral districts spread right across the giant country cast ballots on Monday to fill vacant seats in the House of Commons, Elections Canada asked a newspaper to remove from its website a story revealing initial results from one constituency where voting had ended early. The agency did not notice reporters had been discussing the same by-election results on the microblogging network Twitter, which is accessible across Canada.

Dating site singles out Swedes as world’s most beautiful men The Local
Is it the chiselled jaw, the tall and blonde reputation or the manly genes of their Viking roots? Swedish men have been judged as the world’s best looking by a dating website especially for beautiful people, while blokes from Britain have landed near the bottom of the list. Website BeautifulPeople.com promises members they won’t be ”filtering through unattractive people” on their pages. The fate of an application is dependent on whether your face fits as judged by existing members. Swedish men fair the best with 65 percent of applicants accepted, according to figures released by the site.

Is the internet stifling new music? BBC
The internet may have been a miracle for music fans, Duran Duran star John Taylor says, but instant access to decades of recordings and artists’ inner thoughts is not all good. In an extract from a speech marking the 40th anniversary of the first message sent over the internet, Taylor explains why the likes of Twitter and YouTube may harm future pop and rock stars

Watch concerts free online at BillboardLive.com Associated Press
A new Web site allows music lovers to watch concerts for free online, choosing from five different camera angles as they watch. BillboardLive.com says its new concert-viewing Web site offers visitors different perspectives on performances by Alicia Keys, Usher, David Archuleta, Daughtry and other artists yet to be announced. Music fans can select from five different views as they take in full concerts by these artists, focusing solely on the drummer or guitarist if they choose.

Convicted Murderer Sues Wikipedia, Demands Removal of His Name Wired
Wikipedia is under a censorship attack by a convicted murderer who is invoking Germany’s privacy laws in a bid to remove references to his killing of a Bavarian actor in 1990. Lawyers for Wolfgang Werle, of Erding, Germany, sent a cease-and-desist letter (.pdf) demanding removal of Werle’s name from the Wikipedia entry on actor Walter Sedlmayr. The lawyers cite German court rulings that “have held that our client’s name and likeness cannot be used anymore in publication regarding Mr. Sedlmayr’s death.”

Chicago court OKs $10 refunds for ringtones, games Reuters
A settlement between mobile phone users and companies that charged them for downloaded ringtones and games they thought were free was approved by a court on Tuesday. Each approved claimant will have the option to receive either a cash award or a refund of $10, out of a total settlement fund capped at as much as $63 million, according to court documents.

Drug industry presses FDA to allow more online ads Associated Press
As federal regulators take their first tentative steps toward policing the wild west of medical information online, pharmaceutical companies are pressing their case to market drugs via Google, Twitter and other Web sites. The Food and Drug Administration will convene a two-day meeting beginning today to hear the drug industry’s position on Internet marketing. The agency has agreed to consider developing rules for online advertising after companies complained that the current guidelines for traditional media — which require a detailed list of possible side effects — have left them hamstrung on the Web. An estimated 83 percent of Internet users search for health information online, according to a recent survey from the Pew Research Center.

EFF Obtains Records from Behind-the-Scenes Negotiations on Telecom Immunity EFF
Today the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) posted thousands of pages of records detailing behind-the-scenes negotiations between government agencies and Congress about providing immunity for telecoms involved in illegal government surveillance. The documents include drafts of legislation and communications between Congress and the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) about amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). They were released as a result of litigation that started back in 2007, when Congress first debated granting immunity to the telecommunications companies for taking part in massive, unchecked surveillance of Americans’ telephone and Internet communications. EFF used the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to request information about communications between the DOJ, ODNI, Congress, and telecom lobbyists.

You don’t need to sell a million to make a mint Sunday Times
On October 14, the Danish singer-songwriter Tina Dico celebrated her 32nd birthday by announcing her latest project on Pledge Music. For €10 (£9), pledgers got a download of The Road to Gavle (inspired by her soundtrack to Oldboys, a Danish independent film) ahead of time, as well as exclusive video blogs, unreleased songs and live recordings.

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November, 2009

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