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A quick burst of 7 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team
Were Haystack's Iranian testers at risk? >> Net Effect
Evgeny Morozov digs deeper: "At the risk of dragging this discussion into the darkest theoretical alleys in the philosophy of technology and science and technology studies, let me just say that the main problem with Haystack was not how it was designed but how it was socially constructed and subsequently interprepted, not least by the Iranian government."
Nokia Says Preorders for N8 Smartphone Are Strongest Ever Seen >> Bloomberg
But operating margins are falling. Could be interesting.
Facebook Is Not Working On A Phone Just Like Google Was Not Working On A Phone >> TechCrunch
What's not explained is why the hell Facebook would want to market its own phone (even a branded version of Android). Single-purpose phones tend to flounder.
Exchange "remote wipe" is a terrible, terrible bug >> Coderspiel
"There's no shortage of trivial and irrelevant "I Agree" buttons we have to click to use ordinary software, but mobile OSes presume to open a software self-destruct backdoor without any notification."
No, Exchange Remote Wipe is not for tin-pot dictators >> John C. Welch
Not the original headline. Doesn't quite answer the point about Exchange Remote Wipe wiping the *entire* device though.
Most common words unique to 1-star and 5-star App Store reviews >> Marco.org
"Simple" and "perfect" appear most often in the five-stars; the one-star words are worth considering too for app developers.
Statement: Reports of notebook, netbook sales declines grossly exaggerated >> BBY.com
Though if you read the statement closely, you realise that Best Buy's chief executive isn't denying he said what he was quoted as saying. But that Best Buy does expect to sell a stack of computers over Christmas.
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