Friday, 11. June 2010

Topic: Apple - on June 11, 2010 at 11:09:00 AM CEST

Joyce’s Ulysses Banned Again — by Apple

Somewhere, James Joyce must be laughing at Steve Jobs.

As everyone who took a modern lit class in college knows, Ulysses was banned from publication in the United States because of a scene in which Leopold Bloom masturbates on a beach while fireworks burst nearby. The courts eventually decided the episode wasn’t obscene because it didn’t promote lust.

History is repeating itself again, this time in Apple’s (AAPL) App Store.

thebigmoney.com

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Topic: WAR - on June 11, 2010 at 11:07:00 AM CEST

Taliban using HIV bombs

TALIBAN fighters are burying dirty needles with their bombs in a bid to infect British troops with HIV, The Sun can reveal.

thesun.co.uk

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