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[News] Web Site Cockup Declares Apple CEO Dead; Bad Web Site Fined

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Steve Jobs's Obituary, As Run By Bloomberg

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| The Bloomberg financial newswire decided to update its 17-page Steve Jobs 
| obituary today — and inadvertently published it in the process. Some 
| investors were undoubtedly rattled to see, as our tipster did late this 
| afternoon, the Apple CEO's obit cross the wire and then suddenly disappear. 
| Jobs's battle with pancreatic cancer, and speculation over his health, jarred 
| Wall Street earlier this year and continues to be the subject of speculation. 
| The Times weighed in on the matter as recently as last month, when columnist 
| Joe Nocera spoke with the secretive tech executive. But news organizations 
| routinely prepare obituaries in advance, even for the healthy.         
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http://gawker.com/5042795/bloomberg-runs-steve-jobs-obituary

So the message they send is: "In case he dies, we want to make money from his
death by publishing a glossy article about the tragedy."

Target offers $6 million settlement

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| AMERICAN RETAIL GIANT Target has agreed to pay $6 million to visually 
| impaired Californians who were unable to successfully navigate the company's 
| website.  
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/08/28/target-offers-million

Any compensation money from NBC for blocking GNU/Linux users out of the
Olympics?


Recent:

Democrats can't run Linux

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| THE U.S. Democratic Party has been touting its IT credentials as proof that
| it is a better bet than luddite John McCain who has never turned on a
| computer.
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| However, cracks in the Democrats' veneer have been showing lately, notably
| with the appointment of the technology and privacy anti-Christ Joe Biden as
| vice presidential candidate. It seems the Democrat's open sauce credentials
| are being questioned.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/08/26/democrats-ban-linux
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