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20th January 2008 with 1 Comment

News from Burma:
YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar’s military junta rang in the New Year by dramatically raising the annual fee for TV satellite dishes in an apparent move to limit access to the foreign news channels that beamed in global criticism of its recent crackdown on pro-democracy protests.
The license fee has rocketed from US$5 to $800 [...]

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Pudd’nhead Wilson’s on the Phone

28th December 2007 with 3 Comments

A new site called Books in my Phone could prove useful to those of us who don’t want to carry around an expensive e-reader.
All titles are free to download and install on your phone. You can browse the available books by Author or Title; or you can pull up lists of classics through their classification: [...]

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