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Incredibile. Non c'è più decenza: quelli di Repubblica.it hanno la faccia come il culo.

Se leggete il post in tempo andate ora sulla homepage di Repubblica e guardate per bene il titolo su Avril Lavigne nella "colonna della fica" [TM] (quella subito a destra della colonna centrale) e poi quanto scritto nella galleria.

Altrimenti guardatevi gli screenshot.

Well, at least you can feel guilty for yourself.

Gina Trapani (from Lifehacker) writes a great (and honest too) post about the locked_as_usual Apple device (the new iPhone 3G) and why you shouldn't buy that JesusPhone.

She talks the five reasons the Free Software Foundation gave us not to buy the iPhone.

• iPhone completely blocks free software. Developers must pay a tax to Apple, who becomes the sole authority over what can and can't be on everyone's phones.
• iPhone endorses and supports Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) technology.
• iPhone exposes your whereabouts and provides ways for others to track you without your knowledge.
• iPhone won't play patent- and DRM-free formats like Ogg Vorbis and Theora.
• iPhone is not the only option. There are better alternatives on the horizon that respect your freedom, don't spy on you, play free media formats, and let you use free software -- like the FreeRunner.

After the jump some commentaries.

Nice idea (and video too) from the guys at Carrotmob.

Carrotmob Makes It Rain from carrotmob on Vimeo.

Here in Italy we used to say "The mother of a dumbass is always pregnant".

I don't know if the guy in the video below is the best example of 'being a dumbass' but anyway I think he's in the top three of all times.

Watch him, riding a motorbike, laying on the seat, watching his cellphone, texting and talking. Ah, he's riding on an highway.

[ via Geekologie ]

While you are all that horny for your Jesus Phone 2.0, the US Senate approved the bill to extend the wiretapping capabilities of telcos (now they can legally  wiretap you without any warrant) ang give them immunity for the illegal - warrantless - wiretapping they did in the past.

Barack Obama voted for it, unlike Hillary Clinton. Incredible.

From the NYTimes:

Wiretapping orders approved by secret orders under the previous version of the surveillance law were set to begin expiring in August unless Congress acted. Heading into their political convention in Denver next month and on to the November Congressional elections, many Democrats were wary of handing the Republicans a potent political weapon.

The issue put Senator Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, in a particularly precarious spot. He had long opposed giving legal immunity to the phone companies that took part in the N.S.A.’s wiretapping program, even threatening a filibuster during his run for the nomination. But on Wednesday, he ended up voting for what he called “an improved but imperfect bill” after backing a failed attempt earlier in the day to strip the immunity provision from the bill through an amendment.

Mr. Obama’s decision last month to reverse course angered some ardent supporters, who organized an Internet drive to influence his vote. And his position came to symbolize the continuing difficulties that Democrats have faced in striking a position on national security issues even against a weakened president. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Democrat of New York, who had battled Mr. Obama for the nomination, voted against the bill.

Senator John McCain, the likely Republican presidential nominee, was campaigning in Ohio and did not vote, though he has consistently supported the immunity plan.

Support from key Democrats ensured passage of the measure.