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More than thousand people have gathered in the streets of the Swedish capital Stockholm today, to protest against yesterday’s Pirate Bay verdict. The demonstration was organized by the Swedish Pirate Party that is campaigning for the European Parliament elections in June.
Reuters
President Obama greets his Venezuela counterpart Hugo Chavez before the opening ceremony of the 5th Summit of the Americas.
You’ve Got Voice Mail, but Do You Care? 
Ozier Muhammad/The New York TimesCHANGING TIMES “Once upon a time, voice mail was useful,” said Yen Cheong.
WHEN Steve Hamrick left his last job as manager at a software corporation, he had at least 25 unheard messages in his office voice mailbox. And that’s not counting the unreturned calls on his cellphone or landline at home.
Woman gives fake cop all her personal information
Comments 4 | Recommend 0April 01, 2009 02:17:00 PMPANAMA CITY - A Panama City woman gave all her personal information, including her Social Security number, her date of birth and the color of her hair to a stranger posing as a Bay County Sheriff's "officer," according to an incident report.
The 20-year-old woman got a call from "Officer Larry Bailey" while she was at work at a local fast food restaurant on 23rd Street Tuesday. Bailey asked her about a traffic ticket she supposedly received in February.
The woman told him that he must be mistaken because she had never gotten a traffic ticket. The officer then tried to "verify" her identity by asking her a series of questions including her social security number, her address, date of birth and how long she had worked at the fast food restaurant, Deputy C. Evans wrote in an incident report.
"He also asked her if she had blonde hair, she stated no, that she had brown hair," Evans wrote. "The suspect then told her that there must be a glitch in their computer and hung up."
The case is currently under investigation, said Ruth Sasser, the spokeswoman for the Bay County Sheriff's Office. Anyone who gets a call from a person they do not recognize who says they are a member of law enforcement should use caution especially if they have had no prior dealings with deputies, Sasser said.
She suggested that people hang up and call the Bay County Sheriff's Office to verify that they are speaking with an actual employee.
"It's pretty much common sense," Sasser said.
Sasser added that in almost every instance an officer will not ask for information over the phone. Instead, they will want to speak to someone in person.
Twitter switch for Guardian, after 188 years of ink
• Newspaper to be available only on messaging service
• Experts say any story can be told in 140 characters
- Rio Palof
- The Guardian, Wednesday 1 April 2009
- Article history
Printing presses will fall silent in brave new Twitter-based future. Photograph: Sarah Lee
Consolidating its position at the cutting edge of new media technology, the Guardian today announces that it will become the first newspaper in the world to be published exclusively via Twitter, the sensationally popular social networking service that has transformed online communication.
I'm sure some forgot the date and actually fell for it.
