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New Nigerian Scam switches from riches to violence; we cite evolution

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2008-02-11 08:08:09 by Matt Hickey in CrunchGear
...Nigerian spam is a punchline. Its something we joke about when we email each other (which we do, Peter has a crush on me). But these guys have built a new level thats just awesome. And stupid. And rad. And so joke-worthy its nuts See, the Nigerian scammers have evolved from the carrot to the stick. It used to be that youd get a few emails...
 
Tags: trustworthy people, people, dirty secrets, secrets, paranoid, murderous pervs paranoid, dirty, nigerian drivers licenses, scammers
 
 
 
 
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Nigerian Court Rejects OLPC Keyboard Suit Dismissal

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2008-02-13 15:47:00 by Brian Heater in Gearlog
...Nigerian keyboard manufacturer, Lagos Analysis Corporation (LANCOR) was "completely frivolous." He added: I understand what they are claiming, but there's really no basis. We did buy a Nigeria keyboard, because we wanted to see the symbols--what a Nigerian keyboard looks like. We didn't buy a specific keyboard, we bought the first keyboard...
 
Tags: keyboard, nigerian keyboard, nigerian keyboard manufacturer, specific keyboard, nigeria keyboard, olpc, suit, multilingual keyboard layout, lawsuit filed
 
 
 
 
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Nigerian firm wins interim injunction against OLPC, asks for $20M in damages

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2008-01-02 14:33:00 by Nilay Patel in Engadget
...Nigerian keyboard patent infringement case against OLPC is underway, and it hasn't started out too well for Nick Neg and co.: the court has granted LANCOR's motion for an interim injunction against OLPC, meaning the XO can't be imported or sold in Nigeria. On top of that, LANCOR is now asking for $20M in damages, and has been searching the...
 
Tags: olpc, interim injunction, lancor, nigeria, exhaustive summary, nick neg, 20m, damages, offices
 
 
 
 
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My Dear One: Many Joys of the Season, YOUR OLPC PROJECT owes us $20 million

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2008-01-02 21:40:46 by John Biggs in CrunchGear
Nigerian company LANCOR is suing the OLPC project for infringing on their Nigerian keyboard design, causing us to wonder if some sort of 419 spamming virus hasnt infiltrated the Nigerian judicial system, rendering completely useless. The suit holds that the OLPC uses extra keys to allow users to type using the Nigerian alphabet. While this is...
 
Tags: olpc, olpc project, olpc groklaw, olpc-alike, nigerian company lancor, lancor, nigerian keyboard design, design, nigerian judicial system
 
 
 
 
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Interview: OLPC's Michail Bletsas Part 2 [of 2]

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2008-01-21 17:00:00 by Brian Heater in Gearlog
...Nigerian keyboard, the exit of the company's chief technology officer, the end of its successful Give One, Get One program, and of course, a very public falling out with its one-time backer, Intel In the first part of my interview with OLPC's Chief Connectivity Officer, Michail Bletsas, we discussed the fate of the Give One, Get One program...
 
Tags: market, market worth, potential market, nigeria keyboard, keyboard, amd inside laptops, laptops, low-cost laptop market, intel cared
 
 
 
 
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OLPC Gets 419'd In Nigeria

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2008-01-03 07:02:39 by Rob Beschizza in Gadget Lab
...Nigerian company. It sucks to do business in the world's most corrupt nations, but there you go. The real question of course, is who has made the best "Nigerian Spam" joke at OLPC maker Nicholas Negroponte's expense. The answer is Valleywag I HEREBY REQUEST YOUR HELP AND ASSISTANCE TO HELP SEND ME TRANSFER THIS US$20,000,000.00(TWENTY...
 
Tags: nigerian court valleywag, valleywag, million, business, twenty million, lucrative business, laptop, child sued, campaign rallies
 
 
 
 
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AT&T, NBC and Microsoft hint at ISP-level Internet filtering to protect copyright

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2008-01-10 17:12:28 by Nicholas Deleon in CrunchGear
...Nigerian civil servants. If they have the resources to protect themselves, they better have the resources to protect me, too AT&T and Other ISPs May Be Getting Ready to Filter [Bits New York Times Blog via TechCruch ShareThis
 
Tags: copyright, pre-copyright, copyright violations, nbc, someones copyright, isp-level internet, protect, nigerian civil servants, scan online content
 
 
 
 
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Shiny Books: Delete This At Your Peril - Bob Servant, ed. Neil Forsyth

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2008-01-11 23:17:48 by Alex Roumbas in Shiny Shiny
...Nigerian politicians, get a massive percentage for processing payments from UK clients to Chinese rubber manufacturers and maybe even meet the Russian love of your life? That's just what Bob Servant thinks, anyway. The alter ego "friend" of writer Neil Forsyth is a 62-year-old disgraced window cleaner and ex-cheeseburger van king, and he...
 
Tags: bob servant, chinese rubber manufacturers, russian love, writer neil forsyth, love, ex-cheeseburger van, nigerian politicians, window cleaner, release funds
 
 
 
 
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Yinka Shonibare Flower Time Interviews

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2008-01-13 16:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
 
The Nigerian artist spoke to the BBC about his 2006/2007 "Flower Time" show at the Stephen Friedman Gallery in London, England The two-part interview appears above and below
 
Tags: flower time, two-part interview appears, nigerian artist, friedman gallery, bbc, london, england