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Newswatch 2.18.08: The journey of the iPhone
Posted on February 18, 2008
The demise of HD-DVD[PunchJump] Toshiba Corp. will announce an exit from the HD DVD market on Tues. The claim coincides with an earlier report from NHK Japan Broadcasting Corp. that it will end HD DVD production and close DVD factories in the Aomori prefecture in Northern Japan.The strange journey of the iPhone[NYT] For months, tourists, small entrepreneurs and smugglers of electronic goods have been buying iPhones in the United States and then shipping them overseas.There the phones digital locks are broken so they can work on local cellular networks, and they are outfitted with localized ...
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