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Wednesday's protests were sparked by Greece's weekend agreement to adopt austerity measures in exchange for a €110 billion ($143 billion) bailout loan from the European Union and the IMF.

Greeks generally don't blame Mr. Papandreou for the country's problems, however, saying he inherited them from predecessors. It was his administration, elected in October, that announced the government's budget deficit for 2009 would be equivalent around 13% of gross domestic product, compared with the 6% claimed by the previous administration.

Artemis Batzak Panayou, a cleaning lady working for a local government, saw her €1,200 monthly salary, on which she supports three children, cut by €250 at the beginning of the year. She believes it will fall further. "There is no way to survive on the daily wages in the public sector," she said, adding: "Greece won't be fixed until all the crooks are removed from government."

Anxiety over the euro-zone economies sent the euro down to about 1.29 to the dollar, its lowest level in more than a year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell for the second straight day, losing 58.65 points, or 0.54%, to close at 10868.12.

Greece's 24-hour nationwide general strike brought much of the country to a standstill, closing government offices and halting flights, trains and ferries.

At the same time, tens of thousands of protesters marched through Athens in the largest and most violent protests since the country's budget crisis began last fall.

@evablue hahahaha

Tease:

You forgot PALM webOS!!

Would you like to share a bath or would you like to bath-a-lone-a

Ask for Room 404, they usually speak english

What do people use multi-tasking for on Symbian phones

Let me think. An example of a real-world use case from a Symbian user: Listening to music (and optionally Scrobbling it) in the background whilst Web browsing, running a Twitter client, using Push IMAP, and using an IRC client. You can't do that on a lousy iPhone, and on Android, you'd have stuttering audio, and your battery would go flat quickly. Not so on the Symbian Platform, if that answers your question.

Try taking a photo whilst listening to music on an Android device too - you'll get a useless image, and skipping or paused audio, thanks to the fact that the underlying kernel and other subsystems aren't tuned very well. (See http://dw2blog.com/2010/02/10/the-mobile-multitasking-advantage/ where that's discussed in detail).

Oh, and you don't have to resort to a load of unsupported, warranty-voiding hacks to use tethering, change the home screen wallpaper or install software from an "unofficial" source. Video recording, MMS, copy-and-paste, and other useful features have been supported for eons, too.

Buzz?

buzz.google.com redirects to gmail.com

I just got done watching the impromptu (off twit) nsfwshow from last night http://nsfwshow.com - hilarity ensues (really nsfw, not for the humor deficient)

Per Gina: http://SitBy.us

Hey TWiG !!11

I want HD streams of NFL games

Wasn't Miles O'Bryan an engineer on the Next Generation

looks like google is 99.9% sure they'll shut down in china http://thenextweb.com/search/2010/03/13/google-leaving-china/

This was a really good show. Jeff and Gina both highlighted things I'd never have thought of. Maybe more participants give them time to think? They say good stuff on a lot of shows, particularly Jeff, but this was an exceptional show.

You should save this for the show :-/

Whats up TWi

errrrr. TWiG

Sounds like a huge industry for censorship. Jobs Jobs Jobs.

is TWiT blocked in China?

jeff said this on BBC the other day :)

Google needs to set the precedent of keeping information open for them to organize. If China wins we'll see a lot more of such efforts which would damage Google.

you can help people in china and iran etc get access to the internet with this http://www.civisec.org/software/psiphon

That's terrible.

I've been the victim of data molestation.

like

Most people don't understand the stakes.

this is so far the "PR" photo of the Year

Over-analysis in over-drive.

OH

This is at the corner of El Camino and Emarcadero. Town & Country

Totally planned.

Super-powers signing a treaty? Starbucks the new Camp David?

I don't believe iPad will make money selling that content.

This would have been good 5 years ago

L O L

Quality isn't free... or at least not for long.

Some of these apps will essentially be a bookmark to the web site. Why should you install an app for that?

Enough people paid for quality entertainment, even when commercial entertainment was available. I think enough people are willing to pay for reliable, quality news and information, as the noise level continues to rise.

How Long Do People Think It will be in china

@leolaporte http://mashable.com/2010/05/16/in-defense-of-facebook/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29

Sprint is not and never will be "back"

You can be super fast but super fast divided between a lot of people is still slow

Leaps forward for who? Servicing the uber-geeks is a small part of their market.

Maybe he is sick of being held to a fire that he isn't sitting around.

He produces toasters. He is being criticized for not making an oven.

I can get porn on my iPhone, but I don't have to deal with porn if I don't want to

Oh come on Jason - admit it. It's all marketing for you. Of course the open web can be good for commenting. What you're doing is different though - that's why you do it.

Ask Jason how much traffic he got from that last post

But those 4,000 Harvard students gave their info to a 19 year old kid... Who is the dumb one here?

"I don't trust Zuckerberg" - when was the last time Calacanis even talked to Zuckerberg?

Now Jason's getting more traffic because he's able to promote it all on TWiT. This is ridiculous. Where's the guy from the other side of the table in this conversation?

Or they don't care

Yeah - I'm not sure Leo even reads FriendFeed any more, does he?

...

Leo, don't blame Facebook - it will become public because your friends can always make it public. That can happen anywhere.

$170,000 / $10 = 17,000

Remember the groups built where friends share pictures their drunk friends posted to Facebook? That wasn't Facebook's problem.

And that was 3 years ago

Facebook has "no product"???

I admit I'm losing a lot of respect of TWiT from all this. Leo is much better than this.

How do you fund that?

These are 4 guys that hate Facebook. Not sure I can watch this any more. Where's the unbiased reporting?

opinion pieces are not reporting, they're opinion pieces. there's a difference.

Joe, but Leo's much more than just opinion. He produces shows that show an unbiased review of various products on the web. He's a reputable journalist, not just an opinion guy (until recently it seems).

12 people who aren't quitting Facebook http://www.johnnyworthington.com/?p=678

@Jesse: perhaps, but this is his opinion here, not reporting. important to keep in mind.

Joe, I understand that, but Leo's not opinion. This is completely changing my desire to watch TWiT any more. I used to watch/listen because I could get an unbiased review of all the latest products and tools on the web.

vote with your feet, then. we all do.

Joe, I just turned it off - I wish he'd get people that could argue this on the majority side. He's making it sound like those 4 are the majority.

Not everyone is an early adopter

there's a number of us "turning off" Facebook, too. voting with our feet. same idea. we don't like it anymore. if it works for you and you're fine with their policies, fine. if not. well, i scaled way back and am ready to jump ship at any time. whatever works for your needs.

I'm sure Leo's numbers are through the roof after this. Being controversial brings great ratings. I'm very disappointed.

no worse than other sites.

Joe, that's my point though. Leo's *better* than "other sites".

Again, 4,000 people gave their private info to a kid...

Johnny, they gave it to an adult, who just happens to be damn slimy.

Jimminy, you're revealing your age ;-)

Funnily enough, Jimminy, that doesn't change anything. They gave private info to a person they didn't know... http://www.johnnyworthington.com/?p=683

Jesse, I'm only 20, and I understand right from wrong, the biggest stumbling block in wanting to build a service, is my personal need to protect my users information.

Jimminy, I thought I was an adult when I was 19, too ;-)

Johnny, everyone gives information out private information all the time. You go to a restaurant and use your debit or credit card, there is a huge bit of personal information, that you just gave to someone you don't know.

"understand right from wrong" != being in business.

Exactly. But there are protections.

Johnny, I never said anything about business. So what are you talking about Johnny? You love throwing random meaningless shit out.

And you love not getting things. You can speak about ethics till the cows come home but a 19 year old kid has NO concept of the cut and thrust and the tempting corruption of power and money.

Johnny, sure there are protections, but even if they don't exist that doesn't mean you can't trust someone, and it sure as hell doesn't mean you can't trust someone because they are young.

I don't think attacking someones age is going to help your arguments Johnny and Jesse.. it just lowers the value of what your saying.

Don't take this issue personally Jimminy. You are not the standard for a 19/20 year old.

CW, I'm not attacking Jimminy. I was 19 once, too, and I made a whole lot of dumb decisions back then.

Johnny, obviously you know nothing, I've been in possession of Fortune 500 CEO's card numbers and private information. If I really wanted, I could have swiped this data. I was 18 when I was handling this kind of info.

CW, but expecting a 19 year old to have the same level of understanding about business and power as a 50 year old corporate head is a important point

"Don't take this issue personally Jimminy. You are not the standard for a 19/20 year old"

Your not 50 years old either Johnny. When you get to be that age and a CEO of a large company then maybe you can talk about this. Until then you are just attempting to understand which is what Jimminy is doing at his point in life.

Johnny, and when does someone reach the point where they can handle the concept of cut and thrust and tempting corruption of power and money? 25-28.

Honestly, that's what privacy policies are for. I don't think any of us can trust ourselves enough to not at least think about it, no matter what age (although I argue the younger you are the harder that decision is to make). Privacy policies, and Terms of Use keep us in check.

Plus, I'm the manager of a 2.5 million dollar export account. What I knew when i was 19 in regards to business to now (30) you could fill a encyclopedia. I also know smart 20 year olds. I know some smart 15 year olds. I also know some slimy 45 year old managers. What I'm saying is while not excusing Facebook's actions, trusting your private data to a 19 year old is a risky idea, especially when you don't know them or their personality. Power corrupts. Assuming everyone will be happy and trustworthy is wrong. Early adopters are risk takers and trust flashy logos.

Now Jason's bragging on Twitter how many subscribers his e-mail list has. Has the show even ended yet?

Johnny, you do understand the mechanics behind Facebook though, noone had to know who was behind it, they people who were, were all 18-24, and they were invited by people they did trust and did know. All Zuckerberg would have had to do is seed the service with people he knew.

CW, Jimminy is also trying to say that he is the standard for 19 year olds. I am not attacking him, I am just pointing out that while he is a smart guy with lots of responsibility, he is the exception, not the rule.

That's my point.

Johnny, I know I'm not standard, but anyone willing to start a business at a young age isn't standard either. This doesn't mean they are morally sound either.

OK, I admit I am being ageist. I apologize if I offended Jimminy.

I know I've said lots of stupid things over IM, not thinking anyone else would read it, usually not really meaning what I said. I certainly did that a lot when I was younger, and I still do that on occasion.

Heck, I say stupid things in public some times

I'm really just a jerk

Jesse, I've said stuff, private and public, that could be taken out of context, or shouldn't have been stated, quite easily, but repeating similar offenses, is hard to ignore.

Alas, I'm off to watch Survivor, have a good night guys.