Looks like the first gen iPhone has been approved by the FCC. Can't wait for the second gen (hopefully with 3G) so it'll be worth the cash and 2 year commitment to buy one. I'll stick with my BlackBerry 8800 for now.

According to FCC documents obtained by AppleInsider, the "GSM Cellular Telephone with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi" carriers model number A1203 and FCC ID: BCGA1203.

In an SAR Test Report conducted on February 6th, 2006, FCC Test Lab Manager Lothar Schmidt wrote the following:

"The Apple Inc. A1203 GSM Cellular Telephone with Bluetooth and Wifi, FCC ID: BCGA1203, is in compliance with the limits for general population uncontrolled exposure specified in FCC 2.1093. The device was tested according to the measurement standards and procedures specified in FCC OET Bulletin 65, Supplement C (Edition 01-01) and IEEE p1528/D1.2, April 21, 2003."

Copies of the actual FCC docs are also available on the Apple Insider page.

It seems that Microsoft is stealing from SCO's playbook in claiming Linux patent infringements, without actually backing up their claims with specific instances.

There should be some sort of penalties for making wide-ranging claims of patent infringement, without actually backing it up with specific instances. One thing that the Open Source community is good at is working around such issues. Microsoft doesn't want to actually outline what they think infringes, since the community will just rewrite the various software to avoid the patents.

Over all, just another case of Microsoft FUD tactics.

For more InfoWorld coverage, see Open Sources and our Special Report page.

Now that Digg has stopped deleting posts and comments about the HD-DVD key fiasco, maybe we can get back to some real tech news. Proactively deleting content means Digg gives up their Safe Harbor status, and they would be required to censor all posts and comments.

If instead they stick to Safe Harbor, the MPAA will need to submit a Cease and Desist for each infringing page. And then Digg can take the same classy approach the Slashdot did when the Scientology nuts came after them about a comment. Remove the comment, and explain exactly what is going on, who is censoring things, and where the content can be found elsewhere on the 'net:
http://slashdot.org/yro/01/03/16/1256226.shtml

As they say...

Just when I (and many others) were ready to give up on Digg as a purely user-driven social experiment, due to their repeated story and comment deletions, Kevin Rose steps up and listens to the community:

Digg This: 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0
by Kevin Rose at 9pm, May 1st, 2007 in Digg Website

Today was an insane day. And as the founder of Digg, I just wanted to post my thoughts...

In building and shaping the site I’ve always tried to stay as hands on as possible. We’ve always given site moderation (digging/burying) power to the community. Occasionally we step in to remove stories that violate our terms of use (eg. linking to pornography, illegal downloads, racial hate sites, etc.). So today was a difficult day for us. We had to decide whether to remove stories containing a single code based on a cease and desist declaration. We had to make a call, and in our desire to avoid a scenario where Digg would be interrupted or shut down, we decided to comply and remove the stories with the code.

But now, after seeing hundreds of stories and reading thousands of comments, you've made it clear. You’d rather see Digg go down fighting than bow down to a bigger company. We hear you, and effective immediately we won't delete stories or comments containing the code and will deal with whatever the consequences might be.

If we lose, then what the hell, at least we died trying.

Digg on,

Kevin

The folks at Digg.com have let the social news genie out of the bottle, and now they can't control it. Since the HD-DVD encryption code was discovered and published, readers at Digg have been repeatedly submitting stories with the 16 digit hex code in the titles and bodies. Just as quickly as these posts crawl up the Digg charts, admins seem to be deleting them.

Just search Google for 09 F9 and you'll find the key. Will AACS send a Cease and Desist to InfoWorld because I posted the text "09 F9"? If so, we might as well give up on this whole Internet thing right here and now.

Can a simple, short string of numbers and letters (the full key) really be copyrighted? And is Digg.com receiving a proper takedown notice for each case, or are they taking things into their own hands and deleting posts willy-nilly?

The same sort of thing happened when the DeCSS code came out - I even have a t-shirt with the code printed on it. This just goes to show how useless the DMCA is, and how information cannot be controlled, and that DRM will never truly work.

CDFreaks story about the C&D

UPDATE: As of 10:30pm, every single story on the Digg News top 10 list, and on the Digg home page, is about this fiasco: