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In Russia, a 20-year-old sent out four hundred death threats saying “Death to Russian pigs and to you, freak!” to random phone numbers.
Authorities have reacted, catching the sender who was in fact Russian. His phone number was traced and he was arrested promptly. After he (Anton Shurubara) was caught, he said that he was joking around. “I wanted to see what people’s reactions would be,” he added.
The court placed him on one year of probation for racial hatred and a provocation to extremism.
Don’t know about you, but I wouldn’t see this as a joke. Not that I would be frightened, on the contrary. But why on Earth would someone do something like this is beyond me. Guess he deserves the punishment…
[Via: textually.org, image from thesmartpda.com]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
