Google's Android mobile phone platform has at least one feature that puts it on par with Apple's iPhone: A kill switch. Google, however, acknowledges the existence of a means of remotely removing apps from its devices -- right in its terms of service.

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An uproar erupted when iPhone users discovered a so-called remote kill switch on their phones -- will it spur the same reaction in users of the G1, the first Android phone?

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Apple CEO Steve Jobs has confirmed that the iPhone 3G has a kill switch that can remotely remove software from the devices.

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In the 1959 novel The Manchurian Candidate, a decorated military hero returns from the Korean War to run for President of the United States, but unbeknownst to himself and the public, his stint as a POW has left him with more than just a medal of honor.

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Microsoft is to withdraw an anti-piracy tool from Windows Vista, which disables the operating system when invoked, following customer complaints. The so-called "kill switch" is designed to prevent users with illegal copies of Vista from using certain features.

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