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Awesomeness in Trolling - ScissorHands or Snowden?
It's supposed to be a segment on Edward Snowden, but the dude spends the time defending Edward *ScissorHands*. The best part - HLN doesn’t notice (or doesn’t care. Which is worse/better?)
The Stupidest Man In The World (Presenting Robert J. Samuelson)
From today's Washington Post we have what really, really appears to be a troll but isn't (hint: Its Robert Samuelson). If I could, I would repeal the Internet. It is the technological marvel of the age, but it is not — as most people imagine — a symbol of progress. Just the opposite. We would be better off without it (as) it brings with it a terrifying danger: cyberwar (and a whole crapload of "cyberwar--BAD" stuff deleted on count of terminal stupidity) Don't go read it. In fact, ideally, don't read anything by him. Ever. The Stupidity - It Hurts !
Patent Wars - The Tech IP Battlefield
From visual.ly a spectacular infographic. Click to embiggen massively
Nokia shoe drops. RIM next?
Given that Nokia seems to be going nowhere pretty fast (cool new phones - yup. nifty Windows Mobile - yup. People caring - not so much), it was just a matter of time before they started going down the patent route, and I guess the first shoe just dropped. per The Verge, Nokia just announced that it's suing HTC, RIM, and Viewsonic for patent infringement in the US and Germany. All told, there are 45 patent in the various lawsuits, covering what Nokia says are proprietary technologies — i.e., not industry standards. Specifically, Nokia's patents cover hardware features like antennas, radios, and power management, as well as software features like multitasking, navigation, app stores, retrieving email attachments on mobile, "conversational" message display, dynamic menus, and certain types of data encryption. The patents in question makes these cases slightly different than Nokia's now-settled litigation with Apple, which involved several standards-relate...