It was bound to happen ....

Spammers Invade the Blog [Moore's Lore]
1:58:39 PM     comment []

Follow the link on Slashdot for a fascinating history lesson - seems as though the entire concept of self-propelled vehicles powered by internal combustion engines was once patented! And fought (successfully) by Henry Ford ...

Suing Your Customers: Winning Business Strategy? [Slashdot]
1:51:42 PM     comment []

Absurdities abound -

Pastor fined in nude beach protest Nancy Erickson parked her car near the beach, and Ovadal led protesters in shouting derogatory remarks for about six minutes. Erickson responded by swearing, threatening or pretending to threaten to pull up her shirt, dancing and sticking out her tongue. [CNN]
8:10:26 AM     comment []

Another reason to go to Mozilla.

Microsoft's IE attitude: Embrace, extend--abandon?. Web developers want to light a fire under Microsoft to get better standards support in the company's Internet Explorer browser, but they can't seem to spark a flame. [CNET News.com - Front Door]
7:56:36 AM     comment []

Well, it seems as though the lawyers have finally reduced themselves to literally taking toys away from little kids!

Please, Mr. Intellectual Property Maven - 'talking book technology', as embodied in this product is not new: remember Teddy Ruxpin from 1985? There is enough prior art along these lines to fill a small building. What was the Patent Office thinking?

Toys Boys War Over Talking Books. Leapfrog sues Mattel for patent infringement of its popular talking-book technology. Mattel shakes its collective head and says nah, nah, we didn't do it. Did Mattel just do it better? [Wired News]
7:50:07 AM     comment []