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Patent Boss Admits That The Patent Office Keeps Getting Flooded By More And More Bad Patents

The head of the US Patent Office, Jon Dudas, the same guy who was just hyping up a educational curriculum for children falsely claiming that any inventor "needs" to get a patent, is now complaining...

Started in Techdirt • 6 months ago • 0 responses
UK Police Create Facebook App For Sending In Tips

We've heard plenty of stories about police using social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook to catch criminals who brag about their crimes on these social networks, but Alimas points us to a...

Started in Techdirt • 6 months ago • 0 responses
Things I Was Wrong About

A friend just sent me a great blog post by Kevin Kelly where he talks about some online things he was completely wrong about -- including products or companies he thought would flop that succeeded,...

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Warner Brothers Warns Guy Who Named Harry Potter A Decade Before JK Rowling

In something of a followup to the story of JK Rowling's testimony over a guide book to the Harry Potter universe, Petréa Mitchell writes in to point us to the news that moviemaker Helmer John...

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You Don't Win Fans By Limiting How They Enjoy Your Content

The CW television network, which is the massively struggling television network that was formed when the already massively struggling The WB and UPN merged seems to have a rather bizarre way of...

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Yet Another Company Tries Disposable DVDs, Despite A Looooong List Of Failed Predecessors

Lots of folks may remember DIVX, the massively overhyped self-destructing DVDs from Circuit City that failed back in 1999. But what fewer people realize is that this terrible and wasteful idea shows...

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Then Again, eBay Claims It's Still Hunting For Skype Synergies

Just a month ago, the guy in charge of Skype finally admitted that eBay had given up trying to find the mythical "synergies" between eBay and Skype as the few they had suggested turned out not to...

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Does Microsoft's Plan To Sell Software As A Service Make Sense?

While Microsoft remains dominant in the office productivity suite space, it knows that it's facing renewed competition from online offerings and open source offerings. While none of those other...

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Turns Out It's The Kids Who Don't Play Video Games Who Are Most At Risk

Time and time again we see headlines blaring out about how dangerous violent video games are, with politicians insisting they need to do something to "protect the children." However, every time you...

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Warner Brothers Hires Lead Police Investigator On The Pirate Bay Lawsuit

Stephen Holthaus writes in to point us to a press release from The Pirate Bay about the fact that the chief police inspector who built the case against the Pirate Bay in Sweden has now been hired by...

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