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February 08 2012

06:53

Anonymous-Leaked Emails Reveal Syrian Presidential Aides' Disdain for Americans [Anonymous]

An Anonymous-affliliated hacker group has stolen and leaked hundreds of damaging emails from Syria's Ministry of Presidential Affairs including a damning thread regarding the manipulation of American opinion of President Assad's dissent-crushing tactics. More »

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January 28 2012

05:40

US Government Nixes Three of Rambus' Most Prized Patents [Lawsuits]

Three patents pertaining to memory chip design that were used to successfully sue HP and Nvidia—dubbed the Barth Patents—are among Rambus' most valuable IP. Excuse me, they were among Rambus' most valuable until the US patent office invalidated them. More »

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January 21 2012

02:24

Google Puts the Hammer Down on Three More Services [Google]

Good news everyone! Google announced today that the three of its web services will be getting the axe by mid-year. More »

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January 20 2012

04:20

Supreme Court Gives the Go Ahead for Re-Copyrighting Public Domain Works [Copyright]

You've got to be kidding me. The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Congress can remove works from the public domain and re-copyright them in order to bring the the pieces into compliance with international copyright schemes. Yeah, because that doesn't run completely against the spirit of copyright law or anything. More »

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January 14 2012

05:08

SOPA Legislation Gets Slightly Less Terrible [Sopa]

Score one for the Internet. One of SOPA's most controversial provisions—DNS blocking—will be removed, for now at least, according to one of the act's staunchest supporters, Representative Lamar Smith. More »

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04:14

Nokia Just Sold Hundreds of Its "Essential" Wireless Patents [Nokia]

Sisvel International, the notorious IP management firm that made headlines in 2010 by teaming with Apple and Siemens to call in a police raid at the CeBIT trade show, is rearming itself. The company announced yesterday that it has acquired hundreds of Nokia-owned wireless patents. Who's ready for some litigation? More »

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January 12 2012

02:50

Pakistan Plans to Demolish Bin Laden's Compound—With RPG's [War]

Osama Bin Laden may have gone out with a whimper but his secret lair in Islamabad will soon be going out with a bang. A rocket-propelled bang, that is. More »

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December 01 2011

04:30

Superman's Debut "Steels" Title of World's Most Expensive Comic [Comics]

The first issue of Action Comics sold for 10 cents in 1938 and featured a brand new hero: Superman. Fast forward 73 years and that same comic leaps to over $2 million dollars in a single bound. More »

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November 29 2011

06:40

Rolling Stone is Coming to the iPad After All—But Not Before The Beatles [Music]

In a rather unexpected about-face, Rolling Stone's parent company, Wenner Media, has announced that the iconic music magazine will soon be available on the iPad. But first, it's porting The Beatles: The Ultimate Album-by-Album Guide to Apple's tablet—like this week. More »

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October 01 2011

10:30

Paris Rolls Out a Fleet of Rentable Electric Runabouts [Cars]

While Paris isn't nearly as god-awful as Mexico City in terms of traffic, it's by no means a commuter's Shangri-La. So, Parisian officials are testing a new fleet of electric four-seaters to ease its congestion woes. More »

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August 02 2011

01:00

US Army is Paying Big Bucks for Intelligent Clothing, Smarty Pants Still Worth Nothing [Military]

As any armed forces member who's served in the Middle East can tell you, it's ludicrously hot there—even without the additional 50+ pounds of clothing and armor. That's why the DoD is offering cash money for some "Thermally Responsive Fibers." More »

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