Patents are living up to their ideals
There's been a lot of uproar over software patents recently, seemingly sparked up by Apple going after HTC and news that Intellectual Ventures operates a network of shell companies. Even the USPTO...
View ArticleWhat is Toyota doing?
As everyone across America must surely know, Toyota's cars apparently have a problem with 'unintended acceleration', and a small number of people have tragically died in related accidents....
View ArticleThe freebie I'm hoping for at Google I/O 2011: Nothing
Google I/O 2011 apparently sold out in 59 minutes this year, and for that hour the registration site was almost entirely down. Obviously it's a popular conference, and it's poor form for Google to...
View ArticleAWS is down: Why the sky is falling
Amazon Web Services, "the cloud" to many people, has had a significant issue in one of their datacenters since about 1AM Pacific time April 21st. Some huge websites (reddit, quora, foursquare) are...
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