Back in May, we wrote about the effort to get a Right to Repair bill passed for automobiles: So far, thanks in part to lobbying by automakers, that bill hasn't gone very far. Reader MR sends in this article exploring both the bill and how automakers have been abusing intellectual property law to force you to pay more. Basically, as cars become more soph […]
I've never understood book price fixing laws in Europe, that require books to be sold at the same price. Economically challenged individuals claim that this helps independent booksellers who aren't forced to undercut prices of other book chains. Except, of course, forcing higher prices on everyone actually leads to fewer books purchased, less innov […]
Remember that lawsuit Nokia filed against Apple claiming that the consumer electronics giant was infringing its wireless patents with the iPhone? That alone might well have cost Apple a billion bucks, but today it gets even worse. Nokia has filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), alleging that Apple infringes Nokia patents with […]
Loopt was one of the first applications to socialize location-sharing from mobile devices. As of late, however, its service has been eclipsed by the buzz generated by relative newbies like Foursquare and Gowalla, who’ve thrown a social gaming twist into the location mix. To compensate, Loopt is migrating more towards these apps in functionality: A new […]
Cos’è. L’ultimo film di Guy Ritchie, più noto per l’ex-moglie che per pagine memorabili di cinema contemporaneo, torna a raccontare un ambiente e dei personaggi arcinoti, cioè Watson e Holmes, i due investigatori di Conan Doyle. A differenza delle altre volte, in questo Sherlock Holmes ci sono personaggi fighi: non solo eleganti e straordinariame […]
When you go to watch a quick 30 second video on YouTube and regain consciousness hours later having jumped from interesting video to interesting video.Similar to a wikipedian loop or 'WikiComa' Clarence: "Dude, you totally missed the funeral yesterday!!" T-dawg: "Yeah I know; somebody emailed me a funny clip and I got stuck in a YouT […]
The incredible letdown some folks experience when they realize Christmas is over (typical Monday after Christmas office discussion)Holy hell, why is Michelle ragging it with me?It's not just you, she's got a bad case of postsantum depression.