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7 tech predictions for the future from a #Google Creative Director - http://tnw.co/oxEzpg my prediction: most of these are nonsense

Yet Again, Evidence Of The Need For Fashion Copyright Is Totally And Completely Missing - http://bit.ly/nH9NVj who needs facts?

Open Science Summit 2011 - http://bit.ly/oyjGZA great stuff; be nice to have it in Europe sometime, too... #openscience

#HP Discovers The Wonderful Power Of #Scarcity, And The TouchPad Lives On - http://tcrn.ch/ntGEjl & so does techcrunch

mySociety launches FixMyTransport.com - http://bit.ly/qqp41w very cool idea #opendata #transport

Apple accuses Motorola, Samsung of monopolizing markets with patents - http://bit.ly/ouV4kt bullying not enough: adds hypocrisy

10th Circuit Affirms in All Respects - #Novell, Not #SCO, Owns the Copyrights, etc. - http://bit.ly/qYktJf so, it was all a waste of time?

Australian Department of Defence conducts OpenOffice.org trial - http://bit.ly/n4IIEa how long before MS makes offer they can't refuse?

#Uzbekistan to rival #Facebook with state-run social network - http://tnw.co/qOZiFH I'm there'll be no state #surveillance or #censorship

“Respect Explorer’s Heritage” - http://tcrn.ch/mSwz4m wow, is #microsoft really this rudderless?

James Gosling: I've moved again - http://bit.ly/p9wepy from #google, to Liquid Robotics... #java

Outbound space probe looks back at tiny Earth and Moon - http://bit.ly/ousZUI eeek: be afraid, be very afraid... #insignificance

Patent Shill Attacks Google for Complaining about Patent Predation - http://bit.ly/pF8fLC good rebuttal #patents #intellectualmonopolies

More on a Space Elevator in <7 - http://bit.ly/o5ymzg interesting points about using #opensource etc; not so sure about global warming stuff

BitTorrent Grandma Was Wrongfully Accused, Lawyer Admits - http://bit.ly/nJn10i why we need false accusation laws in these cases

CCDC: Reasons why sourceCIF data must be Open - http://bit.ly/pNGohr ridiculous that these battles must still be fought #opendata

Politicians Start Getting Digital #Copyright Right - http://bit.ly/nr0OLe well, some do: kudos to @clarecurranmp #deact #nz

Garbage In, Garbage Out - http://bit.ly/nbTekY fab, if rather depressing, numeric debunking of idea we can get lots of #energy from waste

Horrific: Two Years, Heavy Fine For 60-Year-Old Music File Sharer - http://bit.ly/r6VCaP compare: "Homicide by strangling, 6 months"

Welcome to OpenWear, a collaborative clothing platform - http://bit.ly/rv4R5G very, er, neat (v @remixtures) #sharing #fashion

#Sony Finally Fully Unveils Its #Android Tabs, The Sony S and P - http://tcrn.ch/oFDMJU oh no: 1 has *rounded* corners... #ipad

The Emergence of Benefit-driven Production - http://bit.ly/nRtgeF useful review of peer production and "commonism" #opensource

Potential Buyers Sizing Up #Kodak Patents - http://dthin.gs/oS02pn feeding the #patent pyramid scheme

Infringement Nation: #Copyright Reform and the Law/Norm Gap - http://bit.ly/rdvGdF I know this is old (2007), but it's also brilliant

Yes, It’s Time To Abandon The United States - http://bit.ly/quI0fy provocative stuff, but interesting things on scaling (v @webmink)

Solyndra to file for bankruptcy, lay off 1,100 - http://bit.ly/oKsRu8 chinese competition major factor? #energy

Free #opensource laptops for 32,000 students Languedoc-Roussillon - http://bit.ly/ofwNGs lucky them #france

#Facebook opens up about #opensource software - http://bit.ly/q5guN1 “Engineers enjoy working on open source" (v @remixtures)

#Apple's Chinese Suppliers Accused of Causing Significant Environmental Damage - http://bit.ly/q3SZwL ah, yes, those #externalities

DOJ Sues to Stop ATandT, T-Mobile Merger - http://bit.ly/qXMQQx big for US, not sure if there are ramifications much elsewhere

Why the Impossible Happens More Often - http://bit.ly/orrA5w particular good piece, I thought; at the heart of all the opens etc.

#China's telecom patent boom heralds innovation era - http://reut.rs/nmjkvJ false: patents & innovation quite different

Never too late: Taking measures to promote #Armenian #Wikipedia - http://bit.ly/pi11Bm interesting to see #stallman getting things moving