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#HTC Bites Back Against #Apple, Suing With #Patents it Got From Google - http://dthin.gs/n2YlRt Apple deserves this, but such a waste

#LibreOffice and #OpenOffice.org drift apart - http://bit.ly/qxjW7s fascinating watching this fork happen #opensource

The Economics of Open Data – Mini-Case, Transit Data & Translink - http://bit.ly/pE89GQ excellent analysis of why free makes business

#P2P lawyer: IP address not enough, let me search all PCs in the house - http://bit.ly/puXwUy this is where #copyright insanity takes us

Michael Hart (1947 - 2011): Prophet of Abundance - http://bit.ly/ntCevz tragic early loss of a great man #projectgutenberg #pd #copyright

Shard View at Night Panorama - http://bit.ly/q7LLDR wow: amazing high-resolution pic of #london from on high

Top Entrepreneurs Warn Congress: PROTECT IP Will Stifle Innovation & Hurt Job Growth - http://bit.ly/nlO7wY useful

Microsoft signs #Android patent deals with Acer and ViewSonic - http://tnw.co/rnXn1f more fool them#

Inside a $59 Billion Heist: World’s Software Pirates - http://bit.ly/ni8vpj more #BSA tripe; here are the facts – http://bit.ly/lDq9fs

RT @newsbrooke The lunacy of allowing public bodies to copyright official documents. (via @FOIMonkey) bit.ly/pq6cxg >>important precedent

#BSA secret agenda: open source saves the world - http://bit.ly/qmxuUr oh, well played, sir!

#Google Buys Local Restaurant Reviews And Recommendations Company #Zagat - http://tcrn.ch/pmYadI losing focus?

South African fossils halfway between ape and human - http://bit.ly/ouPhTj one for the Creationists... #evolution

#Mozilla’s Media, Freedom and the Web Festival, November 2011 - http://bit.ly/qRPrvi in #london, too

European Council Offers Rebuke to U.S. #Secrecy Policy - http://bit.ly/pOgNCw interesting (v @normative)

A Simpler Explanation of Why Software is Mathematics - http://bit.ly/nSLTgo v long, v impressive #patents

Ethical Investment Revolt - HP & Microsoft deleted from Dow Jones Sustainability Index - http://zd.net/ns6DOL straws in the wind (v @rmack)

Kellogg's Stakes Claim To Toucans, Mayan Imagery; Cease-and-Desist To Guatemalan Non-Profit - http://bit.ly/oGT8uY #kellog's makes me gag