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Hotels - http://bit.ly/pVKpDl "If you're quick with a knife, you'll find that the invisible hand is made of delicious invisible meat" #xkcd

#Amazon Looking to Buy #Palm - http://on.mash.to/plDvNX sounds bonkers to me, but what do I know?

Dear Internet, We Need Better Image Archives - http://bit.ly/ptIkSD yup #opencontent #pd

Laws of #logic apparently off limits in the law - http://bit.ly/o0hvpn sounds logical to me... #patents #genepatents

Major #Usenet Provider Ordered to Remove All Infringing Content - http://bit.ly/qoHlys ridiculous: tantamount to shutting it down

Access to scientific publications should be a fundamental right - http://bit.ly/phTMjP this is what it is all about... #openaccess

The Free Software Directory - http://bit.ly/pYcAPF 6000 instantiations of freedom for your digital delectation #fsf

Making #Mozilla big in learning - http://bit.ly/pAnJD3 splendid idea; not so sure about the gamification stuff, though... #education

Burma stoppt milliardenschweres Staudamm-Projekt - http://bit.ly/pKkcQD wow, strange outbreak of good sense...in Burma #environment

French National Assembly discusses amendments on decoupling hardware and software sales - http://bit.ly/pDoy3f we need this everywhere

Teachers Fired Over Mandarin Ability - http://bit.ly/pr6YUB #china practising cultural genocide in #xinjiang as in #tibet #uyghurs

#Copyright vs #Competition law - a new dawn in European broadcasting?? - http://bit.ly/qUAQY7 potentially very big

Of Glasshouses, Stones and #Copyright Infringement - http://bit.ly/oX7GHj strange how maximalists always infringe themselves... #germany

It’s Not Environment vs. Jobs, It’s Sustainable Jobs vs. Unsustainable Ones - http://bit.ly/nSwaod is this really so hard to understand?

ZaReason Working to Release First True Open Source Tablet - http://bit.ly/osEpXI we definitely need this

#Microsoft, Red Cross and UN sucked into global news fixing row - http://ind.pn/r2wzbQ sounds pretty stinky #publishing

The blind petition for braille access - http://bit.ly/pUMk6k "will ask Commission to stop opposing treaty & put an end to discrimination"

Indian Government To Launch $35 Tablet On Oct 5 - http://bit.ly/nN3fkx that would be impressive #india

Russian Search Engine #Yandex Leads $30 Million Investment In Blekko - http://selnd.com/oRLrka v interesting linkup #russia #search

Roberto Galoppini: I have joined SourceForge as its Senior Director of Business Development - http://bit.ly/niB7OC good to see a European

The due-process-free assassination of U.S. citizens is now reality - http://bit.ly/r4iE11 surely a key moment in the decline of the US

1 week to go! (until Ada Lovelace Day) http://bit.ly/o5i54V "celebrating achievements of women in science, technology, engineering & maths"

Guy Arrested, Threatened With 15 Years For Recording Traffic Stop In Illinois - http://bit.ly/qmTP6E & the police fear the truth because...?

29-year-old woman born deaf hears herself for the first time - http://bit.ly/oRbDb7 moving stuff #happiness

#London shop becomes world’s first official in-store #Google #Chromebook seller - http://tnw.co/na3vX3 well...

#IBM overtakes #Microsoft, becomes the second most valuable technology firm - http://bit.ly/okS7V6 another symbolic moment...

#ACTA is inconsistent with US laws on injunctions and damages - http://bit.ly/q7EXoR useful summary

StatusNet 1.0.0: It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - http://bit.ly/nrq9Zx kudos #microblogging #identica