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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 120813 - http://bit.ly/NvF0dv yesterday's tweets as a single Web page

BTW, does anyone know what happened to that company that was much in the news recently?  can't remember its name, began with "F", I think...

Professor Schellekens: #patents on medicines are immoral - http://bit.ly/Qxd2gfwithout them, "prices will drop as much as 80 percent"

Virgin Media Blocks File-Sharing Site After Receiving Court Order -http://bit.ly/MtGTd2 at least they waited until there was court order

The problem with porn filters - http://bit.ly/Pggxed very clear exposition for non-tech readers of the woes experienced by @coadec

Indian government’s Internet #censorship proposal to be reviewed: MP -http://bit.ly/Pgh3sz "through open public consultation"

Doubling Down on #DRM - http://bit.ly/MtMobP wow, #hachette uk is arrogant, stupid and clueless – impressive

#TrapWire investigation links transit systems and Anonymizer in global surveillance network - http://bit.ly/RPIqfI good update

48 percent in Apple survey picked Android over the iPhone to stay with their carrier - http://vrge.co/Pgxzud interesting numbers

Next #TPP Negotiation Session Has 3 Hours For Negotiators To Talk To Public Interest Advocates - http://bit.ly/NxwFrP staggering contempt

CloudFlare Helps Save Wikileaks’ Bacon - http://tcrn.ch/Oqijev good to see

Google launches new text input tool to let you type in Russian, Chinese & Hindi within Google Docs - http://tnw.co/Rcrpgw this is impressive

Jaguars among species 'virtually extinct' in #Brazil's Atlantic forest -http://bit.ly/Pmgj3e depressing #conservation

Journal Impact Factors are silly and everybody knows it - http://bit.ly/OfXeAltime to move on, then... #publishing

Ein Kartell nutzt seine Macht: Wie die Verlage für das Leistungsschutzrecht kämpfen - http://bit.ly/OW6pF0 great piece (v @netzpolitik)

Why restrict revolutionary research? - http://bit.ly/Nw5CLq why indeed?#datamining #textmining #copyright

Citations & Sarcasm: How Gizmodo Got A Defamation Lawsuit SLAPPed Down - http://bit.ly/RPWPbL by using hyperlinks

Sorting and searching at the library - http://bit.ly/MZKxai what a lovely little tale (v @dozykraut)#algorithms

#CETA fight over drug patents - http://bit.ly/Ph7TgX "R&D spending to sales ratio continues a decade-long decline": 6.7% /cc @charlesarthur 

How a Cardiff murder led to a 20-year police scandal - http://bit.ly/RcPmo5unbelievable, repeated bungling

Share your opinion on AsktheEU.org! - http://bit.ly/NAtL1U help it get better

GSU wins copyright case - http://bit.ly/OqWbRf all tied up now; good result (v @howardknopf)

Cows kill more people than sharks - http://bit.ly/OrhrGv far more dangerous than "terrorists"...

Android Is Winning - http://tcrn.ch/PhLmRk "mantra of releasing on #iOS and then eventually hitting #Android needs to be rethought"

Solving Wanamaker problem for health care - http://oreil.ly/PmJmnq long, interesting: "Data science is not optional in health care reform"

Saving Mandriva - http://bit.ly/MX13gW ah, yes, as the nuns were wont to sing: how do you solve a problem like #Mandriva...? 

Proteste gegen #Tibet-Politik: Chinesische Polizei prügelt Aktivisten zu Tode -http://bit.ly/OgmUwW the slow genocide continues #china

Comedian’s Tumblr Puts @Progressive Insurance on Defense -http://on.mash.to/Si7Gaj assuming the facts are as stated, deserves spreading widely

Indian ISP Penalized For 'Overblocking' In Obeying Court Order To Try To Stop Infringement - http://bit.ly/OgnWsL problems of overblocking

Hundreds of thousands of dead fish Reported on Galveston - http://bit.ly/N0fhrtsadly, this likely to become common (v @wendycockcroft)

"private eyes had already obtained detailed information about his bank accounts" - http://bit.ly/OrEdOx whole episode is a disgrace (v @4b5)

OpenStax College’s free textbooks will save students $1M this fall -http://bit.ly/MXgXIm only?

Julian #Assange will be granted asylum, says official - http://bit.ly/RdOAakpretty amazing if confirmed (v @trevortimm @jamesrbuk)