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Ardusat - http://bit.ly/OmzjOl "will allow experiments to be run in orbit by everyday people like you and me." #arduino #openhardware

#Amazon decides it actually does need licenses for music - http://bit.ly/Nl8hoBinteresting U-turn

#Samsung, After 'Begging' to Get Sony Into #Apple Patent Trial, Flouts Judge And Releases 'Excluded Evidence' Anyway - http://onforb.es/Na4Wd2

#Android 4.0 is coming! - http://bit.ly/Nl8sQY to the #raspberrypi, that is

#Mozilla Will Nearly Double SF Office, Add 125 People In Early 2013 -http://tcrn.ch/Nl8zvZ upbeat stuff

30 #Linux Kernel Developers in 30 Weeks: Alan Cox - http://bit.ly/M2ZhsV what our man in Swansea is up to 

Top patent court struggles to decide when software is patentable -http://bit.ly/R76J8z another hint that it shouldn't ever be patentable 

#Drones kill transnational terrorists - http://bit.ly/Nl9xs7 spectacularly arrogant & insulting (v @Asher_Wolf @chrisjwoods)

Ask Me Anything, Answer Nothing: Kevin Rose’s AMA On #Reddit -http://tcrn.ch/MYAoOM whoops

Boris Johnson Invites Rupert Murdoch To The Games - http://bit.ly/NTCb6Fboris goes bonkers

Cabinet Iraq papers to remain secret - http://bit.ly/NlcHvS "thereby encouraging high-quality decision-making" haha, v witty (v @jmcest)

Musicians getting 'more than half of royalty income from online streaming' -http://bit.ly/Pqpyxy another reason #DEAct should be binned

Silchester Iron Age finds reveal secrets of pre-Roman Britain -http://bit.ly/M36itQ exciting stuff

Twitter refuses to unmask user of fake Steve Auckland account -http://bit.ly/MYHT8m tries to redeem itself (v @Asher_Wolf @YourAnonNews)

How Petty Patent Fights Can Get: Samsung Upset That Apple Gets Top Billing In Patent Suit - http://bit.ly/OIYbC9 pathetic or what...?

#Syria's video activists give revolution the upper hand in media war -http://bit.ly/PlBYXg fascinating stuff

Valve's Linux video games plan described as 'unethical' - http://bbc.in/R7UYOVwell done, BBC, facts all correct 4 a change (v @schestowitz)

Harry Reid: Bain Investor Told Me That Mitt Romney 'Didn't Pay Any Taxes For 10 Years' - http://huff.to/N1AJ1h like everyone (v @jwildeboer)

Public Accounts Committee urges government to make case for free #opendata- http://bit.ly/PrVr8P sensible stuff (v @Mark_Antony)#uk

UK Economic & Social Data Service value for money - http://bit.ly/QvihDx 4 every £1 returns £5.40 in net economic value  (v @petersuber)

Open-Data-Initiative der Bundesregierung - http://bit.ly/NayCqv about time, too - come on, #Germany #opendata

#ClimateChange’s Costs Hit The Plate - http://bit.ly/PlNVw3 "this year’s U.S. drought is good news", because it may wake up sceptics

#Microsoft's Patent Strategy Made Patent - http://bit.ly/QpHCM1 it just wants#google to admit #android infringes - nothing much

UK Government Censors #Copyright Consultation Submission About How Awful Collection Societies Are - http://bit.ly/MiXvoY curious

Access to private communications is a privilege, not a right - http://bit.ly/Oogzhlthat's* government* access...

#dangleboris is already a meme - http://bit.ly/PlWpmQ it's a fast-moving world here (v @mikebutcher)

Why is Boris Johnson promoting climate change "sceptics"? -http://bit.ly/QvFaXg even more bonkers (v @boraz @j_timmer @alicebell)