130418

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130417 - http://bit.ly/12oRkVp yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

New lithium-ion battery design that’s 2,000 times more powerful, recharges 1,000 times faster - http://bit.ly/12oROuG exciting (v @mpesce)

'Intellectual Bulwark' Of Austerity Economics Collapses Because Of Three Major Errors - http://bit.ly/XHVmGw can we try something else?

#Kansas's Self-Destruct Button: A Bill to Outlaw Sustainability - http://bloom.bg/17Ib7BD politicians in running 4 world's most stupid people

Launch of the PLOS Text Mining Collection - http://bit.ly/13k8H8C great idea (v @brembs)/cc @petermurrayrust

Cambodian Activists Explain Why The #EU-#India FTA Is A Matter Of Life And Death - http://bit.ly/17515cl the reality ignored by politicians

#Bahrain: #F1 Ignores Rights Abuses Ahead of Race - http://bit.ly/114Ny0w callous & contemptible (v @asteris)

Supreme Court: A Case of Foreign Abuse? We Can't Touch That - http://bit.ly/1752Vdj bad news #humanrights

A la demande générale, nous avons traduit en français le manuel sur l’usage loyal et l’utilisation équitable – http://bit.ly/11AduTp

How #Liberal Democrat MPs voted against making it far harder for companies to misuse #libel - http://bit.ly/XHYfqT what a betrayal

Wettbewerb & Innovationsdynamik im Softwarebereich sichern – Patentierung von Computerprogrammen effektiv begrenzen – http://bit.ly/ZBm3JA

The Future of Commercial #OpenSource: Foundations - http://bit.ly/1757dl4 MariaDB shows the way #governance

L'embarrassant contrat entre l'armée française et Microsoft - http://bit.ly/YZ5NYn what a joke (v @nitot)#france

Japan faces #TPP demands from agricultural nations - http://bit.ly/YZLn1e yes, agriculture could make or break this

Oh Look, Rep. Mike Rogers Wife Stands To Benefit Greatly From #CISPA Passing... - http://bit.ly/YxcT1z staggering

You Have No Rights – Because you are Breaking the Law Right Now - http://bit.ly/ZzIiAH so you'd better behave, right? #threats

Net penetration is never correlated with increasing power to dictators, & usually correlated with increased freedom – bit.ly/15oX5W7

Elop: #Nokia Will Make $653M In #Patent Licensing This Year, ‘Watching Closely' For More Targets - http://tcrn.ch/13kIcQA classic troll talk

Investiere in digitale Bürgerrechte: Markus Beckedahl über seine Arbeit und netzpolitik.org - http://bit.ly/Z63Po9 a worthy cause..

RT @normative Buried lede here: Google will have the capability to remotely brick Glass. http://j.mp/13plnPt >>important: a new Kindle...

EA Shuts Down Social Media Games Without Refunding Money - http://bit.ly/Zurgam when will people learn?

Pourquoi le droit d'auteur viole la Constitution - http://bit.ly/1028anQ fascinating #copyright

Fish’s DNA May Explain How Fins Turned to Feet - http://nyti.ms/17J3H0M exciting stuff #genomics #phylogeny

Privacy: please email your MP, asking them to stop the #Snooper's Charter - http://bit.ly/17J4bEb deranged & dangerous

Should companies be able to sue for #libel? - http://bit.ly/13kMmrw "legal fictions & should always be treated as such." (v @NickCohen4)

El periodista griego Kostas Vaxevanis denuncia un complot contra su vida - http://mun.do/11hweXV if true, v worrying (v @slutrix)#gr

#CISPA: “It does something very simple: it allows the government to share zeroes and ones with the private sector" - http://bit.ly/10l1uIO

#TAFTA: Ambitious but Achievable - http://bit.ly/15iUxso v biased, but useful insight into what rich & powerful will try to force on us #GM

Welcome to the Annie Zone - http://bit.ly/ZAm2qs "my art­icles, inter­views, & other links I’ve found inter­est­ing" -@AnnieMachon

The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Japanese Strategic Diplomacy or Chinese Containment - http://bit.ly/10diw50 useful, detailed analysis #TPP

CISPA vote means companies can't promise to protect #privacy - http://cnet.co/ZAnd96 European Parliament, are you listening? #DPProtection

Kepler spots two super Earths, one squarely in the habitable zone - http://ars.to/YxQ7qj whoa, #science is #exciting

The $12 Gongkai Phone - http://bit.ly/YxQuBa is #china inventing a new kind of #opensource? (v @gnat)

A million children at risk of measles, doctors warn - http://bbc.in/ZApwcy shameful consequence of scaremongering #uk

Unseriöse Geschäftspraktiken: Bundestag bringt Gesetz auf den Weg, das nichts an der Abmahn-Industrie ändert – http://bit.ly/15plBX2

What We Hope the Digital Public Library of America Will Become - http://bit.ly/15psyaC great ideas for welcome project #DPLA #publicdomain

198 amendments to European Parliament #TTIP / #TAFTA resolution - http://bit.ly/11EBGUt good to see EP getting stuck in (v @Vrijschrift)

Profit On-Demand - http://bit.ly/17Jr2iW useful reminder of what has been lost, but underestimates achievements of #openness, esp. #freesw

Why I've Left the Media Business - http://bit.ly/Z6BLkv Dan Lyons explains that curious move (v @BoraZ)#publishing

So that’s what happened to the Synthetic Genomics, Exxon algae fuel deal - http://bit.ly/ZAxL8j not as much as Venter might have hoped

#YouTube Again Beats Viacom's Massive #Copyright Infringement Lawsuit - http://bit.ly/13l5cz1 big win (v @howardknopf)

GPs responsible 4 spending Islington’s £302million NHS budget linked to private firms - http://bit.ly/14zKUq5 GPs will be hated over this

Tremendous Pharmaceutical Profits or Totally Protected Plunder? - http://bit.ly/Z6PhED good analysis of #TPP's problems (v @PostActa)

130417

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130416 - http://bit.ly/Z2gBnx  yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

DCRI et Wikipédia : trois députés demandent des comptes à Manuel Valls - http://bit.ly/11gec72 the saga continues (v @manhack)#france

#Australia takes #Japan to court on #whaling – where to now? - http://bit.ly/13fihxr kudos

Help to Save the #NHS from Privatisation - http://bit.ly/YTphNO please sign 38 Degrees #epetition if you can #uk

Cyberhysteria: Obama criminalises research project (and Crikey?) - http://bit.ly/17FNV6W appalling escalation of attacks on transparency

Investiere in digitale Bürgerrechte: Andre Meister über seine Motivation - http://bit.ly/Z2jSmK help support him @netzpolitik

#TarSands Is Worse Than You Can Imagine: Incredible Images You Have to See - http://bit.ly/Z2k7OR images of #canada's energy hell

War on Whistleblowers: How the Obama Administration Destroyed Thomas Drake For Exposing Government Waste - http://bit.ly/ZZyX4e shameful

Brazil’s groundbreaking Internet Civil Rights Bill needs support! - http://bit.ly/YunGcN great to see #mozilla supporting this #brazil

Enough non-GM soy to fulfil Europe's animal feed needs - http://bit.ly/11giGKR why are #UK supermarkets lying to us?

Western Publishers Sue Delhi University Over Photocopied Books; Students & Authors Fight Back - http://bit.ly/XG1uz3 access to knowledge

Commission moves to enhance business #transparency on social and environmental matters - http://bit.ly/XG2IKM no: disgraceful capitulation

Refusing to be Accountable [pdf] - http://bit.ly/15lOHa3 here's how the European Commission surrendered to industry #transparency

Beto Richa assina fim do software livre no Paraná - http://bit.ly/13iUysv insane: how can this possibly be justified #microsoft #lockin #br

Accelerated patent processing at the Intellectual Property Office - http://bit.ly/11fsgw3 thus risking lower patent quality, perfect... #uk

The Greatest Trick The Government Ever Pulled Was Convincing The Public The 'Hacker Threat' Exists - http://bit.ly/ZZUFFb important point

Over 80 European organisations demand protection for #Netneutrality - http://bit.ly/ZqNlq4 non-binding "Recommendations" are useless

Gov.uk: Open by (Award-Winning) Design - http://bit.ly/Yv7Y1g #opensource showcase gets even showcasier #designsoftheyear #uk

Argentine Judge Says Community Rights To Access Works Can Outweigh Creator's Moral Rights - http://bit.ly/1005KWR intriguing #copyright

African nations strive to stem desertification with a ‘Great Green Wall’ - http://bit.ly/ZzNAv9 fab idea (v @rassina @africarenewal)

European Parliament to report on own use of Free Software - http://bit.ly/11hgqmP "moving in the right direction, but at a snail’s pace"

Carry entirety of #Wikipedia in your pocket with Kiwix for Android - http://bit.ly/YWptMp great idea. next: all knowledge in your pocket

#CISPA Amendment Won't Stop Data Going to National Security Agency - http://bit.ly/11i6U2y no complacency

#Nigeria bans film on #oil #corruption, warns director - http://bit.ly/14wLMvI nothing to hide, of course (v @africatechie)

UK Supreme Court Says Unauthorized Browsing Of (c) Material Online Is OK, But Asks EU Court Of Justice Just In Case – bit.ly/15n3VeL

130416

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130415 - http://bit.ly/11kPvaC  yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

UK refuses to admit US embassy cables obtained by #WikiLeaks are genuine - http://bit.ly/119bPS0 pathetic #tergiversation

The Communications Data Bill will strangle new businesses - http://bit.ly/Zn9JR6 great to see @Coadec making its voice heard; more please

SCOTUS Oral Arguments in AMP v. Myriad Genetics; Court to Determine Answer to Question: Are Human Genes Patentable? - http://bit.ly/XOurv6

The Open Standards Board - http://bit.ly/108tFdZ naming names (v @Simon_M_White @AlecMuffett)#openstandards #uk

Parallella: The $99 #Linux supercomputer - http://zd.net/YrHnSv only with free software is this possible...

Azzam Alwash wins Goldman prize: 'Saddam's marsh drainage project was war by other means' - http://bit.ly/15hxcrk heart-warming stuff #iraq

Who owns our genes? #Myriad Genetics' monopoly challenged - http://bit.ly/10ZprjQ excellent, readable summary of issues and developments

KEI Works to Make the World a Better Place in Many Ways (Video) - http://bit.ly/15cjCVE great to see @jamie_love getting some recognition

If we need to kill the EU-US trade agreement, we will - http://bit.ly/XOxPGl yup #TAFTA #IPout #opendrafts

Investor-State Dispute Resolution: The Monster Lurking Inside Free Trade Agreements - http://bit.ly/13dkGVA huge threat, almost unknown

JUSTICE KAGAN: "And the PTO seems very patent happy" - http://bit.ly/10Zr9lh myriad thoughts on #Myriad... #genepatents

Microsoft should never have supported netbooks - they signed PC's death warrant - http://zd.net/YrUvan good analysis: a race to the bottom

Surprise, Surprise! CJEU dismisses Italian and Spanish challenges on enhanced cooperation procedure - http://bit.ly/118GxgF regrettable

Circuses to face wild animal ban - http://bbc.in/11lU58D about time (v @julianhuppert)

"authors who were undergrads when research was conducted able to publish in #PeerJ for free" - http://bit.ly/1192fBq (v @Stephen_Curry)

Debatte: Wie kann sich Onlinejournalismus finanzieren? - http://bit.ly/YZON3d lots of good ideas here

SCOTUS Seems Skeptical As Myriad Claims Gene Patents Should Exist, Because It Put A Lot Of Work Into Finding Them – bit.ly/YP2C5r

#Android phones to top 1B by year-end says Schmidt - http://cnet.co/17DUsPD 1.5 million activations daily (v @stshank)#linux

#Archaeology on an Interstellar Scale - http://bit.ly/17DVMll lovely, thought- provoking stuff #space

Brazilian non-GM soy producers baffled by UK retailers' decision - http://bit.ly/13gpnxX are supermarkets lying to us? looks that way...

Standing up to big business lobbies:  ALTER-EU's annual assembly and public debate - http://bit.ly/ZnSv6j important stuff #lobbying

wow: the last Ice Age began 4250 years ago, and only lasted 250 years. who knew? - http://bit.ly/17E1fZD

India, EU fail to sort out differences on free trade agreement - http://bit.ly/13gMXe3 meanwhile, opposition mounts in #india

Yao Ming Says No to Ivory and Rhino Horn - http://bit.ly/YswmAw Yao Ming is a total hero: give that man a Nobel Peace Prize... #china

Protests against #TPP go global as Malaysian, Japanese groups oppose deal - http://bit.ly/170HIBh great to see people waking up to threats

Americans want #ACTA in the free trade agreement with the EU - http://bit.ly/11dKhwq well, obvs (v @PostActa)#TAFTA #IPout #opendrafts

Event: What’s Wrong with #Copyright? - http://bit.ly/15ipyNq next week; could be a long evening...#london

Congress Quickly And Quietly Rolls Back Insider Trading Rules For Itself - http://bit.ly/XPKQ2p as one does

FBI arrest agent over bribery cover up claim in battle over $10bn mountain - http://bit.ly/15duOBD the sums involved here are just obscene

In tit for tat, Indian hackers deface 37 Brazilian websites - http://bit.ly/YQGlnL weird

BMJ: end of #NHS? - http://bit.ly/14tDmoD "folly to force the English NHS into competition for the sake of competition" *v @schestowitz)

EU abandons pharma IP demands in India trade deal - http://bit.ly/17EBfx9 pretty significant concession by EU (v @mgeist)#FTA

130415

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130414 - http://bit.ly/XBypov yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

#Italy's Great Leap Forward for Openness? - http://bit.ly/17cJvBk let's hope so: looking good... #opensource #opendata

How Big Agribusiness Is Heading Off The Threat From Seed Generics -- & Failing To Keep The Patent Bargain - http://bit.ly/Ypmrf4 worrying

Turkish pianist Fazil Say convicted of insulting Islam - http://bbc.in/YpmOpY terrible news 4 him, #turkey & free speech (v @MarietjeD66)

Margaret Thatcher funeral: Big Ben to be silenced as mark of respect - http://bit.ly/YXhLkn we can guess what people will sing then...

Gitmo Is Killing Me - http://nyti.ms/YXiVfC no comment necessary #guantanamo #torture

What does ambergris look like? - http://bit.ly/1368eL7 good question; here's the answer

130414

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130413 - http://bit.ly/Zi9aZ1 yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Is Renewable #Energy's Biggest Problem Solved? - http://bit.ly/12ZfwAi #germany leads the way: why can't #UK follow?

#Google deal with EU regulates search results – report - http://bit.ly/ZTY7RL seems to have got off lightly

“The silencing of the Munchkins” – what the BBC should have done - http://bit.ly/XzNkQd yup #dingdong

#mozilla TowTruck. - http://bit.ly/16VF4g7 "lets users communicate, co-author, co-browse and guide each other." (v @cdaffara @HNTweets)

Crucial meeting of India, EU on FTA tomorrow to iron out issues - http://bit.ly/XKKj1y will anyone think of generic drugs for the poor?

"worried it may be used to introduce a European social agenda into the US market" - http://bit.ly/14mnULa no, the reverse #TAFTA #Ipout

#India-EU FTA won’t hit generic drugs industry: EU envoy - http://bit.ly/10UufqK important if true; unforunately #TPP will hit generics

Beatings, Attempted Suicides & Deliberate Starvation: The Dystopic Hell of Guantanamo Bay - http://bit.ly/16VGQOo what a blot on US history

Patents for DNA molecules help promote innovation - http://wapo.st/116xwUj no: publicly-funded researchers developed tests too (v @DrRimmer)

#Monsanto vs. Mother Earth - http://bit.ly/116BWKT epetition at 1.5 million, now going for 2 million.... #patents

"Privatise her funeral. It would be a fitting tribute" - http://bit.ly/XA3Waq quite right: surely Tories wouldn't expect the State to pay?

Malaysia: Chromebook/cloud provision for 10 million! (not taking the tablets) - http://bit.ly/YmFJBE wow, 1st of many? (v @techsoc)#linux

“Judaliq” (separation, parting) - http://bit.ly/1006MJn want to watch a film in Uyghur? course you do (English subtitles just in case....)

Archive of Historical Computer Software is here - http://bit.ly/YVei5R at the incredible Interent Archive, of course... #history

Corruption Allegations Rock #Australia's CSIRO - http://bit.ly/117Awja doesn't look good #augeanstables

Japanese Government Give Up Original Copyright License, To Support Creative Commons - http://bit.ly/12917yK nice #japan #cc

Some initial thoughts about the popularity of QQ's Wechat (aka Weixin) - http://bit.ly/ZuGSq4 interesting, plausible #china

Russia's Vkontakte.ru Accused of Collaborating with Secret Service - http://tnw.co/15dGbtD  no surprise, really

#Opendata market makers - http://bit.ly/100a5jL green shoots

Kidney breakthrough: complete lab-grown organ works in rats - http://bit.ly/14nA5r9 promising

A working journalist reports on the Exxon Pegasus Pipeline spill in Mayflower, AK - http://bit.ly/XLpDXo (v @Grantland33 @sivavaid)

Malaysians must reject #TPP - http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2013/04/14/msians-must-reject-the-us-trade-deal/ "no public discussions on why participation useful to its interests"

codifying Israel's right to discriminate against Americans - http://bit.ly/1180x1H if so, means EU can ban USians involved with #torture

Hacktivists as Gadflies - http://nyti.ms/XLDc92 "legal reality not so different from that faced by Socrates"; good analysis (v @timbry)

Ex-Pakistani President Musharraf admits secret deal with U.S. on drone strikes - http://bit.ly/16WJOlw well, well (v @drones)#pakistan

130413

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130412 - http://bit.ly/YB6qqE yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Trade agreement with Singapore secret until it enters into force - http://bit.ly/16TE6B9 this is not democracy #EU #transparency

Documentary On The History Of Apple And Microsoft Show It Was All About Copying, Not Patents - http://bit.ly/YzoykZ

#Monsanto Protection Act Just Tip of GE Iceberg - http://bit.ly/XIUHa7 links to excellent, detailed history [pdf] - http://bit.ly/110UR8l

Lessons from Mendeley: Where’s The Open In The Model? - http://bit.ly/12XDtnI lots of good points #mendelsevier #openness

Industry group attacks EU plans to overhaul #copyright enforcement law - http://bit.ly/113hdrk quotes usual troublemaker... #IPRED

Evolution or Revolution In Science Communication - http://bit.ly/XIWpIF interesting stuff #openaccess

Open Seed Data Catalog - http://bit.ly/173vypv interesting project to preserve genetic diversity; seeking funding (v +Stephen Bathgate)

Here's Another Inventor Who Willingly Gave Away His Greatest Idea In Order To Establish It As A Global Standard – http://bit.ly/173w9aF

RSC's Matilda: the Musical a hit on Broadway - http://bit.ly/10XeT6j " a success story for the UK's system of subsidy"

Pirate Party Crowd-Sources File-Sharing Fine Settlements - http://bit.ly/119j7rf interesting approach

What’s the right model for shared scholarly communications infrastructure? - http://bit.ly/114Ccdl let the debate begin...

Psy Video 'Gentleman' Released on YouTube: Is It a Hit? - http://on.mash.to/ZgUdq0 those follow-ups are so hard to pull off...

EU court decision heralds multi-country European music licenses - http://reut.rs/YTeana long overdue #monopolies

Diluting the scientific method: Ars looks at #homeopathy (again) - http://ars.to/15b148M long, thorough, pretty definitive

Repo Man Director Alex Cox Plans To Edit Next Film With OpenShot - http://bit.ly/114FQnr wow, another big vote for power of #opensource

#Facebook: double mastectomy obscene - http://huff.to/ZTbnG2 gang-rape perfectly OK - http://bit.ly/ZTbotM (v @amirightfolks @Asher_Wolf)

Uno-Studie: Welt verliert Kampf gegen Klimawandel - http://bit.ly/14kHWWb this is not good #climatechange

"The silencing of the Munchkins must rank as 1 of most inept acts of censorship Britain has seen" - http://bit.ly/XyL4sr (v @superglaze)

Is U.S. #drone policy creating more terrorists than it's killing? - http://bit.ly/YTpsb1 gosh, no, you think? </facepalm> (v @tvol)

Six Reasons Why Chinese People Will Drive the Next Bull Market in #Bitcoin - http://on.mash.to/15bkslR intriguing & plausible #china

130412

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130411 - http://bit.ly/10Y3KiJ yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

« Allo quoi » peut-il vraiment être déposé à l’INPI ? - http://bit.ly/112HiaI bonkers (v @nitot)

Following Cornish-language ebook climbdown, #Amazon faces fresh protests over lack of Welsh support - http://tnw.co/157EjT3 unacceptable

28-geared, 3D-printed cube - http://bit.ly/16YHLM7 "geared confection that came out of the 3D printed fully assembled!" impressive

We need decentralized cryptocurrencies, we just don’t need #Bitcoin - http://bit.ly/ZO8rBM good analysis

ORG-#London Pub Meet: Glyn Moody: The War on #Sharing - http://bit.ly/16f94RQ oh, that would be me; next monday...

Morsi backs Egyptian military after malpractice allegations - http://bit.ly/ZqFMvq wow, really going the full evil, callous dictator route

#Tesco statement on non-#GM poultry feed misleading - http://bit.ly/12QDKfN unacceptable; I certainly won't be shopping there...

Fifteen reasons the Communications Data Bill is the wrong approach - http://bit.ly/XHbBGi forget #thatcher: this and #nhs are real issues

Foreign Corporations Launched Record Number of Investor-State Attacks on Public Policies in 2012 - http://bit.ly/YPYhhl see #TAFTA, #TPP

French Politician Wants To Limit How Cheaply Companies Can Sell Goods Online Compared to Physical Shop Prices - http://bit.ly/113KnYi #fr

#Japan, U.S. agree on Tokyo joining #TPP talks - http://reut.rs/10Qq2Eh OK, but on what terms? what concessions by japan?

Prestigious science journal slams Harper government’s muzzle on federal scientists - http://bit.ly/YuJh9l kudos (v @Bergg69 @Asher_Wolf)

“Lo de la propiedad intelectual es ponerles celadores a las ideas" - http://bit.ly/10Qv6Zy interesting interview with @xpectro

'Gangnam Style' & (c) Laws - How Most Popular Video Of All Time Changed Definition Of Intellectual Property - http://bit.ly/153qrJ5 did it?

Have #Tesco and Co-op paved the return of Frankenstein foods? - http://bit.ly/123gbOn coodinated action much? (v @chiefoldmist)#gm

US still pressing allies for tougher anti-piracy laws - http://ars.to/Zr2Hqz why on earth does #spain keep bending over like this?

Indonesians Crack Down On #Corruption with Crowd Reporting Site Lapor - http://bit.ly/YQxhOE promising initiative #transparency #id

Rackspace Sues Famed Patent Troll For Breach Of Contract - http://bit.ly/Zr370e well done them

450,000 Early Journal Articles Now Available - http://bit.ly/Zr3ibP great, but we should have had access to this 90 years ago...

Trade Agreement with Singapore Secret Until It Enters Into Force - http://bit.ly/YvHhhl what kind of democracy is this? shameful #EU

When Dickens met Dostoevsky - http://bit.ly/17vDZwB what an amazing story; what fine writing...

States Continue To Make Photographing Or Taping Farms A Crime - http://bit.ly/XwLD62 nothing to hide, of course...

Exposed: #Monsanto's Chemical War Against Indigenous Hawaiians - http://bit.ly/17vFDyn hawaii gets colonised again: "Aloha ‘āina"

EU High Court Clears Copyright Collecting Societies Of Antitrust Charges - http://bit.ly/XHLq21 hmm

New Japanese method for killing dolphins is inhumane - http://bit.ly/Yifso8 "process is prolonged by inserting a wooden peg into wound"

The World’s First Solar-Powered Helicopter Takes Flight - http://bit.ly/10VruXD you can see where this is going... #drone

#Pesticide Suspected in Bee Die-Offs Could Also Kill Birds - http://bit.ly/153OhVe hey, but who needs birds...or bees...or food...?

El blindaje de la transparencia y las garantías constitucionales - http://bit.ly/10ZsI1c "carece aún de una auténtica ley de transparencia"

Charles Carreon Has To Pay $46K In Legal Fees - http://bit.ly/17vHkM8 ouch, that's got to hurt...

WA grants MSFT $1.5B tax amnesty, resorts to taxing dance-clubs to make up shortfall - http://bit.ly/158Okze you can't make this stuff up

Nano Quadcopter open source tiny #drone kit - http://bit.ly/1113IIC amazing