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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, October 03 2012 @ 12:34 AM EDT
>married to a partner at Quinn Emanuel, the lawyers for
Samsung.</
Although, I don't necessarily see this as a bad thing.
Just don't go over the cliff.

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How Are Those Warheads?
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, October 03 2012 @ 12:57 AM EDT
Or rather the people who are supposed to be caring for them

f-secure.com

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Well played Ofcom well played :-) 4G timetable agreed by UK mobile network operators
Authored by: SilverWave on Wednesday, October 03 2012 @ 02:05 AM EDT
4G timetable agreed by UK mobile network operators

By allowing EE to roll out LTE first Ofcom freed up the logjam of potential legal action and inertia that had been holding this back in the UK.

Heh my next phone will be LTE (18 month to go).

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RMS: The 4 Freedoms
0 run the program for any purpose
1 study the source code and change it
2 make copies and distribute them
3 publish modified versions

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No Virginia, you have no duty to secure your wifi access point
Authored by: Ribbit on Wednesday, October 03 2012 @ 03:11 AM EDT
Anybody care to comment on this?

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Samsung Galaxy S III Sales Helped by iPhone 5, Patent Trial
Authored by: Gringo_ on Wednesday, October 03 2012 @ 12:23 PM EDT

Similar to the CNet story posted in the News Picks, but this PCMag version goes into more depth...

"The deluge of post-litigation press coverage both drove general attention to Samsung and suggested that Samsung devices were similar enough to iPhones to be an option for many consumers," Localytics wrote.

Poetic justice: Apple was rewarded for their patent bullying with a bit of the Barbara Streisand Effect.

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Off-topic Posts
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, October 03 2012 @ 12:58 PM EDT
It seems like have become addicted to this website.

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MS to release own WP8 handset...
Authored by: jesse on Wednesday, October 03 2012 @ 01:23 PM EDT
So Nokia got a death notice?

http://www.bgr.com/2012/10/02/microsoft-surface-phone-release-date-windows-phone
-8/

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Syrup Smugglers Sin Bin Busted
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, October 03 2012 @ 01:42 PM EDT
Some of you may be wondering about the theft of $30,000,000 of syrup from Canada's Strategic Syrup Reserve in Saint-Louis-de-Blandford, Quebec last August.
Quebec provincial police have seized hundreds of barrels of maple syrup from a New Brunswick business, telling the company that it was linked to an investigation into last month’s headline-making theft of large amounts of Quebec’s strategic reserve of syrup.

[...]

Quebec produces about 75 per cent of the world’s maple syrup. Its federation’s strategic reserve of unsold syrup was set up to cushion the impact of uneven harvests caused by poor weather.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/police-seize-hundreds-of-barrels-of -syrup-possibly-linked-to-quebec-maple-heist/article4585027/

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http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/million+maple+syrup+stolen+Quebec+recovered/ 7336807/story.html

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Trial by Congress: The French impotence courts of the 16th and 17th centuries
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, October 03 2012 @ 04:07 PM EDT
A husband’s inability to perform was one of the few reasons that the Church would allow a marriage to be annulled, so disgruntled women who could afford the legal costs would regularly charge their husbands with “injurious non-consummation” before ecclesiastical courts. The legal tradition dated to the 1300s, when theologians agreed that the true aim of matrimony was procreation.

[...]

The onus was placed on the husband to demonstrate his powers of erection before an expert team of priests, surgeons, and midwives. These learned observers would carefully examine his equipment to reach an opinion on its “elastic tension” and “natural motion,” before demanding “proof of ejaculation.”

Many men found that their powers would fade on first examination. “Just looking at you makes me shrivel,” one humiliated husband moaned to his tormentors.

Any man who failed this test had only one recourse to avoid becoming a laughing-stock. He could demand Trial by Congress.

Tony Perrottet, The Smart Set

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Strong words from the Federal Reserve on patents
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, October 03 2012 @ 05:56 PM EDT
Here

MSS2

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FTC [claims to] Halts Massive Tech Support Scams
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, October 03 2012 @ 08:21 PM EDT
http://ftc.gov/opa/2012/10/pecon.shtm

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Bogometer models
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, October 03 2012 @ 09:59 PM EDT
This comment is offered in spirit of light heartedness. I hope it is taken in
that spirit as it is not intended to offend. Still, since this does reference a
comment that is actually *in* this article, I suppose I run the risk of being
down-modded for posting on-topic in the off-topic thread .... :-O

With that somewhat lengthy preface, I just couldn't help but notice that PJ said
her bogometer was ringing off the wall. I hadn't thought about it before but I
guess that means that bogometers come in different models. Mine can't ring. It
only has a needle and the most noise it can make is a slight click when the
needle smacks the end-of-travel peg hard enough. Perhaps if I had not been such
a cheapskate I could have purchased a model that could give audible alarms --
ringing, a fog horn, etc. -- when the reading was too far into the red.

Cheers! :-)

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New Kindle creating Apple-like frenzy
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, October 04 2012 @ 12:40 AM EDT
Newsreports state that punters are tearing the new Kindle Paperwhite off the
shelves and they have already sold out.
Reviewers are lining up to praise the device and there is an almost Apple-like
sense of desire to own one (according to the reports, that is).

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Google Finally Changes ContentID Appeals Process
Authored by: artp on Thursday, October 04 2012 @ 10:27 AM EDT

An article over at Techdirt talks about Google finally changing the ContentID appeals process.

I haven't read the article yet, but it seems like some progress is needed, given the many spurious takedowns on YouTube of late.

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Userfriendly on WGA server outage:
When you're chained to an oar you don't think you should go down when the galley sinks ?

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OT: If "required" implies automatic licensure
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, October 04 2012 @ 10:30 AM EDT
I'd buy the cheapest piece of software I could find that requires a certain
level of Windows to run, then just grab that version of Windows (or Mac OS) to
run the application.

Since it's a required technology to make the application function, the license
is automatic right? We just haven't agreed on pricing, but can do that on
followup right?

I'm willing to pay < $0.01 for the software, so I'm good for up to 100
systems for a buck.

Sounds like Apple and Microsoft better watch out when their customers decide to
act like them using their tactics.

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Apple Apology Gives iOS 6 Users a Chance to Find a Better Map App
Authored by: JamesK on Thursday, October 04 2012 @ 12:24 PM EDT
NEWS ANALYSIS: Now that Apple CEO Tim Cook has advised iOS 6 users to look for alternative mobile mapping applications, here is a look at which one of his suggestions worked best at navigating the nation’s capital.

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The following program contains immature subject matter. Viewer discretion is advised.

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