- Jury strikes down Eolas' 'Interactive Web' patent--Thank FSM this particular patent troll didn't prevail or it would have been the end of the web as we know it.
- Twitter introduces the Innovator's Patent Agreement
- Microsoft seeks patent on monetizing buttons of TV remote
- Oops! Yahoo blunders in Facebook patent squabble--"Yahoo claimed Facebook had fraudulently filed some of its patents, but Facebook hit back by proving Yahoo hadn't even checked the records to see if it was right."
- Uncommon Sense: Goliath v. David, AAC style
- Empirical Evidence Of Just How Much Patent Trolling Hinders Innovation
- Top judge: ditching software patents a "bad solution"--Is he out of touch?
- Adobe backpedals, will now patch software for free--"Changes tune after customers, security pros condemned Adobe's advice to spend hundreds on upgrades to get fixes."
- Microsoft to charge customers $99 to remove OEM 'crapware'
- Australia to Investigate Software Price Disparities
- Oracle v Google Judge Is A Programmer!--Schools tech-impaired lawyer.
- Oracle and Google Agree to Copyright Truce (For Now)
- Oracle v. Google: the road ahead
- Don't 'Like' This Post Or Your Boss Can Fire You
- Facebook Asserts Trademark on Word 'Book' in New User Agreement
- Woman sues over Facebook ads--"A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Facebook in B.C., with a Vancouver woman alleging the social media giant misused her image — and those belonging to other members — in linking it to advertisements."
- From Hackers to Slackers--"How a federal law can be used to prosecute almost anyone who uses a computer."
- Court Rebukes DOJ, Says Hacking Required to Be Prosecuted as Hacker
- Blast from the Past: With lawsuit settled, hackers now working with MBTA--This is what the MBTA should have done rather than denying the problem exists and having the courts muck up the issue of 'full disclosure', which they wisely cleared up.
- AT&T Argues That More Competition Is Bad For You & Leads To Higher Prices
- AT&T, Verizon look to further squeeze subscribers as earnings soar
- Verizon to kill unlimited data plans for existing subscribers--Only if they get new subsidized devices (NYT).
- Verizon's and Comcast's data caps: Who wins and who loses?--It seems that Verizon plans to raise its rates.
- FCC to Verizon: what's wrong with that spectrum you never built out?--"Verizon wants to sell spectrum it never bothered to use, and buy some more."
- Couple Dead After Bad Cellphone Connection Foils Chance of Rescue--After 9 dropped calls, they dropped dead. But will telcos actually spend to help those in need?
- Unconscious Carroll man found after 11-hour search--"It would have been nice if Verizon would have turned on his phone for five or 10 minutes, just long enough to try and find the guy. But they would only turn it on if we agreed to pay $20 of the unpaid bill. Ridiculous."
- BART defends mobile service shutdown to the FCC--"Digital rights groups, however, say the harms of a disruption of mobile service outweigh the benefits."
