Bank Heists, Wall Street, Bailouts, International, Debts

Banks Heists

• Dear Bankers: Thanks for Wrecking Our Lives ... NYT
• Money-Laundering Inquiry Is Said to Aim at U.S. Banks--"Federal and state authorities are investigating a handful of major American banks for failing to monitor cash transactions in and out of their branches, a lapse that may have enabled drug dealers and terrorists to launder tainted money, according to officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity." NYT
• Inquiry on Tax Strategy Adds to Scrutiny of Finance Firms--"The New York attorney general is investigating whether some of the nation’s biggest private equity firms have abused a tax strategy in order to slice hundreds of millions of dollars from their tax bills, according to executives with direct knowledge of the inquiry." NYT
• Peregrine Financial Group boss admits $100m fraud
• Barclays bank clerk stole £46,000 and spent it on boob job, liposuction and wild shopping sprees to fulfill her dream of becoming a model

Wall Street

• How Wall Street creates criminals--"When 16% of people working in financial services readily admit they would commit a crime if they could get away with it, alarm bells should be going off at the Securities and Exchange Commission and other financial regulators."
• A Rare Look at Why The Government Won't Fight Wall Street
• Top Bank Lawyer's E-Mails Show Washington's Inside Game
• FDIC's Hoenig Says Banks May Revisit Pre-2008 Risky Behavior
• Four Years Since Lehman Brothers, 'Too Big To Fail' Banks, Now Even Bigger, Fight Reform
• How Citigroup stays fraud-proof Salon
• The Payoff: Why Wall Street Always Wins - An Excerpt

Bailouts

• The Fed's $16 Trillion Bailouts Under-reported
• AIG Stock Sale Repays Bailout as U.S. Government Profits
• Taxpayers still owed more than $200 billion from bailouts

International

• EU Considers Splitting Up Major Banks--"EU Commissioner Michel Barnier has asked experts to examine the possibility of splitting up major European banks to avoid future bailouts at taxpayers' expense. But even less radical intervention in the banking sector could have drastic consequences for the industry, and its powerful lobby is resisting any such change."
• Opinion: Where the Mob Keeps Its Money NYT
• RBS could be fined £300m to settle Libor probe--"Royal Bank of Scotland could be fined up to £300m later this year to settle allegations traders sought to manipulate the libor interest rate, according to reports."
• Barclays makes £500m betting on food crisis--"Outrage as bank revealed to be major speculator while millions face starvation."
• Deutsche Bank turns screw on bonuses
• Iceland Shows Other Europeans How to Survive Bankruptcy--"Small Atlantic nation enjoys growth and employment gains after failing to rescue its banks. Mainland Europe remains stuck with stagnation, decline, and ruinous 'rescue' packages."
• Swiss banks to suffer big withdrawals over tax: UBS--"UBS expects Swiss banks to see European clients withdraw "hundreds of billions of francs" as a result of steps to stop foreigners using secret accounts to evade taxes."

Debts

• A Harvard MBA's radical quest to erase his debt
• The other foreclosure crisis: Losing a home over $400 in back taxes
• In Prosecutors, Debt Collectors Find a Partner--"In exchange for a fee, district attorneys' offices have been allowing debt collectors to use their letterhead when going after people behind on their bills." NYT

Voting Resources, The 47%, Rmoney, The Lyin' Ryan, Elections 2012, Voter IDs, Vote Machinations, Economy

Voting Resources

• Register to Vote
• RockTheVote.com
• Can I Vote?
• Voter ID
• Vote Smart

The 47%

• Today, Mitt Romney Lost the Election
• Romney Tells Millionaire Donors What He REALLY Thinks of Obama Voters
• Brooks: Thurston Howell Romney NYT
• The Real Romney Captured on Tape Turns Out to Be a Sneering Plutocrat
• What Romney doesn't understand about personal responsibility
• The 47 Percent, In One Graphic
• The Daily Show: Chaos on Bulls**t Mountain - The Entitlement Society

Rmoney

• How Mitt Could Win: Overconfidence Could Still Lose the Day for Obama
• Mitt Romney Blames The 'Victims'--"REMINDER: People on welfare didn’t cost us 15 million jobs and trillions in savings. People on Wall Street did."
• Romney full tax history still a mystery
• Maddow: Romney deliberately, retroactively inflated taxes to avoid hypocrisy--He paid more than he had to, but he can get the money back by amending his returns.
• Mitt Romney: The GOP's Very Best

The Lyin' Ryan

• Paul Ryan Tells Florida Seniors That Obamacare Includes Death Panels
• Paul Ryan Talks Space Exploration, Accuses Obama of 'Dismantling'’ the Program--"The Obama campaign reacted to Ryan’s comment this afternoon by noting that Ryan voted against NASA funding twice in the 2008 and 2010 NASA Authorization Acts...."
• Secret Ryan Transcript: Social Security and Medicare are the Target--Here's the truth he's been hiding.

Elections 2012

• Senate Forecast: What Has Gone Wrong for G.O.P. Candidates? --This election is not just about the Presidency but of Congress (Senate and the House) and, over the next four years, the Supreme Court. NYT
• When the Ballot Hits the Bone--"Obama’s plea that he 'can’t change Washington from the inside' isn’t a surrender. It’s a declaration of war." Kick out the bums at this year's elections.
• Democrats Retreat on Civil Liberties in 2012 Platform
• "West Wing" Cast Reunites To Campaign For Michigan Court Candidate
• Eaton, McCormick Have Confrontation Over Campaign Signs--"Frank Eaton, Democratic candidate for the House District 27 seat, charged Saturday that House Majority Leader Gerald McCormick pulled up two of his campaign signs. Rep. Floyd said the signs were illegally placed 'and I was doing the guy a favor.'"
• Sarah Silverman's new political project, 'Let My People Vote'
• The Simpsons on Elections 2012--Death Panels and Taxes... and Voter IDs too.

Voter IDs

• Conservative Groups Focus on Registration in Swing States NYT
• Married, divorced women at risk of being disenfranchised on Nov. 6
• Voter ID Laws Take Aim At College-Student Voters
• Voter ID Laws Are Based On Fictitious Fraud
• Commissioners approve issuance of voter ID cards at county nursing home--"Gov. Tom Corbett Friday came out against counties taking such action."

Vote Machinations

• Voting Wrongs-"The Republicans’ plan is that if they can’t buy the 2012 election they will steal it."
• Harvey Wasserman: Will the GOP Steal America's 2012 Election
• The League of Dangerous Mapmakers--"Who's most to blame for our divisive politics? How about the gerrymanderers quietly deciding where your vote goes. Inside the dark art and modern science of making democracy a lot less democratic."
• Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: Karl Rove and the Republican Dark Art of Election Theft
• Koch Group Kicks Off Massive Voter Mobilization Effort; Summons Tea Party to Country Club, Outsourcing Center

Economy

• Who Will Save the Middle Class?--"After three decades of policies that have undermined the country's global competitiveness and bargainingthe position of its workers, the United States economy can no longer provide the means to support its three most politically important American dreams: Wall Street's dream of subsidized limitless profits; the military-industrial complex's dream of global supremacy; and the middle class's dream of rising incomes."
• Obama: 'top-down' economics never works
• Income Inequality Is Worse Now Than It Was During Slavery

Your Rights Online, Censorship, Surveillance, UK, Tech Tracking, Facebook and Your Privacy, Net Neutrality

Your Rights Online

• Tech Giants Form Internet-Freedom Lobby to Counter MPAA, RIAA Clout
• The Future Of The Internet Is Meshnet: Decentralized Internet Being Built to Thwart Censorship
• The Internet Is Not Free: We're In The Filter Bubble--"This is about technology-more specifically about the Internet. And how it's now it's turning into an undemocratic place, without you even realising."
• Why Twitter Caved and Handed an "Occupy" Protester’s Data to the Government--"I can’t put Twitter or the little blue bird in jail, so the only way to punish is monetarily."
• Why is the UN Trying to Take over the Internet?

Censorship

• UK Online Safety Bill Prompts Iceland ISPs to Consider Options for Questionable Sites
• New Internet censorship rules take effect in Gaza
• Indian Government now mulls over Cyber Surveillance Agency to monitor web
• Malaysia's New Internet Law
• New Philippine law outlaws cybersex

Surveillance

• Freedom Not Fear: Creating a Surveillance-Free Internet
• EU funding 'Orwellian' artificial intelligence plan to monitor public for "abnormal behaviour"
• EU Officials Propose Internet Cops On Patrol, No Anonymity & No Obscure Languages (Because Terrorism!)--They want to Clean IT.
• Watch Your Tongue: Law Enforcement Speech Recognition System Stores Millions of Voices
• House Approves Sweeping, Warrantless Electronic Spy Powers--And the news was swept under the rug.
• Cops might finally need a warrant to read your Gmail
• xkcd: License Plate

UK

• Sir Tim Berners-Lee accuses government of 'draconian' internet snooping--"The inventor of the world wide web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has accused the government of invading the privacy by monitoring internet use."
• Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales attacks government's 'snooper's charter'--"Jimmy Wales says his website would encrypt all connections with Britain, and called the plans 'technologically incompetent.'"
• Google engineer finds British spyware on PCs and smartphones--"FinSpy turning up in dictatorships across the world."

Tech Tracking

• How the top 100 most-visited websites in the United States track your every move online (and how you can opt out, if it's possible)
• Google Finally Adds Do-Not-Track Support in Latest Test Version of Chrome
• Wajam's Clever Workaround Inserts Its Content in iOS Apps
• Don't Be LAZY! when it comes to your online privacy
• WhatsApp is using IMEI numbers as passwords
• "Log in to unsubscribe from this e-mail": annoying, possibly illegal
• Privacy over profanity: Survey reveals annoying online habits

Facebook and Your Privacy

• This Is How Facebook Is Tracking Your Internet Activity
• Demanding A Student's Facebook Password A Violation Of First Amendment Rights, Judge Says
• Facebook Confirms Surveying Users About Friends' Fake Usernames
• Facebook suspends photo tag tool in Europe
• Facebook to start keeping track of track of your searches

Net Neutrality

• Libertarians make the case: net neutrality is unconstitutional
• FCC Defends Net Neutrality, Says Verizon Is No Internet Editor
• Why Monopolistic Telecoms Threaten Internet Equality

#MuslimRage, Freedom of Speech, Australia, Pakistan, Schism, Religion Under Attack, Intolerance of Religion

#MuslimRage

• Egypt's mufti urges Muslims to endure insults peacefully--"Muslims angered by cartoons mocking the Prophet Mohammad should follow his example of enduring insults without retaliating...."
• Rage, but also self-criticism--"Though most Muslims felt insulted by a film trailer that disparaged the Prophet Muhammad, many were embarrassed by the excesses of protesters and preachers."
• A Letter from a Scared "Innonce of Muslims" Actress
• British woman among those killed in Afghanistan suicide bombing
• Comedy Ensues as Twitter Users Hijack Newsweek's #MuslimRage Hashtag

Freedom of Speech

• On the Freedom to Offend an Imaginary God
• To ban or not to ban? German right-wing group to show anti-Islam film.
• U.N. Chief: Mohammed Filmmakers "Abused" Freedom Of Expression
• French weekly fuels Mohammad row with nude cartoons- Foreign Ministry shut down everything
• Danish Mohammad cartoonist rejects censorship
• Judge Refuses to Order YouTube to Remove Anti-Islam Film
• The Onion: No One Murdered Because Of This Image

Australia

• Video captures 8-year-old 'Jihad girl' urging Islamic uprising
• Middle East protests: mother of toddler who held 'beheading' sign turns herself into police
• Non-Australian protesters face deportation if charged
• Activists 'hijack' plans for peaceful pro-Islamic protest
• Muslim leaders call to 'stop all protests'--"Islamic leaders in Western Australia have urged local Muslims not to rally as Sydney prepares for possible further demonstrations after last Saturday's riots."

Pakistan

• Friday Will Be A Holiday To Protest Film Mocking Islam
• Pakistan businessman accused by film protesters of blasphemy for not closing shops--"[F]ollowing an argument that broke out when he refused to join their protest...."
• Pakistani teachers lead children to chant 'Death to America'
• Pakistan blocks cell phone service amid ongoing protests over anti-Islam video
• Pakistani Protester Burns American Flag and Dies From Smoke

Schism

• Christian monastery is target of political vandalism in Israel--"A Christian monastery near Jerusalem was defiled overnight by vandals, who set the front door on fire and spray-painted insults to Christianity, including 'Jesus is a monkey' on the outside walls."
• Vatican official says Israel fostering intolerance of Christianity
• Catholics call for Israeli hate-crime crackdown

Religion Under Attack

• Religious intolerance on the rise worldwide, says US report--"Pew Research Centre report says the US and UK are among countries showing a worrying rise in religious discrimination."
• Some Religious Leaders See a Threat as Europe Grows More Secular NYT
• Christians should 'leave their beliefs at home or get another job'

Intolerance of Religion

• Fox News host wants 'South Park' investigated for blasphemy
• Mormons Baptized Obama's Mother: CONFIRMED--In the name of the FSM, I baptize all dead Mormons as Satanists.
• Salman Rushdie: Satanic Verses 'would not be published today'--He also talks about how the fatwa changed his life
• Iranian woman may be deported and stoned to death — despite new evidence in her case
• Rick Perry Blames Satan For Separation Of Church And State
• Fired for My Family--A teacher at a Catholic school in Indiana was fired after the school discovered that she used IVF to try to become pregnant.
• Girls beat up Iran cleric over dress code--We only get the man's side.

War on Drugs, Big Pharma, Armstrong, 420, Cases, Mexico, Cartels, International

War on Drugs

• So who's winning the war on drugs?--"President Nixon's declared war on drugs is more than thirty years old. It's time to ask who's winning."
• Roseanne Barr: The War on Drugs is Just Plain Crazy
• The Throwaways--Police enlist young offenders as confidential informants. But the work is high-risk, largely unregulated, and sometimes fatal."
• Florida Deputy Uses Spidey-Sense to Establish Probable Cause--"Last May, Sarasota, Florida Sheriff's Deputy Dominic Fornal followed Joseph McNeal's Jaguar out of a parking lot, then pulled McNeal over. The reason? Dep. Fornal claimed he could smell marijuana coming from the car. Even though the car was traveling at 35 mph. And the windows were up. Oh, and there was no marijuana in the car. Fornal did arrest McNeal and charge him with a DUI, though, even though McNeal's BAC was about half the legal limit."
• Fast And Furious Report: No Evidence DOJ Leadership Knew Of Gunwalking Tactics

Big Pharma

• Drug giants fined $11bn for criminal wrongdoing--"Fines are not enough to reform drug industry, warn lawyers."
• How Big Pharma Hooked America on Legal Heroin
• As Obamacare dawns, Big Pharma rides into the sunset

Armstrong

• USADA says it will ban Lance Armstrong, strip 7 Tour titles--Does the USADA even have any authority over the International Cycling Federation or the Amaury Sport Organisation that runs the Tour?
• Lance Armstrong drops fight against doping charges
• Lance Armstrong joins Md. cancer benefit triathlon

420

• Former DEA Heads Push Holder to Oppose State Marijuana Initiatives
• Romney plans to smoke medical marijuana laws
• Yale study: Alcohol's gateway effect much larger than marijuana's
• Young cannabis smokers run risk of lower IQ, report claims--"If cannabis impairs the IQ of those who smoke as teenagers, then legalising it is the best way to mitigate that harm."
• Bid to overturn L.A. pot shop ban qualifies for ballot

Cases

• New Hampshire Jury Nullifies its First Felony Marijuana Case
• Pot-smoking driver in Saskatoon deemed not impaired
• Riverside: Judge says city can't ban medical marijuana clinic
• Montana Supreme Court: No constitutional right to medical marijuana
• Wal-Mart worker fired over medical marijuana loses case

Mexico

• Devastated Mexican father asks: Why did my son have to die for the US's failed "war on drugs"?
• Mexicans see a losing battle in the war on crooked police
• US drug addiction impedes Mexican growth – President Calderon

Cartels

• Marines vs. Zetas: U.S. Hunts Drug Cartels in Guatemala
• "Cocaine godmother" Griselda Blanco gunned down in Colombia, media reports say
• Top Colombian drug lord captured in Venezuela
• Fritanga Arrest Puts Dangerous Drug Cartel Leader in Police Custody
• Mexico navy says it captured Gulf cartel leader--"Mario Cardenas Guillen, alias El Gordo, is accused of being one of the two top leaders of the Gulf cartel of Mexico."

International

• Australia: Report urges rethink on illegal drugs--"A report has recommended Australia consider decriminalising cannabis and ecstasy in a bid to tackle the country's drug problem."
• UK: Drugs policies are not working, believe 75% of MPs
• Canada: Border guards told to forget about illegal drug exports
• Uruguay takes 'war on drugs' in new direction: The state as dealer
• Thailand: Are our drug policies really working?
• Why Washington's War on Drugs in Afghanistan Isn't Working
• What the world thought: Should drugs like cocaine and heroin be legalised?

Talk Like a Pirate Day, Language, Tech Effect, Curses, Irony, Cleverest Letdowns Barbarise, Penny Arcade

Talk Like a Pirate Day: 10th Anniversary

Language

• Vanishing Languages--"One language dies every 14 days. By the next century nearly half of the roughly 7,000 languages spoken on Earth will likely disappear, as communities abandon native tongues in favor of English, Mandarin, or Spanish. What is lost when a language goes silent?"
• English language 'originated in Turkey'
• Language X is essentially language Y under conditions Z
• Vowel Movement--"How Americans near the Great Lakes are radically changing the sound of English."
• xkcd: Cautionary Ghost

Tech Effect

• Using YouTube comments, tweets and IMs to teach English composition
• Tu and Twitter: Is it the end for 'vous' in French?
• Google Translate vs. Latin Dummy Text

Curses

• Behind the killing of a pregnant woman--"We have yet to be convinced that the policeman was really trying to stop a citizen from using indecent language and that upholding the law in this case was of such paramount interest to him that not even her state of defenceless and of advanced pregnancy could have deterred him."
• F-bomb makes it into mainstream dictionary
• How America Swears: Here's a Heatmap Tracking Twitter Profanity
• Dear Apple, please will you let me say s***?
• Sex, violence and swearing on film: 100 years of the BBFC--"From counting f-words to examining hours of graphic gore, the British Board of Film Classification reveals the secrets of a century of rating, cutting and occasionally banning movies."

Irony

• Isn't It Ironic? Probably Not
• Americans don't appear to have a clue about irony
• Ed Byrne slates Alanis Morissette

Cleverest Letdowns Barbarise

• Group: Scrabble Player Caught Cheating at US Event--"One of the top young Scrabble players in the country has been kicked out of the game's national championship tournament in Florida after he was caught hiding blank letter tiles..." Scrabble is sirius bizness.
• Poem which uses all 100 Scrabble tiles
• With Or Without U - IS THAT A WORD?--Sesame Street-worthy.

Penny Arcade

• The Globfather
• The Brute Force Method
• Adjudicator

Fat Tuesday, Obamacare, Health Care Reform, Issues, Bad Medicine, Tobacco, Diseases, Good For You, Sicko

Fat Tuesday

• Anti-Obesity Is Not the New Homophobia
• Big Government, Small Bellies: What Japan Can Teach Us About Fighting Fat
• New York health board approves ban on large sodas
• Obesity more common among rural residents than urban counterparts, study finds
• Doctor Who fan who dropped from 17st to 10st spends the money he would have blown on junk food on a £2k Tardis
• Living Larger By Downsizing: How Radio's Big Boy Dropped 300 Pounds
• Obese woman loses weight through marathon sex

Obamacare

• Obamacare Has Saved Consumers $2.1 Billion--And 3.6 million more people are covered.
• Even Evangelicals Sorta Kinda Like Obamacare Now
• Republican Officials Work 'Under The Radar' To Implement Obamacare In Their States
• Aware of 'no options,' woman dies fighting for medical coverage--"Except there were options. The Affordable Care Act, which takes full effect in 2014, was supposed to save people like Elder (with pre-existing conditions and no medical coverage) in the interim by way of high-risk pools, also known as the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan or PCIP."
• Health Care Reform Beyond Obamacare NYT

Health Care Reform

• Challenged on Medicare, G.O.P. Loses Ground--"President Obama and his campaign are arguing that the Romney-Ryan approach to Medicare would leave older Americans vulnerable to rising health care costs." NYT
• Tweeting for Student Health Care Coverage NYT
• Mexico chalks up success in health-care reforms

Issues

• Genetically engineering 'ethical' babies is a moral obligation, says Oxford professor
• US court sides with gene patents
• How an Indian Patent Case Could Shape the Future of Generic Drugs--"[T]he Indian Supreme Court will hear a landmark case that could limit Indian companies' right to make inexpensive generic drugs."
• Canada: Ad for herbal whooping cough remedy ordered retracted
• A virus that kills cancer: the cure that's waiting in the cold--"Sitting in a refrigerator in a Swedish laboratory is what promises to be a cheap and effective cancer treatment. So why are the trials to bring it to market not going ahead?"

Bad Medicine

• Dirty Medicine--"How medical supply behemoths stick it to the little guy, making America’s health care system more dangerous and expensive."
• Doctors, others billing Medicare at higher rates
• The Bullying Culture of Medical School NYT
• 'Wall of Shame' exposes 21M medical record breaches--"Notification, reporting part of new rules under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act."
• Hospitals 'Unaccountable,' says surgeon in new book

Tobacco

• Crisis looms as industry lights up Asia--"The west is winning the smoking war, but in our region, the fight has just begun."
• Australia: Big tobacco loses High Court battle over plain packaging
• Tasmania considers cigarette ban for anyone born after 2000--"The Australian state of Tasmania is considering a ban on cigarette sales to anyone born after the year 2000 in an attempt to create a smoking-free generation." But there's already been some opposition to the idea months ago.
• Costa Rica tries to go smoke-free--"Congress approved sweeping smoking bans. Philip Morris and British American Tobacco are not happy."
• Tobacco on Pace to Kill 1 Billion People This Century
• Fake cigs: Human excrement, asbestos, dead flies and billions in lost tax revenues
• Study: Electronic cigarettes do not damage the heart

Diseases

• The Black Death is dead (thanks to evolution)
• US teen invents advanced cancer test using Google
• Resistance to Backup Tuberculosis Drugs Increases
• New immune-system disease found in Asians; causes AIDS-like symptoms in people without HIV
• Sri Lanka kidney disease blamed on farm chemicals
• WHO: Ebola outbreak in DRC risks spreading to towns
• Man steals phone from Ebola patient at Uganda hospital, gets Ebola--Karma.

Good For You

• 87-year-old doctor charges $5 for a visit
• Vatican newspaper gives seal of approval to bald Barbie
• Alzheimer's Disease: Dutch Village Doubles as Nursing Home

Sicko

• The 6 Most Terrifying Medical Malpractice Cases Ever
• Man dies after doc takes lunch during kidney op
• The Hidden Truths about Calories
• Eating egg yolks as 'bad as smoking'--"Without further study, there is no firm evidence that egg yolks are as bad for you as smoking."
• Sitting straight 'bad for backs'
• Blast from the Past: Student finds toilet water cleaner than ice at fast food restaurants
• Yoga mat for sale. Used once. $1

Online Customers, Free, Reviews, Lost & Found, Patent Trolls, Apple, Techie

Online Customers

• Has adaptive design failed? Of course not
• The Web Is a Customer Service Medium
• Tech Companies Leave Phone Calls Behind--"Increasingly, social technology businesses are taking an antisocial attitude to callers, making themselves available to customers via e-mail, Twitter messages and Web sites." NYT
• eBay bans 'intangible' items including spells, curses and advice
• Uber Screwed Me (But At Least It Bought Me Breakfast!)--It's also having problems problemsx setting up in NYC.
• PayPal Screws Over a Small Businessman
• Why I Hate Buying Tickets

Free

• The Cost Of Free Doughnuts: 70 Years Of Regret
• People Who Pay For A Service Are A Lot Nicer Than Those Who Don't
• Going broke with success: how an app with 200,000 downloads led to developer homelessness

Reviews

• Authors Behaving Badly: How I Pissed Off Legions of Emily Giffin Fans
• The Best Book Reviews Money Can Buy--"Mr. Liu estimates that about one-third of all consumer reviews on the Internet are fake. Yet it is all but impossible to tell when reviews were written by the marketers or retailers (or by the authors themselves under pseudonyms), by customers (who might get a deal from a merchant for giving a good score) or by a hired third-party service." NYT
• Three Arrests In China Over Baidu "Post-Deleting" Services--"It is alleged that the employees accepted money in exchange for removing negative feedback left on Baidu's forum service. The company had already fired four people for misconduct before three of them were arrested."

Lost & Found

• David Pogue Has Lost His iPhone--And how it was found.
• Bike Thief Gets Owned
• Australia: Court ponders 'trespass' by triggering iPad alarm--"A court has been asked to decide whether a man trying to find his allegedly stolen iPad was acting unlawfully when he tracked it down to a north Canberra townhouse using Apple's anti-theft app and a GPS."

Patent Trolls

• Chinese company uses leaked photos to copy, patent iPhone 5 design--And they're already on sale.
• Eolas strikes again: sues Facebook, Wal-Mart, and Disney over UC patents
• Cost of the Uniloc Lawsuit

Apple

• Confessions from the Most Corrupt Apple Store in America
• Will Apple's Tacky Software-Design Philosophy Cause A Revolt?
• Am I An Outlier, Or Are Apple Products No Longer Easy To Use?

Techie

• To Recruit Techies, Companies Offer Unlimited Vacation
• Vizio reboots the PC: a quiet American success story takes on sleeping giants
• Digg's new look shows the virtues of slowing down and savoring the Web--And while they're working on restoring its archives for its old users, seven years of Internet history are down the toilet.