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- Astrolabe withdraws copyright suit over Internet time zone database February 23, 2012A copyright lawsuit targeting the administrators of a key time zone database used widely in operating systems, applications and to set computer clocks, has been withdrawn by the company that filed it.jvijayan@computerworld.com (Jaikumar Vijayan)
- 'Generation C' likes social networking, tech gadgets February 23, 2012Step aside Gen X. It looks like Gen C is outpacing you and other older users when it comes to online connections. And Gen C likes gadgets, too.sgaudin@computerworld.com (Sharon Gaudin)
- Free app sniffs out aggressive ad networks on Android February 23, 2012Lookout Security today launched a free program that scans Android devices for evidence of apps that use any of 35 different ad networks, and tells users what kinds of ads will be displayed and what user information is collected.gkeizer@computerworld.com (Gregg Keizer)
- U.S. patent authorities weigh against Oracle claims in Android suit February 23, 2012An ongoing series of reviews by U.S. patent authorities has led to a new series of adverse rulings against Oracle's Java patent and a copyright lawsuit against Google over the Android mobile OS, according to a filing late Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.(Chris Kanaracus)
- Google commits Chrome to support 'Do Not Track' February 23, 2012Google will add support for the "Do Not Track" effort to its Chrome browser by the end of this year.gkeizer@computerworld.com (Gregg Keizer)
- Obama online privacy plan faces challenge February 23, 2012Privacy advocates Thursday said they welcomed a White House privacy plan that would let consumers control how their personal data is collected, used, stored and shared by websites and online advertisers.jvijayan@computerworld.com (Jaikumar Vijayan)
- Dell's first ultrabook, XPS 13, to ship next week February 23, 2012Dell will start shipping its first ultrabook, the XPS 13, in the U.S. and Canada starting next week, the company said on Thursday.(Agam Shah)
- T-Mobile USA plans LTE next year, keeps low-price focus February 23, 2012T-Mobile USA will roll out LTE next year, partly by using spectrum it is receiving in the wake of its failed merger with AT&T, the company said Thursday.(Stephen Lawson)
- HP high-def webcam makes us look better on Skype February 23, 2012Shaw reviews HP's HD 5210 Webcam.(Keith Shaw)
- FTC reaches $359M settlement over 'free' trial offers February 23, 2012The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has reached a suspended US$359 million settlement with a Canadian businessman and his companies for charging customers for supposedly free trial offers.(Grant Gross)
- Astrolabe withdraws copyright suit over Internet time zone database February 23, 2012
- Boing Boing
- 24 Magazine: every ish is done in a day, ad-free and kickstartered February 23, 2012Rose Fox sez, Right this minute, eleven accomplished creative professionals have wedged themselves into a studio in Brooklyn, New York, and are in the process of putting together the first issue of twenty-four magazine. twenty-four is a quarterly publication for which each issue is conceived, written, illustrated, designed, and produced in 24 hours. The crea […]Cory Doctorow
- Canada doesn't belong on the US piracy watchlist, along with 70% of the rest of the world February 23, 2012Michael Geist sez, In what has become an annual rite of spring, each April the U.S. government releases its Special 301 report - often referred to as the Piracy Watch List - which claims to identify countries with sub-standard intellectual property laws. Canada has appeared on this list for many years alongside dozens of countries. [...]Cory Doctorow
- Belt-driven Devon Tread watches February 23, 2012New in the Watchismo Vault collection, the $17,500 Devon Tread watches, which use a cunning system of belts and optical sensors to keep and display the time. No, I don't have $17.5K to drop on something like this, but if you asked me to imagine what a $17.5K watch should look like, it would be [...]Cory Doctorow
- Goats webcomic book IV: the Kickstarter edition February 23, 2012Jon Rosenberg, creator of the entirely demented Goats webcomic sez, "Just wanted to let you know that it looks like I'm going to be able to do a fourth Goats book, and I'm doing it without a publisher -- this one is going to be wholly funded by the readers themselves. The Goats Book IV [...]Cory Doctorow
- Amazon.com's many bots feud over book-prices February 23, 2012Carlos Bueno, author of a kids' book about understanding computers called Lauren Ipsum, describes what happens when the cadre of competing bots that infest Amazon's sales-database began to viciously fight with one another over pricing for his book. It's a damned weird story. Before I talk about my own troubles, let me tell you about [...]Cory Doctorow
- My smiley face business card party game February 23, 2012By George Webber Last year I had 250 business cards printed up with :) printed on them and nothing else. Since then I've been finding handy uses for them: writing notes, flirting with girls on the bus, propping up the occasional table, whatever. A nearly-blank business card is a surprisingly useful thing to have around. [...]Dean Putney
- The 1990s in forty-eight pictures February 23, 2012Buzzfeed's vision of the 1990s seems close to that of many Americans. From the other side of the pond, I offer a single addendum.Rob Beschizza
- Astrologers who claimed copyright on timezones apologize, drop lawsuit -- EFF declares victory! February 23, 2012A heartening development in the Electronic Frontier Foundation's ongoing effort to secure the Internet's timezone database, which was threatened when an astrology software company called Astrolabe claimed a copyright in the arrangement of the world's timezones. After EFF sought sanctions against the company's lawyers, the company dropped […]Cory Doctorow
- Spot the difference: jewelry edition February 23, 2012On the left, a jewelry design by TattyDevine. On the right, one sold by Claire's. I suspect that it's a fairly generic motif, but that really is very close to an exact rip, isn't it? Except that it's pink, of course. Claire’s Accessories rip-off Tatty Devine designs [Handbag.com via]Rob Beschizza
- Make: Talk 006 - William Gurstelle, Backyard Ballistics February 23, 2012Here's the 6th episode of MAKE's podcast, Make: Talk! In each episode, I'll interview one of the makers featured in the magazine. Our maker this week is William Gurstelle. He's a contributing editor to MAKE and his books include Backyard Ballistics, Adventures from the Technology Underground, and Absinthe and Flamethrowers. In addition, B […]Mark Frauenfelder
- 24 Magazine: every ish is done in a day, ad-free and kickstartered February 23, 2012
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