Ars Technica - 4 days, 15 hours, 19 minutes ago
Cox enforces acceptable use policy, lies to its customers - Shortly after the EU has determined that cutting someone's Internet service requires a court order comes news the US ISP Cox has decided that the legal system is overrated.
Techdirt, Startup Meme

Michael Masnick / Techdirt - 4 days, 11 hours, 29 minutes ago
IBM Applies For A Patent On Finding Areas That Lack Patents - Slashdot points us to the news that IBM has applied for a patent on a process for identifying markets where there isn't much patent coverage. Yes, think about the recursive silliness here.
WebProNews

The Register - 6 days, 7 hours, 22 minutes ago
Nvidia settles price-fixing lawsuit - Out-of-court deal cut with plaintiffsNvidia has settled a class action lawsuit that alleges it conspired with AMD to fix graphics chip prices.…
Inquirer

Silicon Alley Insider - 6 days, 23 hours, 36 minutes ago
Facebook Tries Fair And Balanced Route, Adds Republican Lawyer - Facebook has hired Ted Ullyot, who was chief of staff to former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, to be its general counsel, the LA Times reports.

Bob Heyman / Search Engine Land - 3 days, 19 hours, 34 minutes ago
Who Coined The Term SEO? - Someone’s trying to trademark the term SEO, which has roiled the SEO community. The someone is named Jason Gambert and he has persistently filed with the Patent and Trademark Office, claiming to have coined the term...

Ars Technica - 4 days, 17 hours, 14 minutes ago
Court: Echostar can't get Coolstar customer data in DMCA case - A Federal court Monday moved to block satellite TV provider Echostar's attempted acquisition of hundreds of thousands of customer records from distributors of hackable "Coolsat" receivers.

Dennis Crouch / Patent Law Blog (Patently-O) - 5 days 2 minutes ago
Shaping Nuanced Patent Injunctions: Broadcom v. Qualcomm - Broadcom v. Qualcomm (Fed. Cir. 2008) [Part II] On appeal, the Federal Circuit affirmed the permanent injunction against Qualcomm – finding that the district court acted within its equitable discretion and properly followed the...

Owen Thomas / Valleywag - 5 days, 20 hours, 29 minutes ago
Yahoo thinks you're looking for porn - A reader reports that an attempt to get information from Yahoo about ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition got diverted into a search for porn, thanks to Yahoo's automated suggestions.

Laura Rich / Portfolio.com: Tech Observer - 6 days, 16 hours, 55 minutes ago
Last Bytes: BT, Ukraine, Christmas, Facebook - British Telecom starts watching customers surf the Web. [NYT] Tech stocks fall farther faster than other stocks. [SAI] A Ukrainian startup wants to sell songs for twenty cents a piece.