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• Apple stops sales of Samsung tablets in EU

  Tue Aug 9, 2011
  • What IP or innovation? Apple did not invent multi-touch or touch based graphical user interfaces. Nor did it invent gesture based UI either, nor the tablet form-factor. Nor did it come up with little square icons representing apps. Nokia has had those for ages.

• Internet rallies around flier accused of groping TSA agent

  Tue Jul 19, 2011
  • To all you idiots who say "If you don't like it, don't fly", the knife cuts both ways. If you're that paranoid about getting blown up on a plane, don't fly.

• iPhone tracks you, even with location feature disabled

  Mon Apr 25, 2011
  • You don't need the phone to store a year's worth of location data in order for the service provider or emergency rescue to pinpoint the phone's current location.

• iPhone tracks you, even with location feature disabled

  Mon Apr 25, 2011
  • iPhone also transmits the location data back to Apple. It's been verified by the Wall Street Journal that both operating systems do it. online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703983704576277101723453610.html#ixzz1KD2hkiTa

• Earth Day co-founder killed, composted girlfriend

  Thu Apr 21, 2011
  • Reading comprehension. Take out the comma and the word "composted" and it would read "Earth Day co-founder killed girlfriend". The comma basically takes the place of the word "then" in this case, which indicates a sequence.

• How near is the Singularity?

  Thu Feb 10, 2011
  • Asimov described that very thing in his short story "The Last Question" -

• Readers rate 'The Force' as top Super Bowl ad

  Mon Feb 7, 2011
  • "The Force" was cute but my favorite was the Pepsi commerical where the guy's girl friend, while trying to hit him, accidentally hits the girl on the park bench on the head with the soda can.

• Is Internet access a human right?

  Fri Jan 28, 2011
  • In the situation discussed in the article (a governing body "turning off the internet") access to the internet is a right and not a privilege.

• Is Internet access a human right?

  Fri Jan 28, 2011
  • I agree with Robert-2589118. The ability to communicate is a human right. Technology changes and the methods used to communicate evolve but the right remains.

• Fight back when your flight is canceled

  Wed Jan 26, 2011
  • American Express has never let me down. ATA stranded me at Midway on a flight back to Phoenix from NYC back in 2004 and told me to fend for myself.