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An Apple Engineer Walks into a Bar…

It’s been a big year for Apple. After passing Microsoft as the largest tech company by market capitalization last year, in August it leap-frogged Exxon to become the world’s largest company, period. Later in the month, Steve Jobs announced his retirement...

Threats and Technology

Norman Leboon was sentenced Thursday to 24 more months of jail, plus three years’ supervised release. His crime? Threatening Congressman Eric Cantor. What makes the case slightly relevant for this blog is the nature of the threat—a Youtube video. Unfortunately his...

A Closed Book

The Google Books Project has hit another snag – the amended settlement agreement between the Authors Guild and Google has not been approved by the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York. While not an unexpected result, it does put the...