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Great Artists Still Steal

Young great artists still steal.
Old great artists litigate?
I missed the news about theĀ Apple-HTC Patent Lawsuit (Google Android) until tonight when I found out about it on Mark Jaquith’s blog.
I’m happy that these cards of Apple are finally on the table. … Continue reading 

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Google Tries for High Ground in China

These attacks and the surveillance they have uncovered–combined with the attempts over the past year to further limit free speech on the web–have led us to conclude that we should review the feasibility of our business operations in China. We … Continue reading 

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WordPress, Gears, Offline, Privacy

Google Gears has been enabled on WordPress.com for a couple of weeks now for some members, but was only announced this week. Andrew Ozz (azaozz) added this feature a couple of month ago in the development version of self-hosted WordPress. … Continue reading 

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2luo.com YouTube Phishing? I Hope Not

I just noticed that I tried to login with my YouTube account information at www.2luo.com . I hope it isn’t a phishing or other form of malicious site, but to be safe I changed my password there and on sites … Continue reading 

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YouTube Embed Not In Bed With Web Standards

I’ve long known that YouTube embeds aren’t XHMTL because, ironically, embed isn’t valid XHTML. I knew there must be an easy solution, object, but I never made the time to figure it out.

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Google thinks I hate them!

The other day I was trying to figure out a problem I was having with Google’s awesome Gmail, and whether to let Google know about their problem, when I remembered that Google thinks I (and Flock) hate them.
I actually own … Continue reading 

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If you want to seem insincere…

“advertising is a very democratic and effective way to participate in a public dialogue”
Or is it? Aren’t we all advertising what causes are important to us? So it is how we advertise, not that we advertise.

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