Gays Can Marry In California - Yay!

Posted on May 16th, 2008 by Steve

California Supreme Court overturns gay marriage ban - Los Angeles Times

This is great news. I have gay friends and a gay cousin-in-law. Loving, gay couples will now get to do what all loving couples should be able to do in the first place, get equal protection under the law. Of course, within minutes of the […]

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Judge Says Music Sharing Doesn’t Necessarily Equal Infringement (Updated) | Listening Post from Wired.com

Posted on May 1st, 2008 by Steve

Judge Says Music Sharing Doesn’t Necessarily Equal Infringement (Updated) | Listening Post from Wired.com:
The RIAA appeared stymied by this result and indicated it will press the issue. “This is a strange decision that is outside of the mainstream and inconsistent with countless court rulings on these issues,” said an RIAA statement. “We are currently considering […]

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Psystar Open Computer notes, benchmarks and video - Engadget

Posted on April 30th, 2008 by Steve

Psystar Open Computer notes, benchmarks and video - Engadget:
Okay, so we’ve been playing with the Psystar Open Computer for a few hours now, and we’ve formed some early impressions and put together a short video of it in action. We haven’t really tried to stress the system yet, but based on our other experiences with […]

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Wired.com - Forget the Courts; Apple May Fight Mac Clones With Tech

Posted on April 23rd, 2008 by Steve

My thanks to Matt Mitchell for pointing me in the direction of this;
Forget the Courts; Apple May Fight Mac Clones With Tech :
While Apple could likely tie Psystar up in litigation by filing patent or copyright lawsuits, the better choice may be technical — issuing OS X firmware updates.
“Apple issues regular updates to Leopard,” (Raj) […]

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Psystar Corporation - Reinventing The Wheel: Open Computing

Posted on April 17th, 2008 by Steve

Psystar Corporation - Reinventing The Wheel: Open Computing:
I’ve been looking at this Psystar story now for the last couple of days. For those of you that aren’t aware, on Monday, they announced the Open Computer (OC). A PC that’s been designed to run a hacked version of Mac OS X.
Suffice it to say, I think […]

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Hate Crime or Thought Crime

Posted on January 26th, 2008 by Steve

From the Huffington Post:
Ashleigh Banfield: It’s Not Easy Defending A Loser:
Flash forward to 2008. Did Mr. Munsen’s behavior really intimidate, oppress, injure, or threaten the roughly 20,000 marchers he was up against? That standard is very tough to meet ..that is if the case even gets heard. One thing we do know is that stupid […]

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iPhone Class Action

Posted on October 13th, 2007 by Steve

Boy, I’ve seen stupid before, and I usually don’t gripe against anyone filing a lawsuit in this country. Despite the abuse of frivolous actions, this is one of the common man’s only means of redressing a greivance against a corporate or government entity.
That said. the class action lawsuit filed against Apple Inc. and AT&T in […]

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