Daily Archives: February 7, 2012

More evidence that any sort of extra-judicial copyright enforcement is likely to…

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More evidence that any sort of extra-judicial copyright enforcement is likely to cause more problems than it solves. Making it easier for so-called rights-holders to take down content without truly proving that it infringes on copyrights, will undoubtedly lead to chilling effects and censorship.

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EXCLUSIVE: How The NFL Fumbled Chrysler's Commercial
Chrysler's Clint Eastwood ad was the most controversial commercial (for various reasons) of this year's Super Bowl. But it wasn't controversial enough that someone acting on behalf of the NFL should h…

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Outstanding news for everyone in California! 9

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Outstanding news for everyone in California!

Reshared post from +Samir Osman

It's about damn time! One more step towards ALL people being treated like humans again. It absolutely blows my mind that in this day and age this issue is even in question, but considering that only 50 years ago interracial marriage was still illegal in a lot of states I guess I shouldn't be too shocked that this country is still full of small minded bigoted hate mongering zealots.

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Appeals Court Rejects Gay Marriage Ban
A federal appeals court panel in San Francisco ruled Tuesday that California's voter-mandated ban on gay marriages, Proposition 8, was unconstitutional, in a closely watched case that could eventually…

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Sales of hybrid vehicles reached an all-time high market share of 2.79% in 2009 before… 9

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Sales of hybrid vehicles reached an all-time high market share of 2.79% in 2009 before falling to just 2.11% of all light duty vehicles sales last year. Based on that less than stellar market penetration would you consider this statement reasonable?

"Given America's insatiable, if not illogical, thirst for hybrids,"

Considering that aside from the Prius, no other hybrid vehicle has ever sold out its production capacity, insatiable is not the word I would use there.

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The reality is that big telecom and cable companies generally don't give a damn…

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The reality is that big telecom and cable companies generally don't give a damn about existing customers. It's all about the growth they can trumpet in their financial results every 3 months. How else to explain all the great introductory deals they offer to new customers while ignoring loyal customers that have been there for many years?

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If AT&T is going to throttle users on unlimited data plans, it has a moral obligation to give them enough information to avoid hitting the threshold. Otherwise, it appears to be little more than a passive-aggressive way of forcing people to move to tiered plans.

Man up, AT&T, and do the right thing.

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AT&T’s moral obligation: If you throttle it, help us count it | TechBlog | a Chron.com blog

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I honestly wish I could say that this was a surprise, but frankly I'm surprised… 1

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I honestly wish I could say that this was a surprise, but frankly I'm surprised that Fisker actually got as far as it did. The 125+ years of the auto industry is riddled with far more failed brands than successful ones and jumping in at the technological bleeding edge is a great way to be among the latter group.
#fiskerautomotive #fisker #electricvehicles #ev #phev

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Some ugly news from Fisker: losing federal funds, laying off 66 and having to abort Project Nina.

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With federal loans blocked, Fisker halts work on Project Nina, lays off 66 workers
Fisker Automotive's bumpy 2011 appears to have given way to an even rockier 2012. A little more than a month after recalling 239 of

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