jfruhlinger writes “Patent gadfly Florian Mueller’s latest post has made a fairly bold claim: that virtually all Android licensees are violating the GPL because of their failure to redistribute the code, and have thus lost their rights to redistribute Android. Mueller here is mostly promoting ideas put across by patent lawyer Edward J. Naughton. But others in the community are skeptical of the claims. Software Freedom Conservancy head Bradley Kuhn (more…)

HardYakka writes “A team of researchers at MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory have designed a drug that can identify cells that have been infected by any type of virus, then kill those cells to terminate the infection. The researchers tested their drug against 15 viruses, and found it was effective against all of them — including rhinoviruses that cause the common cold, H1N1 influenza, a stomach virus, a polio virus, dengue fever and several other types (more…)

ptorrone writes “MAKE magazine has published an in-depth look at what the recent acquisition of Instructables by Autodesk means for makers and the DIY movement. MAKE suggests it wasn’t about getting the millions of members or projects at Instructables or upselling Autodesk tools. Instead, the acquisition was more about creating many Instructable-like communities around Autodesk’s new free and trial tools including their 3D printing site and service, (more…)

Apparently not all Thunderbolt ports are created equally. Anadtech discovered that the Thunderbolt chip within the latest MacBook Air is not the same found in the current MacBook Pro. The Air’s version packs less power and throughput resulting in less abilities. Hope you weren’t planning on hooking up two of those new fancy Thunderbolt Displays.

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An amazing combination of swing dance and Nintendo mascots.

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These tricks are so freaking crazy! But they make them look so easy, please don’t try at home on your homemade ramp, thanks jacka**.

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A marathon Atlanta Braves-Pittsburgh Pirates game ended controversially after 19 innings of play — and an umpire’s seriously questionable call

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Even if you don’t harbor fantasies of John McCain and Sarah Palin throwing down on Barack Obama and Joe Biden, you could still probably find a way to enjoy last year’s reissue of “NBA Jam,” the classic arcade game that made Boom-Shaka-Laka a household term for a couple days in the ’90s.

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dkd903 writes “Roberta Nilerud of Canonical has announced that their cloud storage service – Ubuntu One – has hit the one million users mark. Ubuntu One is a cloud storage service from Canonical that is very tightly integrated into Ubuntu. Although Ubuntu One is installed by default in Ubuntu, it is also available on Windows and Android.”

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A recent study conducted by vets at the University of Georgia showed that more than half of pets in the U.S. are overweight. Specifically, 53% of cats are hefty, and 55% of dogs qualify as obese.

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