An anonymous reader writes “Apple’s current legal battles with Samsung encapsulate a large number of patents, innumerable suits and counter-suits, and have resulted in legal motions in 11 jurisdictions across the globe. As you may remember, Steve Jobs in his biography was quite vocal about his intent to go thermonuclear on Android, vowing to spend every last dime in Apple’s coffers to destroy Google’s mobile OS. But Tim Cook is a bit more (more…)

Take a look at some of the pictures shortlisted in the Premier League Photographer of the 20 Seasons Awards.

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itwbennett writes “Your browsing behavior may reveal more personal information than you’d tell your own mother. Which is why Tim Berners-Lee is urging technology companies to ‘show more restraint’ in how they use the information they hoover up. ‘We’re moving towards a world in which people agree not to use information for particular purposes. It’s not whether you can get my information, it’s when you’ve got it, what you promise not to (more…)

It’s El Clasico on Saturday – so who does former team-mate Eidur Gudjohnsen think is better, Messi or Ronaldo?

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Tom Brewster is determined to go one better after losing to Canada in the World Curling final for the second time.

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First time accepted submitter jcho5 writes “China’s 600-year-old Forbidden City is looking less forbidding these days. As part of a major restoration, the Chinese Palace museum will use 3D-Printers to re-manufacture and replicate many of the city’s most precious and unique objects. From the article: ‘PhD student Fangjin Zhang—along with her colleagues at Loughborough Design School in the East Midlands of England—had, for a (more…)

England captain Andrew Strauss and Ian Bell are to play three county games before the summer Test series.

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An anonymous reader writes “‘The Harrier’ (or ‘Eastern star,’ as it is also called), is very well known, and is considered to be one of the best paper airplane designs. After much searching and trying, I have not found a better plane. So, I am asking Slashdot: is there anything that beats ‘The Harrier’ in a competition (indoors or outdoors)? This would be a really nice geek skill!”

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Two-time world darts champion Jocky Wilson has died at his home in Fife aged 62, police have confirmed.

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redletterdave writes “While the movie and music industries would have you think that torrents are a threat to their business, thousands of independent artists heartily disagree. That’s why more than 5,000 musicians, actors, writers, filmmakers and artists have signed up to be promoted by The Pirate Bay, the world’s largest torrent site. Earlier this year, following the seizures of many popular file-sharing domains like MegaUpload, The (more…)