I wonder if after this, the kids in Cupertino are coming up with the new iProtect product line…

Woman Fights Serial Rapist with iPod Charger

Last week the President of Pakistan Zardari signed into law new Cyber-Terror law making Cyber Terror a crime punishable by death, I wonder if they consider spamming Cyber Terror….

Well, it looks like the courts don’t see any need to keep the CRB and SoundExchange in line with reality. This article spells it out pretty clear. By this time next year, most net radio “stations” will be broadcast from outside the US. Stupid. The revenue potential (advertising) being ignored is dumbfounding. I can’t find one person that thinks this is a good move. Oh well. We’ll get to listen to more net radio from Pakistan and Korea, chock full of anti-American ads.

So, this article on MSNBC purports to say the DOJ sided with Microsoft by rejecting a complaint filed by Google against Windows Vista.  The article follows the same rhetorical shlock I’ve heard so often that I’m ready to puke when I heard it again: which says that Vista is built from the ground up to make it difficult to use Google apps.  Bullshit!  Complete, 100%, total, absolute, male cow manure.

Not only does IE7 work just fine with Google plug-ins, it even upgrades from XP with Google search defaults in tact.  It does.  It has every time I’ve done that.  I’ve yet to find one single product or service of Google that works on XP but not on Vista.  Not one.  In fact, the only web-based app I’ve had a bad time with is posting to my blog (WordPress) from Vista/IE7.  I have to use Firefox (on Vista), to post.  I’m glad the DOJ could see through their own misgivings about Microsoft to make a logical decision.  There’s hope for continued “justice” and “fairness”.  I’m not saying it’s already here.  Just that it’s still possible.

A great mini-tutorial on what a copyright is, and what it means, done in a manner fit for kids to understand. Fantastic editing work. Thanks to Paul for suggesting this one!