Category: Business
FARK.com – Patent-infringement lawsuit against Fark settled for zero dollars. Also, patent trolls suck hairy donkey balls
Whee the patent system is working so well.
This American Life – When Patents Attack!
Not upset enough about patents, spend an hour and you’ll get even more upset.
The Economist – Intellectual property: Patents against prosperity
Yet another in a long line of articles decrying the patent system.
TIME – It Just Doesn’t Work: Why New Tech Products Are Increasingly Unsatisfying
Count me in the camp of disliking businesses that release half-completed products.
Read Write Web – You Can Read, But You Can’t Buy: iOS E-Reader Apps Remove Links to Bookstores
The end of this battle between Apple and publishers.
Shawn Blanc – Reading on the iPad
Not having an iPad I can’t speak from experience but it certainly vibes with how it feels when I’ve tried digital version of magazines such as Wired.
Wired – How Online Companies Get You to Share More and Spend More
Always neat seeing psychology at play especially with companies that excel at it.
WSJ.com – Amazon Plans iPad Rival
A new Kindle though I’ve been waiting for that, defiantly pick up one of those puppies.
BBC News – Netherlands makes net neutrality a law
The Netherlands of course makes the right call.
NYTimes.com – Capital One’s Response to Outrage Over ING Direct Purchase
Not much here to read, but it interests me.