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Phone No One Uses Will No Longer Carry Game No One Plays

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New versions of the BlackBerry mobile device won’t come equipped with BrickBreaker, a simple game that for years was installed on every BlackBerry and at its peak developed a cult following among traders and Wall Street execu… Continue reading

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DailyDirt: Not-So-Gross National Products

Public bathrooms everywhere have been trying to reduce their water, energy and paper product usage. There was even a $100,000 prize from the Gates Foundation to design a better toilet. Toilet paper could be the next bathroom product that’s ripe for dis… Continue reading

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Poll Results: Version Control Usage

The latest poll on CSS-Tricks was all about version control usage. People voted on how much they use version control, from never to using on every single project. Here’s the breakdown:

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The winning choice was “I use version control on every project I work on” at 35%. I’m not going to beat around the bush here: version control is a good idea and this amount of use …

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Campbell’s Hack The Kitchen Shows Anyone Can Have An Innovative Idea, And Anyone Can Screw It Up

We’re just about to start experimenting with a variety of new advertising setups here at Techdirt, which means we’ve been doing a lot of brainstorming about opportunities for creative, interesting campaigns in keeping with our philosophy that good adve… Continue reading

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Odd: Mega Removing Any File It Can Find That Is Publicly Indexed — Even Completely Legitimate Uploads

There has been talk about how various anti-piracy operations have been “testing” Kim Dotcom’s Mega in terms of how it responds to takedown notices (so far, it’s apparently doing quite well). However, the folks at TorrentFreak noticed something odd. F… Continue reading

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CEA Takes Away CNET’s Role In Picking CES Best In Show; Awards Dish Hopper ‘Best In Show’

The saga of CBS’s braindead decision to interfere with CNET editorial and order reporters to take Dish’s Hopper DVR out of the running for “best in show” (after they’d already given it the award) continues to have fallout. Beyond having one of its top… Continue reading

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As Expected, ICE Seizes 313 Websites In Its Role As The NFL’s Private Police Force

Earlier this week, we predicted that either today or tomorrow, we’d hear about ICE and the DOJ once again seizing a bunch of websites… and here it is. This morning, ICE announced that it had seized another 313 websites based on its highly questionab… Continue reading

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Dangerous: European Courts Considering Requiring Search Engine Filters Over Embarrassing Content

Remember Max Mosley? He’s trying to argue that search engines need to forget him. Mosley, the former head of motorsports organization FIA, got upset a few years back when UK tabloids, led by News of the World, published some photos of Mosley’s “rende… Continue reading

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French National Library Privatizes Public Domain Materials

Copyright is sometimes described as a bargain between two parties: creators and their public. In return for receiving a government-backed monopoly on making copies, creators promise to place their works in the public domain at the end of the copyright… Continue reading

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Obama Administration Considers Joining Publishers In Fight To Stamp Out Fair Use At Universities

Okay, this is really quite unfortunate. In 2011, we wrote about an important copyright case involving three publishers suing Georgia State University for daring to have “e-reserves” that allow professors to make certain works available to students ele… Continue reading

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