I think the first thing google should uncensor is the tank man video.

Interesting. But let me guess its only compatible with windows.

In Canada since the results of the royal commission on the death of Robert Dziekanski there is no doubt that these are dangerous weapons and their use should be restricted to a last resort weapon. Mr Dziekanski was tasered five times and the recommended usage is once or twice. As a result Mr Dziekanski died. Even today Taser is trying to dispute the results of the commission. I don't think they are going to get very far though.

For any of you who know patent lawyers that think that software patents and patents on business processes are a good idea show them this patent. Here is the link.

http://www.google.com/patents?id=ZUUNAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4#v=onepage&q=&f=false

Linux is protected under the GPL also. So really it still works out.

Finally Microsoft is starting to come around. Now maybe we can build a healthier industry together. An open source OS really is key to this. Now maybe they can finally start building apps for Linux and cut with this nonsense of only supporting Windows. Considering how unusable Windows is these days they would serve their customers well by adopting this open source technology. Maybe one day we will see a Microsoft Linux distribution and they can compete on software configuration of their distribution just like Ubuntu and Fedora does today. The software industry would be well served if this happens. Microsoft does one thing very well and that is make software is intuitive for the novice. I'm not saying Linux is not intuitive. I've certainly seen some really awesome work come out of the Open Source community over the years but Microsoft with their market research in user interface design would really add to this field. Imagine Microsoft software running on a stable platform like Linux. It would change everything.

We have to look at this in the context of whats going on in the Canadian parliament. They are a minority government and they don't want to necessarily do anything stupid that would alienate half the population. So they have decided to not go forward with that legislation. They may decide to go ahead anyways. Right now they are consulting not with the public but with so called most successful CEO's in industry. Which means that they are just going tow the party line and not do anything all that innovative. So put your faith in the snakes that are the Canadian politicians. They are bigger liars then George W Bush.

$100 video cards have been the norm for almost 18 years now. I don't know why this is news. However there will always be the market for the $600 graphics card as new technology comes in. Just because AMD and NVidia haven't come up with anything new doesn't mean anything. One day a new player will enter the market and blow both those companies out of the water. This is the nature of the industry.

Sure would be nice to be able to download the Linux version of chrome some time soon. Been waiting for it for months.

I say challenge them in court and put this nonsense down once and for all. There is tones of prior art. The vfat code was written before the patent was filed. They should just challenge Microsoft in court. I mean really. Whats wrong with challenging them. I'd say this is the safest bet at this point.

It runs faster really? Does it run on Linux because I don't have windows and I can't run IE. And no I'm not going to switch. All my programs only run on Linux and I can't switch. It would be a horrible inconvenience.

I think Mozilla will have a very hard time if Google wants out of this deal. Google doesn't need Mozilla to survive. They are doing pretty well on their own.