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Submission + - Brad Fitzpatrick headed for Google? (valleywag.com)

Submitted by

sootzoo

on Monday August 06, 2007 @09:35PM

sootzoo writes: "LiveJournal founder Brad Fitzpatrick, who sold his company, Danga Interactive, to Six Apart two years ago, has vested his shares, declared his boredom with Six Apart, and after weighing offers from Google and Facebook, has chosen to head to Google, a source close to Fitzpatrick says. The only reason that Six Apart management hasn't announced it, the source adds, is that they can't figure out how to spin it."

Journal Journal: Captain Copyright Expires 114

Journal by Xenographic on Tuesday February 13, 2007 @02:10AM

The Canadian superhero Captain Copyright has finally expired, not due to pirates, but because "the current climate around copyright issues will not allow a project like this one to be successful." The cartoon was intended to provide an education in copyright law for children, but it became a focus for criticism when even the Canadian Library Association condemned it for lacking of balance in how it ignored issues like Fair Dealing (Canada's v

Submission + - Navy to use dolphins for antiterrorism

Submitted by FR007 on Monday February 12, 2007 @11:36PM

FR007 writes: Dozens of dolphins and sea lions trained to detect and apprehend waterborne attackers could be sent to patrol a military base in Washington state, the Navy said Monday. In a notice published in this week's Federal Register, the Navy said it needs to bolster security at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, on the Puget Sound close to Seattle. The base is home to submarines, ships and laboratories and is potentially vulnerable to attack by terrorist swimmers and scuba divers, the notice states. Several options are under consideration, but the preferred plan would be to send as many as 30 California sea lions and Atlantic Bottlenose dolphins from the Navy's Marine Mammal Program, based in San Diego. Site.

California Balks At Internet Sales Tax 268

Posted by kdawson on Monday February 12, 2007 @08:06PM from the what's-$2B-among-friends dept.

bob_calder writes "California has walked away from $2 billion a year in revenue by declining to get on board with a group working to standardize tax rates so a national tax on Internet sales could eventually be implemented by Congress. Supporters of the tax think they still have a chance in New York, Texas, and Florida. At the moment the largest states pursuing the Streamlined Sales Tax Initiative are New Jersey, Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio. California didn't want to give up its autonomy in setting taxes to a coalition of smaller states."

Submission + - Chicago gamers create Utopia on Best Buy sidewalk

Submitted by

bflora

on Sunday November 19, 2006 @10:25PM

bflora writes: "Led by a tough railroad engineer named 'Angel,' fed by an investment banker who bought his spot in line, and brought together by touch football and pirated DVD's, one PS3 campout succeeded where others in Chicago failed.

Pictures and words from Chicago's weirdest PS3 release campout:
http://www.methodsreporter.com/2006/11/19/playstat ion-best-buy-ps3-release/"

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