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Submission + - Why engineers don't like Twitter (eetimes.com)

Submitted by PabloSandoval48
PabloSandoval48 writes: A recent EE Times survey of 285 engineers found that 85 don’t use Twitter. More than half indicated that the statement “I don’t really care what you had for breakfast,” best sums up their feelings about it.
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Submission + - ThinkGeek in potential trademark violation (boingboing.net)

Submitted by Blackdognight
Blackdognight writes: BoingBoing is reporting that the National Pork Board has filed a formal cease and desist order against ThinkGeek based on the phrasing of their recent April fools product "radiant Foarms Canned Unicorn Meat." Apparently ThinkGeek's use of the tag line "the new white meat." was a little too close to the Pork Board's "the other white meat" trademark. ThinkGeek's response is wonderful: http://www.thinkgeek.com/blog/2010/06/officially-our-bestever-cease.html

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