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Ballmer’s latest fiasco is to claim that Open Source projects violate “over 235 patents,” and to then threaten lawsuits for any company using Linux or other open source software. Turns out, Steve was quoting a study produced by the Open Source Risk Management Group. However, the author of the study has claimed that Microsoft has it all wrong — the study’s conclusions were that those were only “potential” infringements, and that not a single one of those patents had ever been held up in court. In addition, not all of those patents were even held by Microsoft!

Read on for more enlightening links on Steve Ballmer acting as himself.

The current shenanigans going on with electronic voting bridge political parties, racial lines, or social status. For those of you up to date on this issue, the main method which Diebold and other electronic voting machine manufacturers plan to use to protect their machines is with “tamper-proof tape.” However, this provides a method for someone [...]

When Microsoft released the XBox 360, they added a new feature to their online “live” service called “Live Arcade.” The idea behind the arcade is that smaller independent developers (“Indies”) can develop lower cost games, and market them at lower prices to consumers without having to get shelf space at the local GameStop. In principal, [...]

In general, I try not to write about politics on my site. Basically, while I do have strong opinions as to who should run the country and what decisions they should make, I also respect the fact that others’ opinions may not agree with mine, and they have the right to those opinions. Every now [...]

Last night, I got off of work at 9:30, got home from the train an 10:30, and headed straight over to Wal-Mart, in order to purchase an XBox 360, which was supposed to go on sale at midnight. The first Wal-Mart I went to had only 14 units, and they had sold them all the [...]

Well, it looks like my anti-SUV campaign is working! I don’t think this has anything to do with the price of gasoline (or the ridiculous price of Hummers). Make sure you contribute, by slapping one of these magnets on every SUV you see!