They might be a staple of the well-dressed geek’s wardrobe, but skinny jeans aren’t doing you any favors. In fact, they might be causing you real, physical damage. More »
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From Gizmodo: This Giant Ship Ships Ships
When the USS Cole was disabled by an Al-Qaeda attack in 2000, the US Navy faced a serious dilemma: How do you sail a 500-foot warship from Yemen to Mississippi when it’s got a 40-foot wide gash in its hull? You hire the world’s biggest semi-submersible ship to piggy-back it home, that’s how. More »
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From Ars Technica: Oracle v. Google: no patent infringement found
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Oracle v. Google
- Oracle v. Google: the road ahead
- Oracle tells jury “clean room” not enough to avoid patent infringement
- Oracle v. Google patent phase wraps up
- Oracle to pursue longshot claim for copyright damages
- Oracle’s copyright win may not amount to much as patent phase unfolds
Oracle Corp.’s long legal crusade to get a cut of Google’s Android revenue is drawing to an unsatisfying close for the company. A ten-person jury found today that Google did not infringe two Java-related patents that Oracle had used to sue the search giant.
That means Oracle isn’t likely to get anything at all from the trial, other than a tiny amount of damages from one copied function. The trial dragged on for nearly six weeks in a San Francisco federal courtroom, and both sides hired some of the nation’s top technology lawyers to try the case.
Judge William Alsup, who oversaw the proceedings, thanked the jurors for their hard work on the case. He noted that the six-week trial was the longest civil trial he had presided over in his judicial career.
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U.S. protocol developer accuses German copycat of abusing its trademarks and good-will
From Discover Magazine: Some Imported Shrimp on Grocery Store Shelves are Contaminated with Antibiotics | 80beats
Most of us assume that by the time food arrives at the grocery store, it’s been checked for any chemicals that might harm us. That’s not necessarily the case: food manufacturers and federal employees test for some known culprits in some foods, but the search isn’t exhaustive, especially when it comes to imported items. Recently, scientists working with ABC News checked to see whether imported farmed shrimp bought from grocery stores had any potentially dangerous antibiotic residue, left over from the antibiotic-filled ponds in which they are raised. It turns out, a few of them did.
Out of 30 samples taken from grocery stores around the US, 3 turned up positive on tests for antibiotics that are banned from food for health reasons. Two of the samples, one imported from Thailand and one from India, had levels of carcinogenic antibiotic nitrofuranzone that were nearly 30 times higher than the amount allowed by the FDA. The other antibiotics the team discovered were enroflaxin, part of a class of compounds that can cause severe reactions in people and promote the growth of drug-resistant bacteria, and chloramphenicol, an antibiotic that is also a suspected carcinogen.
These findings aren’t entirely surprising. …
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From DailyTech Main News Feed: Report: Counterfeit Chinese Electronics in U.S. Military Aircraft Jeopardize National Security
What the… really?! Â How do we let this happen?!
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Counterfeit electronics and military hardware risks American lives