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Forget that Adobe sued Macromedia over detachable tabbed palettes.

• Slashdot: Adobe Beats Macromedia In Tabs Patent Case
• Slashdot: Will Flash be taken off the shelf?
• The Register: Adobe wins patent infringement suit against Macromedia
• MetaFilter: Adobe has won 2.8 million from Macromedia for “patent infringements.”

Never mind that ReplayTV is being forced to spy on its customers.

• Slashdot: SonicBlue Ordered to Spy on ReplayTV Viewers
• MetaFilter: SonicBlue ordered by a federal magistrate to track ReplayTV users’ viewing choices
• Cory Doctorow: Court Orders ReplayTV to Spy on Customers for Movie Studios
• David Martin: Court orders SONICblue to develop and deploy spyware for Big Media

Before you upgrade your Flash plugin to eliminate a brand new remote root hole in Flash, before you download Jinni Zeala, even before you attempt to Google-bomb Verisign (that’s Verisign), you absolutely, positively, must read this…

Britney is S-S-S-Smokin’ (close-up).

That is all.

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