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.

