Archive for May, 2009

Patents for Human Genes?

May 12, 2009

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed suit claiming a violation of the First Amendment’s right to free speech. The suit should have focused on reversing the patents based on existing guidelines and rules. The ACLU will likely not get very far with their approach.

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Picture of the Day

May 12, 2009

Picture of the day for Tuesday, May 12, 2009. Progressive, Light Progressive, Free.

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Can OpenOffice Replace Microsoft Office?

May 8, 2009

Is OpenOffice any good? The free, open source word processing and spreadsheet alternative to Microsoft Office has its pluses and minuses. Is it right for business use? Home users?

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Saving $17 Billion? Not Quite

May 8, 2009

President Obama released a list containing 121 proposed programs he would like to cut which he claims will save taxpayers approximately $17 billion. He continually referred to these program terminations as “cuts”. This couldn’t be much further from the truth.

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