Lots Happening this week...

Very good - now if we can just disavow all software patents...

U.S. Disavows Patent at Center of Apple-Samsung Dispute

How about this:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/venkateshrao/2012/10/22/amazon-needs-a-public-editor/

(Funny how the page has an ad for the Kindle.   Interesting to see that you can now own a device that has *all* its content in the cloud )

Or this:

Cory Doctorow:  We don't use computers any more.  They're everywhere.  We're inside them (cars, planes, etc), and they're inside us - hearing aids, pacemakers. So if the government, or an insurance company pays for my hearing aid, can they decide what I can hear?

Or even this?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2012/10/23/5-reasons-you-shouldnt-buy-an-ipad-mini/

No, I don't think I want an ipad mini - $329 for a 7.8" walled garden.  Crummy resolution, No development,  No HDMI, no SD card slot,  Total control by them.  Maybe (hopefully) the next Nexus 7 that has a back camera.

Perry