Just a dump of old good news and humor bits

Society:
-NY Times 'Corrects' False Article About Pirate Bay Appeal... Still Gets It Wrong. What do you expect?... no fact checking...
-IP Address Alone Insufficient To Identify Pirate, Court Rules. A court in Rome has decided that an IP address does not identify an infringer, only a particular connection.
-Harvard Study Finds Weaker Copyright Protection Has Benefited Society. It confirms my all-time stand on this. The editors should in fact support p2p exchange.
-'New' Brazilian flu strain is a false alarm... Uff....
-Malmö win for topless Swedish bathers. With the right to have topless pool parties, Swedish women have ensured that they will never suffer being sexualized in that way again. This is a win for justice. :D

Technology:
-7 Man-Made Substances that Laugh in the Face of Physics. This is anwsome! :D
-Hydrogen-powered two-seater car unveiled. Fifty pre-production cars will then be released into an as-yet unknown British city during 2011, provided the earlier road tests go well, of course. Formal leasing to private buyers will start towards the end of 2012.
-Using a plasma torch to clean your teeth. High-tech dentistry...
-Plan to teach military robots the rules of war. No terminators here, yet...

Humor: