Adam Messinger, Twitter’s VP of Engineering:
The IPA is a new way to do patent assignment that keeps control in the hands of engineers and designers. It is a commitment from Twitter to our employees that patents can only be used for defensive purposes. We will not use the patents from employees’ inventions in offensive litigation without their permission. What’s more, this control flows with the patents, so if we sold them to others, they could only use them as the inventor intended.
I just replied to someone who is using EarthLink for their email, and got this in return:
You’re doing it wrong, EarthLink. So, so wrong.
Inspired by true events, World War Hack is a graphic novel that tells the story of how the U.S. Government gathers top computer hackers from around the country, under the guise of a hacking competition, to unknowingly help solve a pressing national security crisis. Little does the government know that eighteen-year-old hacker, Wyatt Dyer, is both the cause and solution to their crisis.
As a special for the readers of 512 Pixels, you can preview the first full chapter online for free. Pre-order before May 6 and you’ll also receive free shipping.
While I’m not moving away from Instapaper, this looks pretty cool.
Enough is enough! I have it with these motherf’ing ads on this motherf’ing television.
Also, I don’t really like Zooey Deschanel, and totally not just because she broke up with Ben Gibbard. Like, OMG, BEN WE FEEL YOUR PAIN.
This Defaults change is an oldie, but a goodie. I have it set up on all of my Macs.
You probably weren’t paying attention when a tiny company called Apple Computer introduced its second product, the Apple II microcomputer, at the West Coast Computer Faire on April 16 and 17, 1977. (I wasn’t.) You may never have owned an Apple II. (I didn’t.) But it’s still easy to get fascinated by the machine and its legacy. (I sure am.) And there are many ways to explore its world — many of which you can do without getting out of the chair you’re sitting in right now, thanks to the Web.
Even though the Internet has become a key tool for accessing services, getting an education, finding jobs, getting the news, keeping up with people you know and much more, one in five U.S. adults still does not use the Internet at all, according to a new Pew report.
Why? Mostly they’re just not interested – not in the Web, e-mail, YouTube, Facebook or anything else that happens online.
Get ready for advertising in your Facebook news feed. The company has launched Facebook Offers, which aims to bring Groupon-like deals to users of the social networking site. Facebook will roll out the functionality to page owners gradually over the next few months.
I hope no one is surprised by this. Facebook is free to use because advertisers pay for views.
Update: According to The Next Web, this has actually been around for several months.
Now an iconic craft in its own right, with more than 800 flights in service to NASA, the original of two SCAs will embark on the first of its final ferry flights next week. Known as NASA 905, referring to its tail number, the 747 will deliver space shuttle Discovery to Washington, D.C. on April 17 for public display by the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.
