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Hardcore Accessibility - This week saw the launch of SoundsDirty.com, a porn site for the blind. In addition to steaming-hot audio, they have a “Zoom Room”, where those with only partially impaired vision can “enlarge the part that [they] want to see most.” The site appears to be a great improvement over past missteps in this area.

Naked Google - Appeals Court rules that thumbnail porn is fair use! Yay thumbnail porn!

Patent Armageddon - Microsoft claimed this week that various flavors of Linux and other open-source software violate 235 of their patents. Since they can’t innovate their way out of paper bag anymore, they figure they can maintain their strangelhold on the world by patenting the idea of showing stuff on a computer screen in a little box. Bravo.

Jungle Music - Local online retailer Amazon.com announced that they will soon launch a music store featuring DRM-free music to compete with Apple’s iTunes. Anything that’s DRM-free is good.

iWantOne - Apple’s much-anticipated iPhone gets FCC approval, making it officially legal to sell it in the U.S., which they’ll start doing late next month. In related news, I hate my phone.

Halo 3 Beta drops, thousands of geeks call in sick.

The Power of Bullshit - Tech site Engadget posts false info about iPhone and Mac OS delays, Apple stock drops 2.2%.

And finally, local wiseacre newsweekly launches super-freaky reader review system on restaurant listings, and there is much rejoicing.

Monty Python reference! Geek Out!

Command of the Week: if ($ENV{‘SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND’} =~ m’fuck’ ) { print “I hate you.”; }