http://techcrunch.com – The Electronic Frontier Foundation is looking forward to a future when 3D printing, thanks to “creative” patents, could no longer be free. Because the technology is so nascent, patenting parts of the process or renewing expiring patents could prevent incremental improvement of the technology out of fear or patent infringement. (IT news)

http://techcrunch.com – Apple’s Q4 2012 results were mixed. As usual, reading Twitter, you’d think this was the end of the world. Nevermind that Amazon managed to post a loss on $13.8 billion in sales today — Apple only made $8.2 billion in profit. “Ahhhh!!!!! (IT news)

http://linuxgamingnews.org – Homestuck Adventure Game is a spinoff of  Homestuck which is an illustrated, semi-animated story on the internet that is an extensive parody of video games, most notably classic adventure games. Homestuck Adventure Game structure is very open, which suits a highly exploratory piece of freeform media with a huge cast and many silly tangents. (Distributions)

http://www.thevarguy.com – There are literally thousands of technology service providers and resellers offering basically the same stuff, making it extremely challenging to distinguish their services and really stand out. It’s not for lack of trying. I’ve seen some well-intentioned tactics: funny ads, clever graphics, pages and pages of product information. But it’s not about working harder. It’s about working differently. (IT news)

http://www.itwire.com – Written by: Mike Bantick | Published in: EntertainmentMaybe the spelling is not so great for our traditional English roots, but Dishonored certainly looks to have the goods when it comes to creative ways to take down enemies. Bethesda has released new gameplay footage from the soon to be released Dishonored.In ‘Creative Kills’ the video showcases just a few of the ways that you can eliminate&nbsp (IT news)