http://techrights.org – Summary: Techrights has managed to climb to 872nd position on the Web (see above), as measured by Netcraft traffic rank; we take a moment to explain future direction which maximises effectiveness when it comes to protecting software freedom EVER since we started requiring that readers register to leave comments (in order to reduce abuse and trolling) the site saw a decline of about 90% in terms (General)

http://techrights.org – Photo from Prolineserver Summary: A Nobel Prize winner, professor Geim, joins the ranks of many people in his level whose thoughts about patents are very rational and progressive Professor Andre Konstantinovich Geim earned the Nobel Prize at a very young age. (General)

http://techrights.org – Greek military junta of 1967–1974 Summary: Microsoft may be organising a coup against Linux, especially inside some of its very top supporters, and evidence from the news concurs “Nokia’s MeeGo device chief quits,” reports Engadget. (General)

http://www.itwire.com – With patent lawsuits flying this way and that across the tech landscape, Microsoft has given the clearest hint yet that while it will litigate to protect patents in Google's Android operating system that it claims it owns, it is hesitant to take on Google. (IT news)

http://techrights.org – Summary: New evidence which shows increased opposition to some software patents and bizarre turns taken by the patent system when lawyers are put in charge THE FFII’s president shares what he labelled “EFF letter to the US Supreme Court [PDF] about software patents and binaries as prior art” (the latter is humour). For those who missed the context of it, the EFF supports an at (General)