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Michael Jackson Patent
Did you know Michael Jackson has a patent on a shoe that allows the wearer to lean forward beyond their center of gravity thus creating an anti-gravity illusion?   You can read about the patent on the United States Patent and Trademark Office website. See the patent here. Posted by Jon Lutz...

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Google Translate
Google Translate is now translating Persian to English.  Try it here. Posted by Jon Lutz

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Battle of the Ducks
An interesting article in the ABAJournal Law News Now reports that two companies that provide amphibious vehicle rides in the San Francisco Bay area use Kazoo like quackers to attract attention.  One company has sued the other contending that it owns the sound mark to the quack.  The article r...

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60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye
J.D. Salinger has sued to stop the publication of a sequel of sorts to his novel Catcher in the Rye.  The new novel is titled 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye and written by John David California.  Is the character Holden Caulfield copyrightable?  Is the new novel a parody?  Read the...

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bing
Try the new Microsoft search engine (Microsoft calls it a decision engine) bing.  Microsoft describes the decision engine this way: We took a new approach to go beyond search to build what we call a decision engine. With a powerful set of intuitive tools on top of a world class search service,...

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Quantitative Finance Community
Interesting website, Wilmott.com on the quantitative finance community.  It requires registration to see some content.  Posted by Jon Lutz

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Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009
The Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 (S. 386: FERA) was passed by the Senate and signed by the President on May 20, 2009.  Among other things the Bill makes changes to the False Claims Act. See more here from govtrack.us. Posted by Jon Lutz

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Credit Cardholder's Bill of Rights Act of 2009
The Credit Cardholder's Bill of Rights Act passed the Senate by a vote of 90 to 5.  See the vote on Govtrack.us here.  The House version of the Bill is here. Posted by Jon Lutz 

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WolframAlpha
WolgramAlpha a new search tool has been released.  Here's an excerpt from their website: Wolfram|Alpha's long-term goal is to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable and accessible to everyone. We aim to collect and curate all objective data; implement every known model...

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Employer's Access of MySpace Group Page
Interesting article on issues of freedom of speech and privacy relating to a password protected MySpace page.  Two employees of a restaurant were fired after management gained access to a password protected MySpace account where employees had made derogatory statements about the restaurant and ...

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Swine Flu Updates
Swine Flu updates are available from Ebscohost: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed/h1n1/ Posted by Jon Lutz

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