Yahoo threatens Facebook as patent war looms

Seeded on Mon Mar 12, 2012 6:56 PM EDT (Reuters)

So, the rats are deserting the sinking Yahoo and they are now suing Facebook for infringement of up to 20 patents. My only hope in this debacle is that the courts will restrict the excessive extent of software patents.

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A Viable Suit Over Addictive Gaming That is Not Aimed at the Gambling Industry?

Fri Aug 20, 2010 9:10 PM EDT

I was watching the following video article on msnbc.com (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30501433/vp/38790916#38790916) and there was no link to newsvine, so I thought I would post an article.

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