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New Bill Would Stop Patent Trolls From Hiding Behind Shell Companies

We've talked in the past about how patent trolling operations love to use shell companies to hide who actually owns the patents. Intellectual Ventures has thousands of shells, but it's even worse in many cases when it's smaller trolls, where no one has any idea who's actually behind the trolling.

Report: VW to retrofit quarter-million TDI diesels with misfueling protection

According to a report from Autoweek, Volkswagen has plans in place to retrofit a quarter of a million 2009-2012 model-year TDI-engined cars with a system that will prevent misfueling with gasoline instead of diesel.

Who dares to dodge Google's information tax? McKenzie Wark

In exchange for giving up our personal data, we get to watch each other's cat videos, while Google becomes the new state

Of course Google doesn't want to pay its taxes to the British crown, like a loyal corporate subject.

OSI President Questions WebM Patent License Compatibility with Open Source

Via the H comes a report that the Simon Phipps, current President of the Open Source Initiative, thinks that the VP8 patent Cross-license agreeement Google brokered with the MPEG-LA is incompatible with the Open Source definition.

Sergio Garcia's Racial Comments Will Forever Taint His Image

Since golf fans watched a youthful Sergio Garcia close his eyes and attempt the go-for-broke shot from behind the tree at No. 16 in the final round at Medinah Country Club in the 1999 PGA Championship, he has been a media darling.

Mario Gotze Injury: Updates on Borussia Dortmund Star's Hamstring

Borussia Dortmund will be without Mario Gotze in the Champions League final against Bayern Munich due to injury, reports ESPN. The attacking midfielder has already agreed to join the German rivals after the campaign.

The LA mayoral race is a case study on the Latino vote Timothy Spangler

Mayoral elections in Los Angeles are typically quite parochial affairs, and this year's outing is something of an exception.

Michael Jordan Announces Bobcats Intend to Become Charlotte Hornets

After nine years of misery, failure and heartbreak, the Charlotte Bobcats intend to change their nickname to the Hornets.

Michael Jordan, team owner and one of the greatest winners in NBA history, made the announcement at a press conference on Tuesday evening.

Bad Day For Prenda Continues: Judge Rejects Stay, Adds $1k Per Day For Each Day They Don't Pay Up

Further, Steele, Hansmeier, Duffy, Gibbs, AF Holdings, Ingenuity 13, and
Prenda are hereby ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE why they have contravened the
Court’s order to pay the attorney’s-fee award.

Recent Grads: Here's What You Should Know. Love, A Recent(ish) Grad

I graduated from college four years ago.

I know four years probably seems like an infinitesimal blip to many readers (disclaimer #1: self-aware millennial realizes she has far less life experience than you do), but when I remember the anxious stress case I was at 21 incapable of imagining