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I had several hundred (over 1000) HTML files in a directory. They were unfortunately encoded in Windows-1252 and I wanted them all converted to UTF-8, but I was not willing to open the files one by one or feed their names to a script (there’s too many) so I needed a script that would [...]

I hate it when I can’t easily find an opinion online: Google, Inc. v. American Blind & Wallpaper Factory, Inc., (N.D. Cal. Apr. 18, 2007).

The Final Report of the National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works (The CONTU Report) was conveniently scanned to pdf by Digital Law Online. However, they provide it as seventeen different pdf downloads, without providing a single pdf containing the entire report with all appendices. I’ve combined them all in one [...]

Interesting CNET article,
A United Nations agency is quietly drafting technical standards, proposed by the Chinese government, to define methods of tracing the original source of Internet communications and potentially curbing the ability of users to remain anonymous.
The U.S. National Security Agency is also participating in the “IP Traceback” drafting group, named Q6/17, which is meeting [...]

In December 2007, over 2,000 American Muslims were asked what they would wish to say to the rest of the world. This is what they said. A music video for Kareem Salama’s “A Land Called Paradise.” (Winner of LinkTV’s 2007 One Nation Contest’s Grand Prize):

In the beginning there was NCSA Mosaic, and Mosaic called itself NCSA_Mosaic/2.0 (Windows 3.1), and Mosaic displayed pictures along with text, and there was much rejoicing…
History of the Browser User Agent String.

It was inevitable. One can now run the entire Debian distribution (ARM port) on the Openmoko Neo Freerunner. Slashdot previously covered the July 4th launch of this GNU/Linux-based smartphone, which is open down to its core, with the company providing CAD files and schematics for the phone. Openmoko released an update to [...]

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Interesting TM decision out from the D.C. Circuit today, Aktieselskabet v. Fame Jeans Inc.
The D.C. Circuit joins the 1st and 7th Circuits who have now all held that a party may introduce new issues in a § 21(b) district court action that were not brought before the TTAB.
The Court also addresses pleading standards under [...]

Interesting opinion out from the Second Circuit today, Ehrenfeld v. Mahfouz, No. 06-2228-cv (2d Cir. Mar. 3, 2008). The Court had certified to the New York Court of Appeals
whether New York’s long-arm statute confers personal jurisdiction over a person (1) who sued a New York resident in a non-U.S. jurisdiction; and (2) whose contacts [...]