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NASA Education Express Message — Sept. 20, 2012
Audience: K-12 Educators
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EFF Challenges Tracking-Services Patent Used to Threaten Cities Across the U.S.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Release
For Immediate Release: Friday, September 14, 2012
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Julie Samuels
Staff Attorney
Electronic Frontier Foundation
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EFF Challenges Tracking-Services Patent Used to Threaten Cities Across the U.S.
Patent Troll Files Flurry of Lawsuits Over Widely Used
Transit-Arrival Systems
San Francisco – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is
challenging a dangerous patent used to wrongfully demand
payment from cities and other municipalities that employ
public tracking systems to tell transit passengers if their
bus or train is on time.
Continue reading “EFF Challenges Tracking-Services Patent Used to Threaten Cities Across the U.S.”
Georgia is closing the state archives to the public on November 1, 2012.
Extremely disturbing news.
Georgia is closing the state archives to the public on November 1, 2012.
Due to budget cuts, Georgia is closing the state archives to the public on November 1, 2012. They had already cut back to being open just two days per week. Now they will be open by appointment only. Extremely disturbing news. http://www2.wsav.com/news/2012/sep/13/breaking-georgia-closes-state-archives-ar-4538200/