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Interesting Links for 12-12-2011
- Allowing acceptable ads in Adblock Plus
'Starting with Adblock Plus 2.0 you can allow some of the advertising that is considered not annoying. By doing this you support websites that rely on advertising but choose to do it in a non-intrusive way. And you give these websites an advantage over their competition which encourages other websites to use non-intrusive advertising as well.' Sounds good. I block individual ads using Opera's build in blocker, but tend to only do it if the ads are irritating me.
- Motorola secures Europe-wide sales ban on iPhone, iPad | ZDNet
'A German court has imposed a preliminary injunction on Apple’s 3G-enabled iOS devices across Europe for infringing a Motorola-held patent.'
- Obvious Winner - OMG These Geeky Banana Sculptures are Bananas!
- Why Spotify can never be profitable: The secret demands of record labels — Tech News and Analysis
'For the first time, people are talking, and these previously secret demands are being made public. The specifics are even more onerous than the hot dog example cited above. Together they doom online audio companies to a life of subjugation to the labels, as you will learn below.'
- Cheerfully Demented - Problems with anti-Mormons and anti-Adulterers
Given the people that are mostly likely to say "I wouldn't vote for a Mormon" or "I wouldn't vote for an adulterer" are largely part of the Republican voter-base, both Romney and Gingrich may have serious problems if they get the Republican nomination.
- Anti-Piracy Movie Ads Caught Using Pirated Music - Entertainment News - Pedestrian TV
'"You wouldn't steal a car, you wouldn't steal a handbag…" in what must be the most delicious slice of irony served this year, it has just been discovered that that the music used to soundtrack this 50-second pain in the ass is actually stolen. '