USATODAY.com Music - Top Stories:
The gleaming glove Michael Jackson wore when he premiered his trademark moonwalk dance in 1983 has been auctioned off for $350,000.
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guardian.co.uk Politics:
With the Tory lead down to six points, Cameron must prepare for a close-run raceIN POLITICS, as in war, an element of surprise is vital. It is not an advantage Gordon Brown is likely to seize. He has a record of missing oppor (Read More)
The Guardian:
Hollywood figures quit 'rip-off' church as Australian prime minister threatens parliamentary inquiry into its activitiesThe security at the red-brick and glass-walled horseshoe of the John Joseph Moakley courthouse on Boston' (Read More)
Tennis | Sports News from TimesOnline:
Just as the world’s greatest players have their signature shots, so too do they possess a trademark expression. Rafael Nadal employs that inquisitive, almost puzzled curl of the eyebrow. Andy Murray usually wavers somewhere b (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Do a search for Google Wave on the App Store from your iPhone or desktop client, and you’ll see an application called just that pop up, ready to be installed as soon as you fork over $0.99 (or €0.79 in my case). One caveat: i (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
Magnus Carlsen is now world No 1, fractionally ahead of Veselin Topalov, after his two final-round wins at the Tal Memorial in Moscow. The Norwegian 19-year-old recovered strongly from his early flu bug, went on to win the wo (Read More)
observer.guardian.co.uk:
Bluegrass, fado, opera and jazz fuse together at Georgia's glorious medley of a festival. Kate Connolly falls in love with the music, history and mint julepsThe man who drives me from the airport to my hotel sings for much of (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Robert Crumb's straight retelling of Genesis lacks his trademark humourIt's the old story. Milton tried to retell the Bible and discovered that Satan was a more interesting character than God, and now, three centuries later, (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
MILWAUKEE — A lawsuit in Wisconsin is bringing a fresh challenge to the practice of paying for keywords on Google and other search engines to boost one company's link over a rival's.The practice has occasionally prompted a ri (Read More)
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Image via CrunchBaseApple’s “app store” continues to generate controversy through its rejections. I must agree with the following analysis that use of icons–especially as provided through an API expressly for that purpose sho (Read More)
Search Engine Land:
We have covered many of the search ad keyword lawsuits aimed between competitors or directly at the search engines in the past. Nowadays, it seems like a new suit around this topic is filed weekly. Typically these suits go (Read More)
Engadget:
Hey, it may not be from California but at least this KIRF's registered with the Vietnamese trademark office (right). Anywho, according to Google's own machine translation, the subtext of this product reads, "Very long, soft, (Read More)
The Guardian:
From the 2005 Champions League final to a Prenton Park classic, here are half a dozen of the best games of the noughties1) Milan 3-3 Liverpool, 2005 Champions League finalIn 2001 a prankster named Karl Power crept into the Ma (Read More)
Mashable!:
Oops, they did it again: popular Facebook games maker Zynga last month trademarked the name FishVille and promptly launched the game by that name less than a month later. This time Games.com reports it could be pets the socia (Read More)
New York Times:
The future licensee of Tavern on the Green, Dean J. Poll, would like the landmark restaurant in Central Park to be called “Tavern in the Park” if he cannot win the rights to its trademark.
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The Guardian:
Whether playing, training, warming up, warming down or simply travelling, the English sportsman is an accident waiting to happenAre the English the world's most injury‑prone people? Certainly the recent plague of afflictions (Read More)
Mashable!:
This post is part of Mashable’s Fab Five series with Jalen Rose, which highlights trends in the social media space. Jalen Rose is a former 13-year NBA star and current ESPN basketball analyst but may be best known for being (Read More)
ABA Journal Top Stories:
Wisconsin’s largest personal injury law firm has taken a different legal tack in an effort to get a competitor to stop hijacking its name in Google searches. Habush, Habush & Rottier has sued competitor Cannon & Dunphy for pa (Read More)
The Guardian:
After an election blighted by fraud Hamid Karzai is to be inaugurated for a second term as Afghanistan's president. World leaders have gathered in Kabul to urge him to tackle corruption and promise reform. Follow live updates (Read More)