Tech & Business

Why patent lawsuits and hot tubs don't mix

A tale of interface design, monopoly control in the spa world, and lots and lots of bubbles

New jobs numbers: Not horribly awful!

Overall payrolls drop 54,000, but private sector employment rises. The government's take: "Almost unchanged." Yay?

The Burger King-eating boys from Brazil

We interrupt this American recession with an important news break: The rest of the world is moving on and up

The Koch brothers invade California

The billionaire libertarians plunk a cool million down in support of Prop. 23 and higher temperatures for everyone

"The Mongoliad": A bite-size Neal Stephenson epic

Swords, heroes and online collaboration: The first chapter of a new experiment in digital novel writing arrives

Elizabeth Warren bails out of Harvard

The law professor cancels a class. Does she need free time for a bruising confirmation fight?

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