Americans have recently been questioning themselves deeply on subjects like imperialism, religion, taxation, and prohibition. All the while, oil is gushing, but in all the wrong places.  Perhaps it’s addictive, or something (don’t look at me, smarts the likes of a world leader are needed to figure these things out). At the same time of [...]

While few would argue that innovators need to be afforded a degree of legal protection, sometimes the U.S. Patent Office goes a bit too far. And in the case of computer technology, they often go way too far. Ever wonder what happened to the load-screen mini-game ?  Patented.  Have you seen one lately ?  The [...]