NSFW - Not Safe For Work, but Safe to Trademark?

The owner of the social news site (Fark.com) sent a patent into the United States Trademark office to try to patent an Acronym that they didn't even create. NSFW stands for Not Safe For Work. Read the rest
Personally I am not a fan of people patenting Acronyms, colors, flavors, or babies.

Microsoft changes mind, decides to reward Pirates

Microsoft recently decided to scrap the idea of having reduced functionality of it's Operating System for Pirated Versions in Service Pack 1. Instead pirated owner's will be rewarded for their interest in their products with an almost Wholesale discount price. Either that our Pirates will be forced to see irritated pop-ups and balloons annoying them into searching for the latest crack.

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