Elsewhere on Wired 2.22.07

Automatic Cat Grooming and Pleasuring System [Gadget Lab]Rob Beschizza takes some time out of digging through electronics patents and digs through pet-related patents, coming up with this. I think Odie made one of these for Garfield once, so I don’t know if this dude can patent it. Microsoft Owes $1.52 BILLION For MP3 Patent Infringements […]

Picture_10_3_1Automatic Cat Grooming and Pleasuring System [Gadget Lab]
Rob Beschizza takes some time out of digging through electronics patents and digs through pet-related patents, coming up with this. I think Odie made one of these for Garfield once, so I don't know if this dude can patent it.

Microsoft Owes $1.52 BILLION For MP3 Patent Infringements [Listening Post]
And apparently any other company that's ever released an MP3 encoder might owe Alcatel-Lucent a hefty sum, too. Microsoft, I'm sure, plans to appeal/fight/stall/etc.
Google to Microsoft: Game On [Monkey Bites]
Google releases the Premiere edition of Google Apps. Pay $50 a year to edit your documents the Google way. Will it work? How about you guys pay $50 and tell me.