J Aaron Farr

In the 1980s, attorney Gary Reback was working at Sun Microsystems, then a young technology startup. A pack of IBM employees in blue suits showed up at Sun headquarters seeking royalties for 7 patents that IBM claimed Sun had infringed. The Sun employees, having examined the patents, patiently explained that [...] - J Aaron Farr

Learn more, read reviews, and download Mos Speedrun by Physmo on the iTunes App Store. - J Aaron Farr

'Real Racing' Series And 'Flight Control HD' Go On Sale:Some of the App Store’s best simulation racing games have received a price slashing as the US prepares to celebrate its independence with drink, food, and things that blow up and make pretty colors. - J Aaron Farr

The iCade adds a joystick and buttons to your iPad, and while it only works with a single bundle of classic Atari games, that's already enough to justify the purchase. Support for more games has been promised, but for now the hardware is attractive, capable, and fun. - J Aaron Farr

Great Firewall of China website shows users are unable to access any location within google.com. By Charles Arthur - J Aaron Farr

OnLive CEO Found Guilty of Breaking Shannon's Law:Before I begin, I'm just going to pat myself on the back for this marvelously sensational sounding yet entirely appropriate headline. Alright, with that out of the way-- OnLive CEO Steve Perlman is back to his old tricks of blowing minds and unveiling technology that is all too easy to ... - J Aaron Farr

Freebie Alert: 'Death Rally' - Grab This Game Now:Got a case of the Mondays? Well I've got the cure, right here: Death Rally [Free]. We gave the game five stars in our review, and I'd go as far as to say that Death Rally is easily among the best top-down racers available on the App Store if not the best. Seriously, don't miss it. - J Aaron Farr

Artist Ai WeiWei is freed. But China continues its harshest crackdown on political dissidents in decades. - J Aaron Farr

A flight crew testing Boeing's 747-8 Freighter flew the jumbojet 2,500 miles from Boeing's facilities near Seattle to Pittsburgh to get "a taste of Pittsburgh's most famous sandwich," The Associated Press writes. Once in Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Tribune Review writes the 747-test crew "nosh(ed) on Pittsburgh's signature fry-and-slaw-filled sandwiches" from the Primanti Bros. restaurant location in Moon Twp., near Pittsburgh International. - J Aaron Farr

People living in a Santa Monica Neighborhood were surprised to learn that their neighbor of more than 14 years was in fact James "Whitey" Bulger, an alleged mob boss wanted by the FBI. - J Aaron Farr

Tom Weber chronicles the lowest hourly wage Americans will accept for an hour of work. - J Aaron Farr

'Tiny Tower' Review - Tiny People in a Freemium World:Most of us here have been anticipating NimbleBit's Tiny Tower [Free] since the developers first announced it. Their last take on the freemium model was the extremely successful Pocket Frogs [... - J Aaron Farr