Dave Winer on WikiLeaks Document Distribution

[…] when WikiLeaks wants to publish the next archive, they can get their best practice from eztv.it, and have 20 people scattered around the globe at the ends of various big pipes ready to seed it. Once the distribution is underway the only way to shut it down will be to shut down the Internet itself. Politicians should be aware that these are the stakes. They either get used operating in the open, where the people they’re governing are in on everything they do, or they go totalitarian, around the globe, now.

via Scripting News: WikiLeaks on the run.

Laptop/Tablet Hybrid Design Patent from Apple

I have to admit that when I first saw the new Dell Inspiron Duo (pictured below, US$549.99), my first thought was “this should have been an Apple first”…

Others have had their own forays into the hybrid market, but to be honest, the thought of running Windows and the usual flimsy construction or poor implementation has so far kept me away from making the move, despite loving the concept. And Linux distros like Ubunto for Netbook haven’t done a much better job at wooing me either (though we run it on the household/kids’ netbook).

But now, Apple has patented a new design which might indicate their entry in the market, hopefully in the near future. I can’t wait, if so.

To be noted: I’m not sure how comfortable those side rails would be though….