America Is a Joke: Great profile of Jon Stewart, and the fine folks over at The Daily Show.

“Magic Words” Trump User Rights: Ninth Circuit Ruling in Vernor v. Autodesk: A disappointing ruling on the nature of software ownership.

Not Being Evil: Microsoft does good in Russia? Interesting.

Wal-Mart introduces wireless plan under own brand: This looks pretty interesting. I hate paying \$40/mo to AT&T for a voice plan that I barely use, so I'm always keeping my eye out for alternatives.

A Perfect Circle to Play First Concerts Since 2004: And it's an interesting format — they're going to do 3 shows in each city, playing through a different album each night. I will, of course, be there.