• A defense researcher published cipher that is capable of bricking most HP and Compaq laptops. That doesn’t sound too good. [Slashdot]
• Microsoft continues to rename everything in sight, that date folding IPTV, HD DVD, and Media Center into one group called Connected TV. [News.com]
• Comcast settled a lawsuit with DirecTV about the latter’s hissy fit by an ad campaign last spring. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but from the sound of it, Comcast came out on top. However, when anything involves these two companies, does anyone really come out on top? [Ars Technica]

• THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS LOSE!!!…At a chance to show their last game to instance Warner Cable customers after TWC would not agree to binding arbitration with the NFL. Gotcha! [Consumerist]
• Finally, stepping out of the gadget world for a second, here’s something that happened in my home city of Detroit. A bus driver transporting special needs students was arrested for soliciting an undercover cop for prostitution at 7 in the ! It’s funny considering it’s tragic! [Detroit News]

Orginal post by Benny Goldman