Lawrence Ebert – patent lawyer, smart guy, self promoter – concludes that taxpayers are not venture capitalists. Here’s an excerpt from his IPBiz blog: IPBiz notes that Iverson’s remark is dead-on: taxpayers are not venture capitalists. IPBiz notes additionally that California taxpayers were misled by Proposition 71 proponents into thinking that there would be financial [...]

Boxee vs. Hulu. That’s not a conflict between Pokemon characters, but rather an intriguing development involving players in the software media startup game, and a potential end-around by Boxee.  More from Venture here.