links for 2010-03-03: USPS and Saturday delivery; Apple vs HTC and Google

• U.S. Postal Service Seeks to Raise Rates, End Saturday Delivery - It would be a bummer to lose a day of mail, but I can understand the rationale.
• Can you patent protect a user interface? Apple files lawsuit against HTC - "It’s a bad scene right now. The social value of patents was supposed to be to encourage innovation - that’s what society gets out of it. The net effect is that they decrease innovation, and in the end, the public loses out."
• Apple's Smartphone Rivalry with HTC Heats Up - More background on HTC.