Saturday 10 March 2012

120309

Why The Chances of #China Joining ACTA Or TPP Are Practically Zero - http://bit.ly/wFHEWG thus rendering #ACTA pointless

The problem with software patents? They don't scale - http://bit.ly/ySYr8W 18th cent. ideas don't work for 21st cent materials #swpats

As promised, Wikimedia Foundation starts to say goodbye to Go Daddy - http://tnw.co/xzIGSJ good move

Time out for Finland in ratifying #ACTA - http://bit.ly/A5WuI8 only sensible at this point (v @RalfGrahn @StopActaNow)

Leaked: Police Plan to Raid The Pirate Bay - http://bit.ly/w1Rgoc good luck with that

Remembering #Colossus, the world’s first programmable electronic computer - http://bit.ly/Am1a3j as we jolly well should #uk

The Research Works Act (RWA): why Scientific Publishing needs FOSS Methods - http://bit.ly/zV7CAi lots of good links on #openaccess et al.

12 reasons you know you are a #BigData biologist - http://bit.ly/zqvtOb wise & witty piece about reality of big data in #genomics

Ethics.Data.gov - "making it easier for citizens to hold public officials accountable"; interesting move, in theory at least #us

This Tiny Feature Could Keep #Pinterest From Getting Sued For Massive #Copyright Infringement - http://bit.ly/xdRcSq hmm... (v @howardknopf)

Wirbel um EU-Richtlinie zu verwaisten Werken - http://bit.ly/xOk633 good to see more people asking questions about this #orphanworks

Rechteindustrie traurig: Grundrechtsabbau ist nicht populär - http://bit.ly/x6gPj4 hilarious; these people really are utterly clueless

Wealth Destroyers and End Game for the Copyright Modernization Act (Bill C-51) - http://bit.ly/xrYZHf good debunking at end (v @mgeist)

Thinking About #Drones - http://bit.ly/AwlV0X don't miss the drones building a brick wall...

#RaspberryPi Fedora Remix, our recommended distro, is ready for download! - http://bit.ly/z9ajMg actual kit, not so much

DoJ warning means one thing: E-book prices are coming down - http://bit.ly/xhK7lV about time, too #ebooks

Government use of #Ubuntu - http://bit.ly/y7UXbv good to see Mr Shuttleworth thinking about this

Speculative invoicing 2: Golden Eye in court - http://bit.ly/ziKx17 important UK case

#Bulgaria's GERB promised not to ratify #ACTA in parliament - http://bit.ly/wR5NKi not clear what this means in practice (v @StopActaNow)

How Big Music Companies Are Stealing Hundreds Of Millions In Royalties From Artists - http://bit.ly/zIcJnp outrageous - as usual

On the privacy elements of the BT, TalkTalk DEA loss in the Court of Appeal - http://bit.ly/zpgTQ7 good point about scale #deact

Apple begins using OpenStreetMap data, to OSM Foundation's surprise - http://bit.ly/Ai3jtW #openstreetmap rising

NSA, German government using #Android for secure phones - http://bit.ly/yjg5NC the power of openness

#ACTA and access to medicines: flawed process, rationale and agreement - http://bit.ly/xCOME5 good analysis of why #ACTA will kill people

The New York Times joins Mozilla and Knight Foundation to drive open innovation in news - http://bit.ly/wDJvlH #journalism

Google is globally switching its search to HTTPS by default - http://bit.ly/w1Z9sS others ought to follow

Why Google’s Plan To Make Maps Pay For Itself Could Backfire - http://tcrn.ch/xRRFKr someone else wakes up to unbeatable power of sharing

The case for dolphin rights - http://bit.ly/xbf1uT "if corporations can be people, my friends, why not dolphins?" quite

US Government Admits It Has Seized Hundreds Of Domains Registered Outside The US - http://bit.ly/zPUKLL has been doing it for years


No comments:

Post a Comment