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December 15, 2010

Changes Made in Obama Executive Order 13526 on Classified National Security Information (tags: politics) Assange's Extremist Employees – Reason Magazine (tags: wikileaks journalism) Hacking, Wikileaks And Cyber Warfare | The New Republic (tags: politics wikileaks) The IMF according to Keynes? (tags: economics)

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Google Nexus Two to “break carrier control”? Not likely

October 29, 2010

Image via CrunchBase Rumours abound that Google is working with Samsung to bring a phone that’s being touted as the “Nexus Two” to market. Even though Eric Schmidt made it pretty clear in an interview with The Telegraph that there would be no Nexus Two along the same lines as the Nexus One, it actually [...]

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Why Quora works

October 18, 2010

I’ve become somewhat obsessed with Quora of late, both on the working level of “getting answers to stuff” and the meta-level of understanding why it works. And I think I’ve worked out why it works so well. One simple trick: You’re only allowed to answer a question once. This forces users away from the kind [...]

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“We’re putting the band back together. We’re on a mission from God”

August 29, 2010

Well, it was a nice break. But I think I have unfinished business here. Stay tuned…

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The end, goodbye (and hello)

August 13, 2010

I’ve been writing here for over eight years, and in that time what started out as a simple collection of links and bits and bobs that I  found interesting has mushroomed into something huge. I’ve no idea how many posts. But I’m tired of it, so I’m effectively closing the site. I’m not taking it [...]

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Hold on there: Copyright Office ruling doesn’t give blanket protection to video remixes

July 26, 2010

The US Copyright Office and Library of Congress have made some much-needed rulings which clarify when it’s legal to break copy protection on things like DVDs, as well as stuff like jailbreaking phones to allow you to install software on them. It’s all good stuff, sensibly extending fair-use protections to people who ought to have [...]

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How one IT Pro replaced his MacBook with an iPad

May 23, 2010

I wouldn’t say that the iPad is a real replacement for a laptop, but that won’t stop some people using it as exactly that.

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Why Freedom 0 equals Zero Freedom

May 20, 2010
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King Minus: Why do so many Google products have zero revenue?

May 20, 2010
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Google desperately looks for way to get more cash from YouTube

May 3, 2010

Image via CrunchBase New Role – YouTube as Outlet for Live Sports – NYTimes.com: “Until now, YouTube has concentrated mainly on amateur user-created content, professional music videos and short promotional clips from television shows. The only major international event it carried live before the I.P.L. was a U2 concert from the Rose Bowl in Pasadena [...]

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