Archive for July, 2007
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
Can Microsoft Open Up?
[As ever, this is also on the BBC News website]
Microsoft has stirred up debate in the open source community by announcing that it will be submitting two licenses to the Open Source Initiative for approval.
Like the steps to sainthood, the process of having a license recognised can be long and hard, but fortunately it does […]
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Monday, July 30th, 2007
My del.icio.us bookmarks for July 27th through July 29th
Here’s what I tagged on del.icio.us between July 27th and July 29th:
Contracts can’t be changed online without notice, court rules - This is very interesting, and important - we need to ensure that it applies in UK contracts too
The 5-4-3 double play, or “The Art of Conference Blogging” - Ethan Zuckerman on liveblogging… good sound […]
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Sunday, July 29th, 2007
iPlayer on Mac…
iPlayer on Mac…
Originally uploaded by BillT.
Just signed up for the BBC iPlayer trial, and it works just fine on my MacBook Of course, if I didn’t already have XP+Parallels it would be an expensive hobby to indulge in.
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Friday, July 27th, 2007
I saw this…
Here’s what I’ve tagged on del.icio.us on July 26th:
Freedom to Tinker » Blog Archive » DRM for Chargers: Possibly Good for Users - Ed Felten is on the nose, as usual, in calling for user-friendly deployment of new technologies
New Statesman - A licence to leave you out - Becky writes an excellent critique of the […]
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Thursday, July 26th, 2007
I saw this…
Here’s what I’ve tagged on del.icio.us on July 25th:
BBC Trust backs calls for Linux iPlayer | The Register - but no urgency….
BBC NEWS | Health | Phone mast allergy ‘in the mind’ - the symptoms may be real, but they aren’t correlated with the signal. What now for those opposing wifi?
Apple shares fall on iPhone […]
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Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
My del.icio.us bookmarks for July 23rd through July 24th
Here’s what I tagged on del.icio.us between July 23rd and July 24th:
Scratch makes programming like playing with LEGO bricks - Looks very neat indeed…
Slashdot | The Real Problem With Alexa - I stopped thinking about Alexa years ago- worrying to see that it is still there, still messing things up.
Totally stitched up by Jodie Marsh […]
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Monday, July 23rd, 2007
Changing the way we think about security
[As ever, read this on the BBC News website if you prefer]
The long-term viability of the iPhone is unlikely to be seriously damaged by reports of a serious security vulnerability that allows hackers to take over the device.
Most early iPhone adopters have bought into the Apple mythology which convinces them that anything blessed by Steve […]
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Monday, July 23rd, 2007
openDemocracy.net: Leaving Gt Sutton St
I’ve been involved with opendemocracy.net since shortly after it was founded, and spent a lot of time at their offices in Gt Sutton Street. They had to move after the rent was increased, so I went along to say goodbye. With a camera, natch.
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Saturday, July 21st, 2007
I saw this…
Here’s what I’ve tagged on del.icio.us on July 20th:
New NFL Vest Rule (With Sponsor Logos) Has Some Seeing Red - Greed seems to dominate almost everything that goes along with professional sport, it makes me glad I have no interest in any of it.
Hotmail Fails To Deliver Up To 81% Of All Attachment Emails - […]
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Friday, July 20th, 2007
My del.icio.us bookmarks for July 18th through July 19th
Here’s what I tagged on del.icio.us between July 18th and July 19th:
Mentioning someone by name on a web site at Jonathan Zittrain - and just what are we supposed to make of this?
Remarks of Bill Gates — The Harvard University Gazette - Interesting and insightful speech from Gates, though still conveying the sense that we […]
