Sunday, 25 November 2012

121124


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 121123 - http://bit.ly/10L22TY yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Competition to design a hydrophilic, self-filling water-bottle - http://bit.ly/QBnKt7nice; let's hope it's placed in #publicdomain

Was Roundup approval based on "bad science"? - http://bit.ly/V3rkgG we can't tell, because data never released #opendata #monsanto

Anonymous hacker behind Stratfor attack faces life in prison -http://bit.ly/10uRgCc absurd & vindictive

The Google campaign – An ITU view - http://bit.ly/WoY4wc "transparency is achieved at the national level": utterly clueless (v @MarietjeD66)

The U.K. Cabinet Office Solves the #OpenStandards Policy Conundrum -http://bit.ly/U4eyKr upbeat assessment from Andy Updegrove

‘#Gangnam Style’ Defeats Bieber to Become Most-Viewed YouTube Video of All Time - http://on.mash.to/QCAQpV amazing numbers


Saturday, 24 November 2012

121123


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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 121122 - http://bit.ly/TjMVOU yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

The Unitary Patent and Why We Should be Worried - http://bit.ly/TiFGIb just in case you'd forgotten #eu

[ENTREVISTA] #Linus Torvalds: “cansei de ler código” (Parte 2) -http://bit.ly/TSOCPy rounding things off #linus #br

American Ass. of Publishers trying to sabotage copyright treaty for blind and disabled people - http://bit.ly/Uvy4zV read & despise

Blind Treaty on the brink: today moment of truth - http://bit.ly/UvO1pZ shame on barnier & #EC for putting publishers ahead of blind people

Portugal Moves Forward on #OpenStandards - http://bit.ly/T0RydR great moves here #pt 

Freie Software in der Internet-Enquete: Letzte Chance für Teilnahme -http://bit.ly/TkmeK0  wichtig #freesw

A Tale of Two Cities - http://bit.ly/Sf2uaU "from free software to proprietary is newsworthy because it is so rare.  It is “man bites dog”."

3 Reasons Why PC Demand Can Get Weaker Still - http://onforb.es/T9TpgXcan???

Live Transport of Farmed Animals - http://bit.ly/T28UXO #epetition against this unnecessary suffering

EU-Kommission verweigert umfassende Auskunft zu #CleanIT -http://bit.ly/Y9J6Q8 wonder why not... (v @grmpyoldman) 

How Drug Company Money Is Undermining Science - http://bit.ly/10rCRXpserious problem we need to address now #badpharma (v @bengoldacre)


Friday, 23 November 2012

121122


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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 121121 - http://bit.ly/10ygq1L yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

As Supreme Court Software Patent Ban Turns 40, It's Time To Stop Ignoring It - http://onforb.es/ThzPlq another nice analysis

South Korea Arrests Man For Re-Tweeting Oppressive North Korean Government; Wins Ultimate Irony Award - http://bit.ly/ThBhEl hilarious & sad

Shareable's Future Hangs in the Balance - http://bit.ly/R14lBv this is very worrying

TSA/Airport Security: Killing Us On Christmas - http://bit.ly/SVU312 important analysis based on statistics

Losing Humanity: The Case against Killer Robots - http://bit.ly/UpIjWqHumanRightsWatch wants to ban them; great idea, but too late?

Company Sues Kickstarter Over 3D Printer Patent, Maligns 'Hackers And Makers' - http://bit.ly/WASGec absurd and insulting

Unitary Patent: a compromise that excludes the Parliament, the European law and its companies - http://bit.ly/UgyeNy update on the #eu farce

Allegedly defamatory content definitely de-indexed from Google UK, Google does not do this lightly, injunction likely - http://bit.ly/Y5EBpH

Fixing Copyright: The Purpose Of Copyright - http://bit.ly/ULiFJH lest we forget

Counterfeiters counterfeit anti-counterfeiting notice - http://bit.ly/Ugz3G6 fakers gonna fake

Debate on Lithuanian Nuclear Power Deal Centres on Access to Information -http://bit.ly/T6zYWb unacceptable secrecy #lt

Expose Blatant Security Hole From AT&T... Face Five Years In Jail -http://bit.ly/WB2IMv absurd vindictiveness

Are you ready for appliances that are smarter than you? - http://bit.ly/UpX3EPthey're here: fridges running #android

Dr. Fields at the Huffington Post is wrong on open access - http://bit.ly/TdHwH1and how #oa

Paypal Bans Usenet Providers Over Piracy Concerns - http://bit.ly/ULjrGHanother reason to hate the awful #paypal

The Fixer's Manifesto: if it's broken, fix it! - http://bit.ly/UUBg6E nice

Historical look at #OpenInnovation - http://bit.ly/XET3WH nothing new under the sun...

GM corn variety 'cannot be regarded as safe': Author of study linking food to cancer issues new attack - http://bit.ly/T6AP9h #dailymail

At next year’s Thanksgiving, salmonella may be among the fixings -http://bit.ly/XETwYR this is insane

Supplying The Missing Ingredient In Evidence-Based Policymaking: Evidence -http://bit.ly/QwE4v7 is that asking too much? #eu

Chevron files DiNapoli complaint with JCOPE - http://bit.ly/QwKRoq #chevroncontinues its bullying

#WCIT: the battle for hearts, minds and the Internet - http://bit.ly/TZMZSpexcellent backgrounder to the battle for control of the Net

Steven Sinofsky refused to build tablet support for Windows 7, frustrating Ballmer - http://tnw.co/Uqi7v2 more details emerge

Why we are making all #WCIT documents public - http://bit.ly/10iCzSz hugely important release: "overwhelming public interest case"

Weltkonferenz zur internationalen Telekommunikation: EU-Parlament lehnt ITU-Pläne zur Netzkontrolle ab - http://bit.ly/Th7xIF well done, EP

Europarliament unanimously passes resolution against #ITU asserting control over the Internet - http://bit.ly/UgO5LR well done #MEPs #wcit

FFII asks EU Court to accept amicus curiae briefs on #ACTA -http://bit.ly/T6ZBWW good idea

Can we trust that increasingly runs our lives? - http://bbc.in/TdZppd as usual,#bbc has no mention of #opensource (v @klang67)#fail

#Hadopi : forte baisse des envois de recommandés - http://bit.ly/Qx3U1T but have they stopped downloading or just become more cunning?

How to follow events live at #WCIT - http://bit.ly/U04ceD useful stuff

Paris 1200: Complete Works of Pérotin on Spotify - http://bit.ly/UgUneE one of my favourites

U.K. Telecoms Regulator Ofcom Pushing For Licence-Exempt White Spaces Spectrum To Be Launched “Towards End Of 2013″ - http://tcrn.ch/WBUl3p

3D printing of personal electronics - http://bit.ly/ThiGcy potentially big

Canadian Supreme Court Serves Stunning Reminder of Patent Bargain -http://bit.ly/Y6nCDQ right to emphasise this aspect #quidproquo

EU, Canada attempt final push towards free trade deal - http://reut.rs/ThspQ0will #canada cave on pharma? (v @mgeist)#ceta

Why Support The #Bitcoin Foundation - http://bit.ly/Qxk4Zk useful summary

#Jolla Sets Sail On The Smartphone Sea, Reveals Sailfish OS With #AndroidSupport - http://onforb.es/WlXL5w be mad not to #linux

#CETA: We are not Reassured - http://bit.ly/10keZEY transparency long overdue #acta

WTO Dispute Body Hears Sides On Australia #Tobacco Law -http://bit.ly/U0gYtn outrageous weighing corporate profits against public health

Payright: A Copyright/Patent Reform Proposal To Make Piracy Obsolete -http://bit.ly/Y6tM6R some interesting ideas

Stallman’s got company: Researcher wants #nanotech patent moratorium -http://ars.to/WCm6sy indispensable if this tech is to take off

Hours to stop #Uganda's gay death penalty - http://bit.ly/Wmnxqd shocking


Thursday, 22 November 2012

121121


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 121120 -http://bit.ly/TPfgJb yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

3D Systems Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Formlabs And Kickstarter - http://bit.ly/TfoyCa why kickstarter too? (v @sinkdeep)

Data isn’t just the new oil, it’s the new money. Ask Zoë Keating -http://bit.ly/UezosS interesting points

How #OpenData Can Save Money - and Lives - http://bit.ly/USrX78 which is why we need more of it #clinicaldata #drugs

Why Was It #Poland That Led The European Revolt Against #ACTA? -http://bit.ly/RT7fFv an important question

Russians back down from leaked U.N. Internet proposal - http://cnet.co/TXofKGstill plenty to worry about #wcit

US Patent Boss Completely Clueless: Insists That Patent Fights Show The System 'Wires Us For Innovation' - http://bit.ly/WwnFs2 quite


Wednesday, 21 November 2012

121120


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 121119 - http://bit.ly/Q71Lsv yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

MT @MariaDamanakiEU EU measures for the #sustainability of stocks of Shortfin Mako and Portbeagle were not supported #ICCAT #sharks >> shame

Microsoft profite d'un couac local pour dénigrer OpenOffice et LibreOffice - http://bit.ly/UF1j1c getting desperate much?

Statement: call to action vs the planting of GMO corn in open field situations in#Mexico - http://bit.ly/UF1olr more worried scientists

Moody’s downgrades France’s credit rating - http://bit.ly/SMfscX nothing to do with me...

Here comes Vdio: Janus Friis’ video service launches private beta in UK and US - http://bit.ly/TNElUT wonder how this will be

Framazic, l'entrée musique libre du réseau Framasoft par Martin Gubri -http://bit.ly/SMfIbO nice

Green farming agenda faces EU budget axe - http://bit.ly/Q74PEX incredibly short sighted

Why all pharmaceutical research should be made #openaccess -http://bit.ly/UcbSwq yup: the next battle #oa

Two-tonne Witch computer gets a reboot - http://bbc.in/Sbiid7 "world's oldest original working digital computer"; beautiful

Why big data could sink Europe’s ‘right to be forgotten’ - http://bit.ly/SMk9TYimportant point

MP Peter Lilley has received more than $400,000 in oil company share options - http://bit.ly/UF4Dtb well, who would have guessed...?

Police chiefs criticised over undercover spies lawsuit - http://bit.ly/QrxxSh this is why we must not have secret courts #uk

RIAA Hammers Google With DMCA Takedowns In Six Strikes Prelude -http://bit.ly/Q79zKC insane abuse: they should pay a fee for each one

European public development money for #Monsanto? - http://bit.ly/WspztGtotally unacceptable #ebrd

Apple's profits fetish could spell its DOOM - http://bit.ly/XYA2NX another voice

#HTC Rebuts Report It’s Paying #Apple $6-$8 Per Handset Under 10-Year Licensing Deal: “It Is A Outrageous Number” - http://tcrn.ch/UF8MgQ

#Copyright Hardliners Adapt 'Copyright Reform' Language; They Just Mean In The Other Direction - http://bit.ly/T90ley </facepalm> #eu

Porn companies adopt facial-recognition technology - http://zd.net/10m6mJawow, imagine the social damage this will cause (v @kaatje36)

Horizon 2020: Defending #OpenAccess and #OpenData - http://bit.ly/105fd2Ulots at stake #eu

FSFE welcomes German Government's White Paper on "Secure Boot" -http://bit.ly/T9iA3o "device owners must be in complete control"

German Pirate Party Provokes With ‘Pirated’ Big Brand Poster Campaign -http://bit.ly/UT02tA hey, now this is more like it

ZARA: Detox our Fashion Now - http://bit.ly/XZhr4q #zara being evil, apparently#epetition asking them to stop

Why doesn't your lab have a #3Dprinter yet? - http://bit.ly/TdKgr9 soon, no one will even ask question (v @phylogenomics @sciencegoddess)

Orange et SFR lancent leurs offres de CDN. Une menace pour la neutralité du net? - http://bit.ly/UcXS5z good point #netneutrality

How To Code A Life - http://bit.ly/1066Cgj will #opensource #syntheticbiologyevery take off? will it be allowed to?

50 Shades of Grey in Scientific Publication: How Digital Publishing Is Harming Science - http://huff.to/10n2GqO a sad, bitter little piece

Outrage as #Facebook Post Leads to Arrests in India - http://bit.ly/T9DFdTunderstandably given the circumstances

Position on EU Horizon 2020 #OpenAccess policy - http://bit.ly/Qsv2z8 great stuff, especially eliminating sui generis rights on databases 

Will the Information Commissioner be consistent? - http://bit.ly/TW6lb1 good question #uk

Report: Linux, Including Ubuntu, Faring Well on the Web - http://bit.ly/RRjAKutaking over the world(wideweb)

Zeitungssterben: Gruner+Jahr-Vorstand will "Financial Times Deutschland" einstellen - http://bit.ly/XZHIPY whoa, didn't see that coming #ft

German government advocates security in the hands of users -http://bit.ly/XZHVCC useful move #secureboot

US patent chief to software patent critics: "Give it a rest already" -http://ars.to/QswoKp world to Kappos: get lost (oh, wait you are...)

Shareholder resolutions for political disclosure enjoy significant support -http://bit.ly/UTkytQ great idea

State of the Species - http://bit.ly/RRmqiv fabulous piece about whether and how we might survive our own global success...

San Diego Refuses To Answer FOIA Requests About #Drones Because 'There Is Very Little Public Benefit' - http://bit.ly/XxZmLM yeah, right

Governo manifesta apoio ao Marco Civil - http://bit.ly/SOCWhx yeah, but artigo 15 is still there... #br

A free and open world depends on a free and open web. - http://bit.ly/Xy98gKinteresting & welcome move by #google regarding #wcit

The de-democratisation of democratised media - http://bit.ly/Q8Gdvu "If ignorance is no defence we at least need clear and concise laws."

Half of UK Internet users can’t say for sure if they have accessed illegal content - http://tnw.co/Q8GoH3 pretty ill-defined, then...

Myriad's Ways - in SCOTUS's sights - http://bit.ly/XyaMPD let's hope#genepatents

Europarliament Scolds Visa, MasterCard, PayPal For Killing WikiLeaks Donations; Initiates Regulation - http://bit.ly/S8Ubgz pretty big

ITU: Draft of the Future International Telecommunications Regulations -http://bit.ly/QWoWXK good, detailed analysis (v @PostActa)#wcit

China überschüttet Europa mit Geld - http://bit.ly/TOywql 2Erstmals hat China mehr Geld in Europa investiert als umgekehrt." a milestone

www.peerevaluation.org is doing some research on self-dissemination of work by scholars; v short questionnaire here - http://svy.mk/107yLDJ

Newspaper owner tells critic: No reviews of films featuring strong women -http://bit.ly/Q8R6NO what a twit (v @onthemedia @sivavaid)

#Stuxnet's Infection Of Chevron Shows Why 'Weaponized' #Malware Is A Bad Idea - http://bit.ly/XyA6ot just in case you had any doubts


Tuesday, 20 November 2012

121119


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 121118 - http://bit.ly/TM07s1 yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

#WorldBank's Climate Change Report Warns of Dramatically Warmer World This Century - http://bit.ly/Tb1fco well, well, well

#Africa: Let's Re-Examine AU Intellectual Property Stance - http://bit.ly/Wo9LIisensible stuff

WIPO Copyright Committee (SCCR 25) begins week of negotiations. Treaties for disabilities and broadcasting are focus - http://bit.ly/XriD1q

#EFSA: A playground of the biotech industry? - http://bit.ly/S5bP51 more criticism of this flawed organisation

Obama visit: Activists take #TPP protest to airport - http://bit.ly/T6fwoz good to see awareness of the issues in #thailand

Fraud fighter: 'Faked research is endemic in #China' - http://bit.ly/S5dwPJ brave chap

The online highway code: 3 simple rules to solve the internet -http://bit.ly/UPGrKO "Think of it as a crowd-sourced version of Dignitas."

PM to crackdown on 'time-wasting' appeals - http://bbc.in/TM1SWd er, aren't those "time-wasting appeals" what we call democratic discussion?

UK Collecting Societies To Adopt Minimum Standards - http://bit.ly/ZWQi1jabout time, no?

Now the power is yours! - http://bit.ly/S9cG2T another rather bizarre video from the European Commission (v @asteris @BrunoBrussels)

Attacks on Seralini "about large sums of money" - http://bit.ly/TbfQ8H "Séralini chose the same strain of rat as Monsanto." good interview

The Legacy of Linus Torvalds: Linux, Git, and One Giant Flamethrower -http://bit.ly/UCgpod the 3rd #linus interview in a couple of weeks...

Prime Minister misses the point on judicial reviews - http://bit.ly/WoK3U3intentionally, no doubt #democracy

Ray Kurzweil on the future of work: Lifelong learning and an #opensourceeconomy - http://bit.ly/TbjJtn (v @schestowitz)

Release An Unfairly Jailed War Hero - http://bit.ly/XViZMA if the facts are as stated here, this is absurd and unjust

EU finally supports binding Treaty Visually Impaired: offical statement at WIPO - http://bit.ly/UaeQl8 yes, at last: now US is only hold-out

#WHO Denies Industry Money Unduly Influencing Noncommunicable Disease Fight - http://bit.ly/TbrCA0 but no one believes them

#re:publica – Early-Bird-Tickets in unter einer Stunde ausverkauft -http://bit.ly/UafBe2 clearly the place to be next May...

New Book Teaches Kids #OpenSource Programming - http://bit.ly/UOXeI9great idea #education #hacking

Here is why Cisco bought Meraki for $1.2 billion in cash - http://bit.ly/UQau54pity they betrayed their #opensource roots early on...

Now five Environment ministers want review of GM approvals -http://bit.ly/Wp7FYN momentum continues to build #seralini #monsanto

This Trend Is Very Worrisome For Apple - http://read.bi/UCwpX9 two graphs that say it all #smartphones

Brevet unitaire européen: un compromis veut écarter l'Union européenne -http://bit.ly/Xsky5I #opensource & European Parliament under attack

Forthcoming book on conservative & libertarian skepticism about our #copyrightsystem - http://bit.ly/QThCvT v welcome trend (v @jeffjarvis)

The Debate over #Copyright Reform Cannot Be Censored - http://bit.ly/ROBxsUretracting a document or two won't stop it...

Future perfect? The JURI is out, and Europe waits ... - http://bit.ly/10gp8BGlooks like the #unitarypatent trick is going through #swpats

Dutch Cold Case Murder Solved After 8000 People Gave Their DNA -http://bit.ly/Q5B33n 'cos murderer gave his #DNA #doh

Court Decisions - http://bit.ly/Q5B9rS fun and games in #kazakhstan...or maybe not

Gmail In #Cherokee: Why Google Is Awesome - http://bit.ly/TbRifY wonderful news for the language: kudos #linguistics

World's most expensive #coffee tainted by 'horrific' civet abuse -http://bit.ly/10h4aTh we should have guessed this would happen...

App Developer Hijacks Customer Twitter Accounts In An Attempt To Shame Pirates - http://bit.ly/100tSMN strange how it always goes wrong

#Firefox for #Android Now Available for Millions More Phones -http://bit.ly/QTTHN8 will now run on #ARMv6 architecture

JSTOR provides free access to Wikipedia editors via pilot program -http://bit.ly/TU9OXQ great; now could the other 7 billion of us have it?

Actual Age Of Earth Is 'One Of The Great Mysteries'  - http://huff.to/S6BFpcno, this stupidity is "1 of the great mysteries" (v @normative)

wow, this is fun: the #BBC won't let me access the bbc.com site 'cos I'm in UK - http://bit.ly/Q5SK2Q ironic much?

Rep. Darrell Issa Wants To Make It Clear That You're Allowed To Rip Your DVDs - http://bit.ly/SZBYPZ ridiculous it needs a new bill...]

Activists’ #drone shot out of the sky for fourth time - http://bit.ly/URfQgj this will soon be too common to mention (v @drones)

The Owners’ Rights Initiative - http://bit.ly/UPGiBn "We believe in the fundamental premise that if you bought it, you own it" #us

Europatent latest rumour: is it "bye-bye, infringement"? - bit.ly/TcwuUs if true, this will be a disaster of epic proportions...

Monday, 19 November 2012

121118


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 121117 - http://bit.ly/S6N5aM yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

That Was Fast: Hollywood Already Browbeat The Republicans Into Retracting Report On Copyright Reform - http://bit.ly/RLznKT sad, no surprise

Kim Dotcom’s plan to give New Zealanders free internet could just work -http://tnw.co/ZRlM93 could be fun

Why #Linus Torvalds would rather code than make money - http://bit.ly/SDY1eomust be interview linus month...

Growing wave of resistance to attacks on #Seralini - http://bit.ly/TKOaD7 a pivotal moment, perhaps #gm

What do we do about untrustworthy Certificate Authorities? -http://bit.ly/Q2Cn6Y crucially important issue #security

Victory: government backs down from "default" filtering? - http://bit.ly/Uzv8QGnot so sure, but I hope so... #uk

The day I saw 248 girls suffering genital mutilation - http://bit.ly/U2KBuubarbarism on a staggering scale #fgm

Request for comments: Draft EU Parliamentary resolution on #WCIT-2012 -http://bit.ly/XRZX9Q important stuff

Backflip on #Thailand #TPP membership talks - http://bit.ly/WePnVn this is all getting very odd:  will they, won't they? (v @elgrodo)

BBC Middle East Bureau Chief @pdanahar is doing great work providing eye-witness reports of what's happening now in #gaza

An open letter to Rep. Joe Kennedy on seizing the #copyright initiative -http://bit.ly/XSyhBT more USians need to write similar letter

A first look at the biochemistry of whale sharks - http://bit.ly/TRKLo6fascinating piece about how little we know (v @BoraZ @Laelaps)

Cut health and education not industrial base, says chairman of mining group Anglo American - http://bit.ly/SF636Q selfish & moronic #uk

The Almost-Complete Mercury Music Prize Awards 1992-2012, as Spotify Playlists - http://bit.ly/ZTBT5T the wonders of spotify

[RT] Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 121117 - http://bit.ly/S6N5aM yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Beware the Smart Campaign - http://nyti.ms/TRZcbU raises important issue; bonus points: mentions "The Prisoner" #psephology

RT @suigenerisjen"#WestPapua can win, exiles say" - http://bit.ly/TLlrhm >>I admire their optimism...

MT @YourAnonNews#Anonymous responds to being labeled as "Terrorists" by pro-Israeli media http://bit.ly/Syn3f9 interesting (v @kaatje36)