Friday, 7 December 2012

121206


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 121205 - http://bit.ly/11IPzl8 yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Leaked: #ITU's secret Internet surveillance standard discussion draft -http://bit.ly/SzNOSF this should be drafted/debated openly #DPI

Intended To Fail? - http://bit.ly/TGKIy8 useful look at what happened in Freiburg#opensource

MegaUpload's DotCom gets a peek at government spy records -http://cnet.co/TT8pzR seems fair

New Rule Shuts Out Civil Society from #TPP Negotiation Venue -http://bit.ly/YDrwWa a real slap in the public's face

The Lives Of Others: #Civo Gives Strangers A Friendly Place For “Visual Conversation” - http://tcrn.ch/SI1wEb interesting chinese #startup

Data deluge motivates ITU standard on #DPI - http://bit.ly/WL6LRS says #ITU; proves DPI is about killing #netneutrality (v @Asher_Wolf)

No Surprise Here: Congress Passes Unanimous Resolution Telling The #ITU: Hands Off The Internet - http://bit.ly/QJdn53 sabre-rattling #wcit

Amazon has quietly launched in #Brazil. Now selling e-books and announces a $150 Kindle - http://tnw.co/UHi2F4 what took so long?

Environmentalist Liu Futang fined for exposing Hainan pollution scandals -http://bit.ly/11IZVl5 shame on #china (v @markmackinnon)

The evils of bilateral investment treaties - http://bit.ly/UghHoo great analysis of increasingly dangerous approach #TPP

Urheberrechtsdialog in Österreich: kein Platz für die Zivilgesellschaft? -http://bit.ly/TE73ck unbelievable: public shut out again

Coaching new #Wikipedia editors by email - http://bit.ly/TLu0KX interesting approach

Investor rights to sue governments hotly debated – #TPP talks -http://bit.ly/YDANgW just one of many huge problems with treaty

#TPP Negotiators on Notice to Protect Environment: #NZ Poll -http://bit.ly/Ugj8Dh no compromise

Want a knowledge economy in the UK? It's time for the UK government to freeze-out the dominant voices of the big guns - http://bit.ly/QJiYsi

Canadian Scientists Create Virtual Human Brain - http://bit.ly/TTk3L3 runs on#linux, just like the real thing...

FTC files amicus brief supporting Apple in Motorola’s standards-essential patent fight - http://tnw.co/VypOUa why they must be RF, not FRAND

Interview: How News Corp’s Times will use cheap tablets to sell content -http://bit.ly/TTvqCs confirms #iPads are just too expensive

To negotiating nations of the #TPP Agreement - http://bit.ly/RDPNIu wow, even#InternetSociety worried (v @Asher_Wolf)

Clear the smoke in Brussels - demand lobbying transparency -http://bit.ly/XtJs42 "a tobacco industry set-up designed to delay changes"?

Why America was the China of the 19th century - http://bit.ly/TTBefn a story worth repeating (v @GraniteStudio)#piracy

Votação do Marco Civil da Internet é adiada pela sexta vez na Câmara -http://bit.ly/RDRoxZ absurd #brazil

Battle on EU #copyright law re-opened by Commission – EuropeanVoice -http://bit.ly/YDMnsu more background

wow: is this the first time the secretive #Echelon network has been dragged into court/light of day? - http://bit.ly/VHUdvv (v @mmasnick)

UK govt. announces £50m facelift for Silicon Roundabout, to make it Europe’s largest indoor civic space - http://tnw.co/11JJmpg it needs it

Leonardo-Designed Bridge To Span Istanbul - http://bit.ly/UppbYn using a design specifically for the city - fab idea #tr

New Map Shows Every #London Bomb Of The Blitz - http://bit.ly/11JQL7Vfantastic use of #opendata

#Hadopi : pourquoi la mission Lescure va se planter - http://bit.ly/VISZAk great summary of a future #fail

Remember When You Couldn't Patent Math? Good Times - http://bit.ly/UI1Inythe madness is getting worse #patents

Q&A session with Jane Silber, CEO at #Canonical - http://bit.ly/120JVKz good to hear her views (v @Mark_Antony)#ubuntu

Arctic continues to break records in 2012 - http://1.usa.gov/UgW5bx probably just the weather... (v @carlzimmer @dbiello)#climatechange

Open science spreads with new version of mMass #spectrometry tool -http://red.ht/UgWjzr cool stuff #opensource

Patent troll strikes NYT, media industry over mobile web sites -http://bit.ly/QKcQA3 I look forward to the editorials

Staffer axed by Republican group over retracted copyright-reform memo -http://ars.to/TJU0IR vindictive much?

#Google+ by the numbers: 500m+ users, 235m of them active and 135m using the stream - http://tnw.co/TJUC11 so is that good or bad?

Icy pond - http://bit.ly/TJXhrK pic of the week (v @londonist)#london

#WCIT splits over the issue of "operating agencies" - http://bit.ly/VpKJ5P and so it begins #ITU

The SHOCKING photos that violated Facebook’s policies! - http://bit.ly/UIGBl2proof that #facebook is run by insane, control-freak scumbags

#ITU's Sticky #WCIT: Do New Rules Cover Just Big Telcos... Or Absolutely Everyone? - http://bit.ly/TKmVg3 this is the threat: get it now?

State Subsidies To Hollywood: Almost Every Program Has Been A Dismal Failure, Costing Taxpayers - http://bit.ly/UIJrqr wake up, Usians


Thursday, 6 December 2012

121205


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 121204 - http://bit.ly/TIJ5x0  yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Why The #ITU's Plans To Divert Money To Lazy Telcos Will Slow Internet Buildout, Not Increase It - http://bit.ly/RA2p3p surprise #wcit

Letter to President Barroso on the need for #copyright reform -http://bit.ly/UF8mLk excellent move by enlightened MEPs (v @kkomaitis)

How Crash Cover-Up Altered #China’s Succession - http://nyti.ms/TIK1RZfascinating & important story (v @hofrench @markmackinnon) 

Wirtschaftsminister fordern Aussetzung der #GEMA-Reform -http://bit.ly/UF9PkT this is desperately needed (v @moltke)

EU urged to choose transatlantic convergence on data protection -http://bit.ly/YNBG5s US diplomat calls EU approach "pretentious" #arrogant

Greece scores worse than Bulgaria in corruption ranking - http://bit.ly/R6JMEdthis is not good

#Israel rebuked for not allowing IAEA inspections - http://bit.ly/VjwXlF definitely not hiding nuclear weapons anywhere, oh no....

#TPP cartoon competition winners announced - http://bit.ly/Xp6lpe dark humour

#WCIT: Put off to tomorrow what you can't do today - http://bit.ly/VlDCeA good summary of what happened yesterday #ITU

#Amazon Offers Kindle Owners All-You-Can-Eat Kids’ Content -http://on.mash.to/RAWon4 I see what you did there

Ridiculous: SEC Boss Refused To Move Forward On Required Crowdfunding Rules To Protect Her 'Legacy' - http://bit.ly/QGAeOM pathetic

US bid to limit UN regulatory treaty to telecom companies and not Internet firms fails early test - http://tnw.co/UnlbHS early days #wcit

Maritime Union Links To Building “Trans–Pacific Opposition” -http://bit.ly/QGB1PH certainly needed #tpp

European Commission decision to label #palmoil 'sustainable' threatens Indonesia's forests - http://bit.ly/WID4kp stupid & shameful

Analysts are bad at their jobs: IDC cuts its Windows Phone forecast by 40% in just 181 days - http://tnw.co/UebHwp people are noticing

California Eyeing #Drone Surveillance - http://bit.ly/SLWWmQ and certainly not alone in doing so: this is our future...

An EU patent as solid as the Euro? - http://bit.ly/WIRu44 good to see the#greens on the case #unitarypatent #fiasco

Open Letter To The Members Of The Parliament regarding #UnitaryPatent -http://bit.ly/Yzklye important initiative from @eva_lichti here #EU

Latest #TPP Round Locks Out Public Interest Groups Who Flew To New Zealand; Gives Them 15 Minutes Of Access - http://bit.ly/R79Dfj insulting

Verschärfte Aufsicht: China will Vorabkontrolle von Smartphone-Apps -http://bit.ly/QGSh7w part of a continuing series... #surveillance

#UnitaryPatent: crazy schedule ahead, MEPs asked to take a step back and think it through - http://bit.ly/TJ4cze this is being rammed thro'

New 25-GPU Monster Devours Strong Passwords In Minutes -http://bit.ly/VvRKrV eeek #security

Digital Rights Groups Shut Out of Secret #TPP Negotiations -http://bit.ly/TBWWor more details, plus statement from NGOs

Konferenz von Doha: Obama verspielt Klimaschutz-Kredit - http://bit.ly/TPvEe3history will judge him harshly for this

Greens/EFA amendments to the EU #UnitaryPatent - http://bit.ly/VCsKva some really good ideas: pl. write to MEPs about this

¿Por qué es importante la #transparencia institucional en la era de Internet? -http://bit.ly/YOdKip lots of good reasons here (v @platoniq)

Complaint To Brussels Prosecutor Put BitTorrent Domains In Peril -http://bit.ly/TC9ThS strange how this is never done openly

EU Commission on modernising #copyright in digital economy -http://bit.ly/YzOj5l "stakeholders" must include public (v @RyanHeathEU)

Researchers: PATRIOT Act Can 'Obtain' Data In Europe - http://bit.ly/TPAKXEno suprise, but #cloudcomputing infrastructure needs changing

EU Parliamentary Committee questions #EFSA's integrity - http://bit.ly/VCDycNMEPs' response is encouraging here #transparency

EU Resists ‘Extreme’ US Lobbying As Data Privacy War Brews -http://bit.ly/YA7r2Y cheek (v @PaulbernalUK @bendrath)#EUdataP 

Have you been a digital angel? - http://bit.ly/SxMG1N good to see #opensource#opendata being mentioned by key people (v @NeelieKroesEU)

Richard Stallman: ‘Apple has tightest digital handcuffs in history’ -http://bit.ly/WJpQUC #RMS on freedom, succinctly (v @JamesKelseyFry)

Activision's Call of Duty Hits $1 Billion in Sales in 15 Days -http://dthin.gs/11UrzL0 "faster than the movie 'Avatar' " #strawsinthewind

Report on a Digital Freedom Strategy in EU Foreign Policy -http://bit.ly/RBXvTp lots of great ideas from @MarietjeD66 and her group

#Genomics revolution: UK could miss the boat, scientists warn -http://bit.ly/VklqlV hugely important area (v @raycorrigan)#dna

Why Copyright Shouldn't Be Considered Property... And Why A Return To 1790 Copyright May Be Desirable - http://bit.ly/XqS9vU some key points

Zoom-Zoom - http://bit.ly/TCDuHX nice post about, well, nothing much; but still nice

Windows Phone #DroidRage Twitter Stunt Blows Up In Microsoft's Face -http://bit.ly/TCDFTNinevtiably: this technique never works

The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Closed Negotiations Against the Open Knowledge Economy - http://osf.to/TIdj5i "release the draft texts." #TPP

Pirate Bay spin-off site Promo Bay to be unblocked - http://bbc.in/11FuhVI so it was blocked on purpose (v @technollama)#bpi #censorship

Activity of Apple, Google and other companies in the #WebKit project -http://bit.ly/SyfLdt very interesting stats: who's top? (v @jgbarah)

Indian Village Bans Unmarried Women And Girls From Using Mobile Phones -http://bit.ly/TR7DmO worried about losing dominance much?

MPAA: Megaupload Shutdown Was Massive Success - http://bit.ly/UflqT1 they think it's over?

Bristol University's Christian Union Bans Women From Speaking At Meetings -http://huff.to/TKkWWI can't believe this is in #UK (v @tug)

Bristol University Christian Union: Women speakers now allowed at all events -http://bit.ly/SNSxjm that was quick... (v Graeme_L)

COMMUNIA Positive Agenda for the Public Domain - http://bit.ly/UopqmD good to see #PD supported

US Hypocrisy: Supports Open Dialog On Internet Governance At #WCIT; But Full Secrecy At Parallel #TPP Negotiations - http://bit.ly/11W3Ryc

a reminder that hacker & #cc volunteer Bassel Khartabil is still missing in Syria - http://bit.ly/NJhBcG (v @URCHN_LIBRE)#freebassel

Mary Meeker releases stunning data on the state of the Internet -http://bit.ly/R8PyoP stunning? hardly. useful? certainly.


Wednesday, 5 December 2012

121204


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 121203 - http://bit.ly/SIH8RY yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

#TPP: Australia and NZ Agricultural Bodies Call For Action -http://bit.ly/QDNIe6 more voices raised

News Corp. Finally Realizes Locked Up, iPad-Only News Publication Was A Dud, Shuts It Down - http://bit.ly/TEU8JF we could have told them

#Microsoft Steeply Raising Enterprise Licensing Fees - http://bit.ly/SD11eF so how does that lock-in feel now...?

#WCIT lowdown: it's all about Africa and Committee 5 - http://bit.ly/VhFLs5excellent, detailed analysis #itu

The #TPP: Corporate Control on Steroids - http://bit.ly/Sue4gY "The TPPA is profoundly and explicitly anti-democratic."

Photos: Jiangsu city has four fake US Capitols - http://bit.ly/R3AybY when one just isn't enough #china

Tail wags dog – The Times subsidizes Nexus 7 to snag subscribers -http://bit.ly/YKbusq this is another big market for #android, not #ipad

Lockout Of Stakeholders from #TPP Negotiating Venue - http://bit.ly/TGngy7 shameful lack of #transparency

Judge Koh: HTC-Apple Agreement Will Not Be Sealed, Exc. for Royalty Terms - http://bit.ly/SufUys "we will get to see the list of patents"

Europe v Facebook Privacy Campaign Group Is Preparing To Sue Facebook In Ireland, Sets Up Crowdfunding Platform - http://tcrn.ch/QDQyQh

Green shoots are growing in oil-rich Texas - http://bit.ly/VsQvK1 fascinating schizophrenia

iRobot Founder Now Building Tiny Hovering #Drone Spies - http://bit.ly/ViFjtdworrying

#OpenAccess to Scientific Research Can Save Lives - http://bit.ly/WGeeSbwhy it must be mandatory #oa

Sun readers say no to web snooping - http://bit.ly/UcCeKs nice

New Zealand Government Admits That Order To Suppress Illegal Spying On Kim Dotcom Only Such Order Issued In 10 Years - http://bit.ly/XlyjlH

MI6 told agent they could not kill al-Qaeda leader - http://bit.ly/UlTIq6 kudos to them, then (v @leashless)#law

Let’s defend #OpenFormats for Public Sector Information in Europe! -http://bit.ly/YuQqaw great summary of what happened, what we must do

With 10 hours of audio uploaded every minute, #SoundCloud rolls its new site design out to all users - http://tnw.co/QEf6ZE #ugc

#ITU Approves Deep Packet Inspection Standard Behind Closed Doors, Ignores Huge Privacy Implications - http://bit.ly/Xm25qu they want trust?

European Commission Meeting on #Copyright tomorrow - http://bit.ly/VtnnSE is that a good sign, or a bad sign? #EU

UK literary agency partners exclusively with Amazon to break authors into US -http://bit.ly/QEw6ib whoa, wake up publishers...

File Sharing Lawsuits Could Lead to Clogged Courts as Canadians Rely on New Liability Caps - http://bit.ly/UDGjfg that would be a sight

Sophos declares 2012 the year of Android and Mac malware, as cybercriminals look beyond Windows - http://tnw.co/R4pECI even they spurn it

Bihar Village Bans Women and Girls From Using Mobile Phones -http://nyti.ms/VjpJNZ shows why it's important that they should have them

#MariaDB Foundation to Safeguard Leading Open Source Database -http://bit.ly/TH1DgU big news for #mysql world: can you spell "fork"?

Flu vaccine claims shot down by study - http://bit.ly/SJTBVm why clinical trials data must be #opendata (v @phylogenomics)

Le #Ghana abritera la plus grande centrale solaire du continent -http://bit.ly/THaGhV great news; makes sense (v @africatechie)

$1.5 Billion In Taxpayer Funds Go Directly To Movie Studios Each Year... And Very Few Jobs Created - http://bit.ly/Ud5OiV free films, then

U.S. Only Major Country Not to Support Treaty for the Visually Impaired -http://osf.to/UmkWwF americans must be so proud

Sir Tim Berners-Lee flags #WCIT net conference concerns -http://bbc.in/SvuVju if he's against it, suggests it might not be a good idea #ITU

Fixing Copyright: Is Copyright A Part Of Free Market Capitalism? -http://bit.ly/Udfvhj think intellectual monopoly

Toward An FSF-Endorsable Embedded Processor - http://bit.ly/TMnVgH what a cool idea

Trade war in the Pacific: ASEAN and the Trans-Pacific Partnership -http://bit.ly/SEbsyo unusual analysis #TPP

MT @smithsam UK Gov IT spend cut by £1.5bn since election; now £6bn, expect to cut another 50% by 2015 -- Rohan Silva (v @glynwintle)

GEMA Feels It Isn't Killing German Nightclubs Fast Enough, Moves Towards Charging DJs Per MP3 On Their Laptops - http://bit.ly/Ywv2BE insane

Defense Department Overclassifies Memo On Avoiding Overclassification -http://bit.ly/TE1xtC perfect


Tuesday, 4 December 2012

121203


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 121202 - http://bit.ly/VpZ9IZ yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

World Conference on International Telecommunications (#WCIT) -http://bit.ly/RvFwOx #internetsociety on WCIT (v @MitchellBaker @BrendanEich)

iiNet: #copyright law hampering #AU ISPs - http://zd.net/QBbHKS is even cacheing illegal? (v @MsLods)

A Primer on Cheap Software Defined Radios - http://bit.ly/RvFMgq fascinating area for #freesw

Keep the Internet free and open - http://bit.ly/VomG9v #google's vincent cerf on the dangers of #wcit #itu

Revisiting The Purpose Of The #Copyright Monopoly: Science And The Useful Arts - http://bit.ly/WDnZQU @Falkvinge gives a history lesson

Outrageous: Keystone XL conflict of interest - http://bit.ly/R0eyhZ Rice, likely US Secretary of State, has investments in it, power over it

Apple's Nerves Show in Buildup to Dec. 6 Hearing - http://bit.ly/QBdnEk getting interesting

The obscure threat to the internet you need to know about - http://bit.ly/VfGE4hnot obscure around here, but useful intro (v @Asher_Wolf)

Internal Conflicts: #Africa's Undoing - http://bit.ly/11pfU7D interesting point (v @africatechie)

One million to stop the corporate death star, aka #TPP - http://bit.ly/QBfub4"722,655 have signed. Help us get to 1,000,000"

Opponents rally against Pacific-wide free trade pact talks in New Zealand -http://bit.ly/TG9YRz opposition to #TPP mounts #NZ

Why is ITU Governance of the Internet a Bad Idea? - http://bit.ly/VfpyDt another post from #mozilla about why #wcit is a threat to #openness

Auckland #TPP trade talks spark protest - http://bit.ly/UBk3mg another report on growing anger in #NZ

Yvo de Boer: Put €150 per tonne price on carbon - http://bit.ly/RvJM0i just do it#climatechange

Assessing the Prospects the #WCIT Holds for the Open Internet: What the US Delegation’s Contributions Reveal - http://bit.ly/SFSqGm #ITU

Amelia Andersdotter on Data Protection Regulation Opinion -http://bit.ly/SroAFU @teirdes nails deep problems in EU #dataprotectionproposal

Tibetan leader holds hope #China can learn from Canada - http://bit.ly/WDqG5cinteresting thoughts (v @markmackinnon)#tibet

Open Data Institute to open this week, highlighting big data innovation in the UK - http://tnw.co/TGewHy good background to exciting move

Canada Weighs In – Peter Clark on the #TPP - http://bit.ly/Xh9pnj interesting and unusual perspective

Public Events And Protests Against the #TPP - http://bit.ly/R0mcZS handy guide to cut out and keep #NZ

Open Data Institute Gets Its First Outside Investment, $750K From The Omidyar Network To Top Up UK’s $16M - http://tcrn.ch/YGJ0j3 good news

#TPP a threat to the environment - http://bit.ly/TBbAj0 amongst other things#NZ

Bear hunting in California: the end of an era - http://bit.ly/SFVoe5 what a contemptible bunch of insecure sadists #hunters

NZ must lift restrictions on access to #TPP talks - http://bit.ly/SFVDps#Greenparty calls for transparency

British biz gets one in five of its pounds from the INTERNET -http://bit.ly/Srr871 so maybe UK government should take it into account more

UK may recall #Israel ambassador over settlement plan - http://bit.ly/R0nR1rwell, it's a start, I suppose...

UK Police cited botched, corrupt investigation as reason to spy on the nation -http://bit.ly/WDvIyx truly shameful #ccdp

It is the web, not the press, that must be brought under control -http://bit.ly/XhrHVF twit blames Net for papers' sins (v @jeffjarvis)

Batting on a Sticky #WCIT, Defending #Openness - http://bit.ly/YGWlIg have to say, that's hardly cricket... #ITU

Things that keep me awake at night #1: The end of telephony -http://bit.ly/Vpb1ra thought provoking as ever

The Internet Isn't Broken; So Why Is The #ITU Trying To 'Fix' It? -http://bit.ly/SrBqE0 answers on the back of an IP packet... #wcit

'Transformer' robot can become almost anything - http://bit.ly/TCW6Ks clever; also, worrying...

Entidades de direitos digitais são contra controle da internet pela ONU -http://bit.ly/Rw3mJX and so they should #itu #wcit

Crazy-Stupid Or The Future? SoPost Wants To Turn Your Twitter Handle Into A Physical Address - http://tcrn.ch/VpdamE intriguing

Copyright for a digital age - http://bit.ly/TBuLJv #britishlibrary chap in favour of new orphan legislation (v @DavidAllenGreen)

Native Americans more 'European' than thought - http://bit.ly/RwhenF oooh, interesting #genetics #linguistics

Two examples why we don’t need the draft Communications Data -http://bit.ly/TH0EwB great debunking of pathetic arguments (v @glynwintle)

OpenStax College Physics textbook now freely available in variety of formats -http://bit.ly/Vg9wtm can't wait for the others #opentextbooks

Feudal Security - http://bit.ly/TH2AW5 great post by @schneierblog#security

News Corp’s iPad-Only Newspaper The Daily Shutting Down, Brand And Some Staff Folded Into New York Post - http://tcrn.ch/R10PaL no surprise

The 61 Countries a Mad Despot Could Instantly Unplug From the Internet -http://bit.ly/Ukibfr eeek

Internet showdown: why digital freedom matters - to us all - http://bit.ly/R12cGxnice gentle intro to hand around to aunts & uncles

Yet Another Contested 3 Strikes File-Sharing Case Dropped By Music Biz -http://bit.ly/11qLr9u waste of time & effort

UK police have detained more than 200,000 pupils over last year -http://bit.ly/YqdN54 shameful, wrong & counterproductive (v @Asher_Wolf)

Touré: "we must recognize that none of these freedoms can exist without security – especially in online world" - http://bit.ly/TBBkvK #ITU

Hours to tame the Murdoch mafia - http://bit.ly/TEJ4Ke it's gotta be done#leveson

La ruta verde del acceso abierto tiene nombre en América Latina: LA Referencia - http://bit.ly/QC1gqo great news #openaccess

Dirty War Against Africa’s Remaining Rhinos - http://bit.ly/RwCppA good article; idiotic obsession with toenail material (v @GeorgeMonbiot)

#Copyright Troll Case Tossed For 'Fraud On The Court' After Abbott & Costello-Worthy Hearing - http://bit.ly/TEUC06 wow, spectacular

"the #EU could start by differentiating between Israeli goods and those produced in illegal Israeli settlements" - http://bit.ly/11HtZN5 

The Economist unbundles digital from print subscriptions - http://bit.ly/R1WCDGwho will be next? #publishing

Free And Open? World Governments Discuss The Internet In Secret -http://bit.ly/SH86JG more views on why this is bad #wcit #itu

$100 #Android/#Linux tablet hits funding goal, ships in January -http://ars.to/11HXVZm yay; but will they deliver?

Turns Out, Giving is Good for You - http://bit.ly/YI6eFH why openness and sharing work

The OA Interviews: Harvard’s Stuart Shieber - http://bit.ly/YI6rbV another fab interview with key #openaccess figure

Ten Years of RedMonk - http://bit.ly/TF9dZm congrats #devs

Alibaba reaches 1 trillion RMB ($157B) in sales to become biggest e-commerce company in the world - http://bit.ly/VgQQcD more to come #china

Tri-National Campaign Launched in Opposition to the #TPP -http://bit.ly/UCaxze great to see coordination: more please

Movie Studios Ask Google To Censor Their Own Films, Facebook and Wikipedia - http://bit.ly/Ty6ArW time for a Darwin Award, methinks...

The Pope on Twitter: 187,000 followers (so far), not one tweet -http://cnet.co/11I2m6w a question of faith, I suppose...

Doubling Down On Secrecy: #ITU Believes Secret Media Strategy Key To Avoiding SOPA/ACTA Fate - http://bit.ly/VgHZIg </sigh>

The Pirate Bay's Perfectly Legal 'The Promo Bay' Blocked By UK ISPs -http://bit.ly/Tyh5f4 something not right here

Why you should be afraid of the UN’s plan to regulate the internet -http://bit.ly/YIrpHx another good roundup of the issues #itu #wcit

Urgent: Groups Urge European Commission To Back Strong #Copyright In Upcoming Debate - http://bit.ly/Vs14Jy we need to respond quickly

So You Want to Be an Internet Policy Analyst? - http://bit.ly/RxjzOU lots of generally-sound advice


Monday, 3 December 2012

121202


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 121201 - http://bit.ly/XdU72K yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

#NZ party DSC demands immediate withdrawal from #TPP negotiations -http://bit.ly/TzyEi7 the pressure grows

#Facebook Makes A Huge Data Grab By Aggressively Promoting Photo Sync -http://tcrn.ch/Qz4lHK this will end in tears

Poll shows most NZers want to end secret #TPP negotiations -http://bit.ly/VjFnLv people really waking up to this now

#Leveson musings - http://bit.ly/Qz4tXZ nice ones, too #uk

How doctors & patients are kept in dark about potentially dangerous everyday drugs - http://bit.ly/YDBzcA in daily mail, too (v @tom_watson)

Xi pledges national renewal; cites Opium War, of course - http://bit.ly/TB0AkNhey, #china, time to get over this perhaps?

From Doc to Blackbeard – Hugh Laurie's American odyssey continues -http://bit.ly/TBnbvn #piracy to get huge new boost...

Fight Against the #TPP - http://bit.ly/RteTd0 some anti-TPP events in #NZ

China to become world's biggest film market by 2020 - http://bit.ly/11zP5go this could be fun...

Questions for MEPs who really want a single #EU patent - http://bit.ly/YlymPPimportant stuff #unitarypatent

The Next Big Trend in #CollaborativeConsumption - http://onforb.es/11zPzTxhardly new, but certainly important #sharing

California pot #decriminalization correlated to lowest youth crime rate in recorded history - http://bit.ly/VdTlN1 oh look, it seems to work

Urheberrechtsreform in Österreich: Vorbild Deutschland? - http://bit.ly/XdYafuonly the good bits, please... #at

#Leveson is excellent on internet free speech. He didn't brush over it, he robustly defended it - http://bit.ly/TzAlwd interesting stuff

Search engines escape Russia’s internet blacklist - http://bit.ly/YDEkdT well, that's a relief #ru

How The Video Game Industry Was Launched 40 Years Ago... Thanks To Infringement - http://bit.ly/11jYGbW fascinating tale

Don't Panic: The right to install Free Software on any device -http://bit.ly/XdYJWo good ideas in #germany

If I Do Humblebrag So Myself - http://nyti.ms/Sp4Anc nicely-written piece (v @jjn1)

"500,000 Papuans have died since #Indonesia invaded" -http://on.fb.me/VnXDay a forgotten struggle (v @suigenerisjen)#westpapua

Lobbyists Try to Halt State Green Energy Standards - http://onforb.es/SE9Rakbut are silent on externalities, which destroys their arguments

Xi Jinping calls HIV and AIDS sufferers 'Brothers and Sisters' -http://bit.ly/WChOws a welcome development #china

US-Militär: Drohnen statt Delfine - http://bit.ly/TCjQMM good news for dolphins#drones

Italy tracks down copy of Da Vinci's lost masterpiece - http://bbc.in/WCntCMexciting (v @LifeinSicily)#art

Anti-drone NYC street artist arrested - http://bit.ly/Vezi0V definitely no bullying involved #drones

Hands On With the $20 Indian Android Tablet - http://bit.ly/QzQcdE this may not change world but whichever does, it will run #android

ZTE Apache rumored with 8-core processor - http://bit.ly/SEpyOJ & it won't stop there... #android #supercomputers

The idea of an #openaccess evidence rack - http://bit.ly/U9XGzT "I want to describe one kind of new container for #OA research"

#EU #DP Regulation to accidentally introduce voluntary “three strikes”? -http://bit.ly/QzZZjP this looks potentially serious /cc @teirdes

Former spy chief says U.S. has had its cyber '9/11 warning' -http://cnet.co/11BW3S2 scaremongering much?

Erde droht dramatische Erwärmung - http://bit.ly/VoG8XD forget that chilly +2, we're talking +5...

Drug wars in Mexico - in pictures - http://bit.ly/YETQ9q utter insanity#legalisation (v @TransformDrugs)

#WCIT: Das weltweite Netz zwischen Wirtschaftsinteressen, staatlicher Kontrolle & Selbstregulierung - http://bit.ly/Ua0X26 more on #ITU etc

The Troubling Growth of High-Tech Regulation, Lobbying, and Rent-Seeking -http://bit.ly/SpVvL0 largely reaction to #copyright industries

#Mobile #Money: Kenya's Competitive Industry? - http://bit.ly/TCL5quinterseting how #africa leads here (v @africatechie) 

#China in the heart of #Africa - http://bit.ly/QYPRma excellent review of china's shrewd moves in africa (v @africatechie)

U.N. #WCIT-12 makes Syrian Internet blackout 'trivial' everywhere -http://zd.net/UjjxqE good point (v @piawaugh)#ITU


Sunday, 2 December 2012

121201


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 121130 - http://bit.ly/Sww6Rh  yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Following Money and Influence in the EU: The Open Interests Europe Hackathon - http://bit.ly/11eGsbD great work #transparency

3D Printing of Custom Personal Electronics Arrives - http://bit.ly/Vlggfepotentially huge 

#Transparency and Open Government - Moving Beyond the Point of No Return - http://huff.to/YhQZ7l Francis Maude being bold #ogov#

Whatever happened to Robert Le Diable? - http://bit.ly/RqqXM8 facinating tale#music

This #energy bill will fire up the renewables industry - http://bit.ly/VlgGlC let's hope

Launching the Open Sustainability Working Group - http://bit.ly/11eJpJw great initiative: we must have #opendata here

Despite US Refusal to Sign On, Global Landmine Treaty Working -http://bit.ly/TzsjQd shame on #US for holding out here

Genetically engineered babies unless you act now! - http://bit.ly/Vc1phs not a helpful view: this is a therapeutic use, not a commercial one

Free schools must teach evolution, ministers announce - http://bit.ly/YAqngLkudos to all those who made this happen #uk

ITU backs away from IP address provision - http://bit.ly/SBbrK9 that's good; still plenty to worry about 

UK Recording Industry Doesn't Want Google To Reduce Piracy Until It Reduces Piracy - http://bit.ly/Tzkkp1 trapped in the past

Japan split on whale hunts, poll shows - http://bit.ly/QUM2hG not only selfish and bloody-minded, but a total waste of money too

[RT] Outdated European Copyright Levy System Descends Further Into Disarray - http://bit.ly/11uCeMc time to bin it completely

IE10 grabs 0.51% market share, Firefox passes 20% again, Chrome loses users third month in a row - http://tnw.co/Tsw4qO v dynamic sector

Surprise Surprise... NOT. Seattle Judge Grants MS Motion, Bans Injunctions for Motorola's RAND Patents - http://bit.ly/QUMxIw stupid fight

Author Andrew Piper: Turning Pages Is Important, Therefore Reading Ebooks Isn't Reading - http://bit.ly/XaYlrU </shakes head in disbelief>

Supreme Court to Decide if Human Genes Are Patentable - http://bit.ly/RqtSV1hugely important #genepatents

Is #EFSA Now Completely Bonkers? - http://bit.ly/SBGyoV no, just completely adrift in a strange world of #transparency

Citizens Tell Governments: Vote for Openness at the #ITU -http://bit.ly/TzHgV4 getting the message across (v @rmack)#wcit

Towards more open formats for #EU public - http://bit.ly/TzVKEt more great work from @teirdes#openstandards #opendata

Tell #Waitrose to #DumpShell - http://bit.ly/QxJO6z it will not do their brand anygood to be associated with #shell...

#RaspberryPi Quadcopter - http://bit.ly/UhyJoe putting #linux in the sky #drones

NYT Has a Really Kooky Boner for Curation Wizard Maria Popova -http://gaw.kr/RrL1xJ I thought profile interesting; this is funnier, though

AGN in Bulgeless Galaxies: Paper Accepted - http://bit.ly/TtxAsN "made possible by the participation of 200,000 volunteers in #Galaxy Zoo"

Dear #ITU, please don't bill Internet use like phone calls - http://ars.to/RrMqEqgood technical explanation why there are no free rides now

HowTo: Get rid of mosquitoes with FOSS - http://bit.ly/Ttzfi4 intriguing idea (v @RuiSeabra)

The Next Global Hotspot to Worry About - http://bit.ly/VhdgMW this chinese map is insane

Grundlegende Patentreform angemahnt - http://bit.ly/11x6wy2 the solution is simple... #patents

Ermordete Umweltaktivistin: Mexiko verliert seine Heldinnen -http://bit.ly/VhemZg depressing & unnecessary; legalisation only solution

Psy Elects Not To Go Legal Over Gangnam Style Restaurant -http://bit.ly/TB5ATT what a deeply civilised chap

Top BitTorrent Sites Have Domains Put On Hold Pending Legal Action -http://bit.ly/11xqVmz more extrajudicial action...? #eu


Saturday, 1 December 2012

121130


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 121129 - http://bit.ly/TxmeXh yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

BPI To UK Pirate Party: Shut Down Your Pirate Bay Proxy - http://bit.ly/TxplONinteresting....

ICANN CEO and Chair to attend #WCIT opening - http://bit.ly/ViqixI should be fun

Science under pressure as pesticide makers face MPs over bee threat -http://bit.ly/11861v8 pressing need for #opendata here #transparency

Every ITR change at the click of a button - http://bit.ly/Wyde2x very useful#wcit #itu

#EFSA, Commission turn a blind eye to GMO dangers - http://bit.ly/X79auZgrowing scandal here

Crowdsourcing the microbiome: what's in your guts? - http://bit.ly/WydpuC nice project

[RT correct URL] The ITU and You - http://bit.ly/UvJg1j good to see #wcit

Tor operator charged for child porn transmitted over his servers -http://ars.to/TxqF4m big ramifications

Big Tobacco will have to run a national advertising campaign apologizing for lying about health risks from smoking - http://bit.ly/V8YhEV

#TPP Free Trade negotiations resume in Auckland, December 2 -http://bit.ly/Qup0wM the battle continues

Palestine and the Assange Test - http://bit.ly/QuycRF great point about "automaticity of European arrest warrants in the case of Assange"

Giant tortoises bounce back in the Galapagos - http://bit.ly/V88qQ6heartwarming stuff

MT @davidwearing Tzipi Livni calls Palestinian UN bid a "strategic terrorist attack" http://bit.ly/Tq38Qh >>absurd (v @Glinner)