Sunday, 22 July 2012

120721


Police arrested actors for spilling custard - http://bit.ly/QaQ9Fr the police are just pathetic #london2012 (v @DavidAllenGreen) 

#Ecuador: Authorities Misuse Judicial System to Stop Protests -http://bit.ly/QaTbcL situation looks worrying here

Gooseberry Launches Android-based #RaspberryPi Rival - http://bit.ly/OJUM5Lmonty python would doubtless approve of this fruit attack

French & German Courts Disagree Whether Internet Companies Need To Filter -http://bit.ly/QaUQiy still a threat, though #censorship

Google Says Some Apple Inventions Are So Great They Ought to Be Shared -http://dthin.gs/OfL0Xs just abolish all patents (v @fosspatents)

ArduSat Reaches Funding Goal, Prepares to Launch Satellite July 2013 -http://on.mash.to/No97Xw nice #arduino

Australia Wants To Join The Snooper's Club: Why That's Bad For All Of Us -http://bit.ly/NIuQFp the disease is spreading #surveillance

In First, Software Emulates Lifespan of Entire Organism - http://nyti.ms/LzlBFDpretty impressive if they've got this sorted

Good Job, CIA: Pakistan Vaccine Plot Helped Bring Polio Back From Brink of Eradication - http://bit.ly/Noa0PS (v @Asher_Wolf @AyeshaKazmi)

One big happy family. Just don't put a foot wrong - http://ind.pn/PtliBr yet more reasons to avoid the #london2012 insult (v @Asher_Wolf)

Aurora massacre 'an argument for more guns' says lobbyist -http://ind.pn/Pqw0VS only the gun lobby could be this insensitive & stupid

Your Voice in Europe - http://bit.ly/OOGw8g "European Commission’s single access point to a wide variety of consultations" (v @karounos)#eu

Friday launches to let Android users record their lives through their smartphone - http://tnw.co/QjXqBJ the police are going to love this...

Top NY Regulator Promoting Shale Gas Signed A Climate Denial Petition Stating That Increases In CO2 Are ‘Beneficial’ - http://bit.ly/MQQjKz

UK ISPs Secretly Expand “Futile” Pirate Bay Blockade - http://bit.ly/M2d4RNfutile blockade is futile

Thoughts on a WIPO treaty for the blind - http://bit.ly/Myv02M how the#copyright industries continue to kick the blind in the teeth

RT @paulocoelho"google before you tweet" is the new "think before you speak">>certainly true for me (v @jeffjarvis)


Saturday, 21 July 2012

120720


[RT from yesterday] Global Warming's Terrifying New Math -http://bit.ly/OJzIZB superb, fact-based piece from Bill McKibben

Shameful: US Secrecy Holding Up Treaty To Help #Blind Access Copyrighted Works - http://bit.ly/OLEiGC this makes my blood boil

Look Out Reddit, Wikia Is On The Rise As Hollywood Turns To Community For The Dark Knight Rises - http://onforb.es/SKZD81 ah, #wikia

Autonomy Founder Lynch Said To Plan London Technology Fund -http://bloom.bg/NYHwGL another nice boost for #london

City of Berlin owes trillions of euros to small town - http://bit.ly/MpoSf3 so is that simple or compound interest?

C.P.E. Bach: Complete Keyboard Music (BIS) on Spotify - http://bit.ly/O21dRMarguably the most original of JSB's sons

Content Is Advertising, Advertising Is Content: Media Company Buys Ad Firm That Makes Good Content - http://bit.ly/LZNg8Q the new fluidity

Caring for My Neighbourhood - New Initiative in #Brazil - http://bit.ly/MvjZzi nice initiative #opendata

Crowdsourced voice recordings: towards a disruptive technology for Parkinson's disease - http://bit.ly/LBLmK8 innovative stuff

Whooping Cough Epidemic: Blame The Anti-Vaccination Movement -http://onforb.es/SL0Ig1 this shouldn't be happening in 21st century

Introducing Ubuntu Web Apps: setting the web free of the browser -http://bit.ly/OdOE41 nice, but how do these fit with Mozilla's web apps? 

Fred Willard arrested for masturbating to porn because that's not what porn is for, apparently - http://bit.ly/MNIdCj witty + good points

"Articles funded by SCOAP3 will be available #OpenAccess in perpetuity, under a CC-BY" - http://bit.ly/MyXf58 more good stuff from #CERN

Red Hat, patents, software - http://bit.ly/LBNrpA "should be treated as they are: state-granted monopolies"

RT @DavidAllenGreen Mandatory lie detector tests? Oh dear, more legal woo-woo. Guardian: http://bit.ly/Pf00nH >>yup, pure trickery

Increasing demand for Munich's management tool for templates and forms -http://bit.ly/OdQaTE good to see it spreading #linux

Resolution Introduced To Make Public Domain Congressional Research Finally Accessible To Public - http://bit.ly/SL236n absurd still waiting

From Kenya to Madagascar: The African tech-hub boom - http://bbc.in/PpfTLGreally great to see #africa

Open Source for America Asks Administration to “Free the Code" -http://bit.ly/NCkzfr well, obvs: we pay for the code (v @Abridgwater)

Deceiving the law - http://bit.ly/O28uAS good 2008 Nature Neuroscience editorial on why lie detectors can't be trusted (v @DavidAllenGreen)

MT @pranesh_prakash EU: still doesn't consider this Treaty for the Visually Impaired a "binding legal instrument". #sccr24 >>shame on them

Petition the Olympic sponsors not to use outrageous tax dodge granted them -http://bit.ly/OBialS five already have agreed #london2012

Freak pavement explosions have injured at least seven people in #London -http://bit.ly/McNx3V huh? (v @monkchips @DawnHFoster)

MT @jonanamary This - this is beautiful. #Olympics #London2012#McDonalds #graffiti http://pic.twitter.com/djGqapbF (v @Eaterofsun) clever

US pushed to reform cotton subsidies in farm bill as Brazil watches -http://bit.ly/MpHGuG potentially big

RT @jamie_love US and EU pushing to move from the open session to the closed informals. #sccr24 >>shameful lack of transparency again

41,7 Grad im Death Valley: Meteorologen messen nächtlichen Hitze-Weltrekord - http://bit.ly/OM2CYR how long before 42? 43...?

Alternative Tube Maps - http://bit.ly/OC6aRc "a map populated with data on life expectancy & child poverty for each Tube station." striking

Quick Update on WIPO SCCR 24 Meeting on The treaty for People with Disabilities - http://bit.ly/MpWucz summary of bad US & EU behaviour

#London2012: Coe sparks Olympics sponsorship row - http://bit.ly/LChFc3 what a pathetic figure he cuts here (v @DavidAllenGreen)

Murder rate falls as crime figures defy recession predictions -http://bit.ly/MMfgaU fascinating #uk

Couple Arrested For Dancing On NYC Subway Platform - http://bit.ly/Pixhyj "8 ninja cops came from out of nowhere"; nicely written piece

#Nokia Q2 Results: Bad bad and will be even more bad - http://bit.ly/Nn1U9Xwow, this is harsh: "history of the worst CEO of all time"

US Now Supporting Ridiculous Broadcast Treaty; Suggests It Could Cover Internet Too - http://bit.ly/Qhd5BO new way of enclosing #PD content

#Chromium beta now available for the #RaspberryPi - http://bit.ly/LCRlyr first of many ports, doubtless

The lost decade of digital music sales - http://bit.ly/O3nUVC the figures (and graphs) speak for themselves

#Transparency in European Parliament: an academic exercise -http://bit.ly/PktJLM slight progress, more needed #eu

Some maths behind the #G4S £284m contract - http://bit.ly/LxVZZX interesting numbers

FTAs not cause of trade boom in Asia, says ADB - http://bit.ly/MOTbrl worth bearing in mind for #TPP

Users Rise Up To Get YouTube MP3 Downloader Re-Instated -http://bit.ly/OeIWyT people power

Quick Notes from NGOs intervention from the floor during SCCR24 -http://bit.ly/NneO85 so looks like Martin Pratt is the problem

#Genetherapy nears approval in Europe - http://bbc.in/MzGEyf pretty big if this goes through

Just say ‘No’ - http://bit.ly/NONXS3 "Parliament realises that it is only EU body that has democratic legitimacy" (v @teirdes)#ACTA

Obama Talks Toxic Clouds And Runaway Trains, But The Real Cybersecurity Solution Is Still Simple And Obvious - http://bit.ly/MzMb7R cyberFUD


Friday, 20 July 2012

120719


Royal wedding protesters lose high court case - http://bit.ly/P4jLOv pre-emptive arrests? what on earth is happening to the UK?

On social media the new religion is sharing. Some of that sharing may not be very nice - http://bit.ly/NznUgC unlike in peachy meatspace

#Sweden Holds #DNA Database Of Everybody Under 38 - http://bit.ly/Mxu3vbstaggering function creep

Whale shark eats all the fishes - http://bit.ly/MJORdL oh dear, clever, but ultimately dangerous for the sharks concerned...

Raspberry Pi Foundation launches Raspbian distribution - http://bit.ly/Lzwfks I predict a new wave of puns around this name...

Council voting: Who are the EU hardliners and ‘yes men’? - http://bit.ly/Q77X4bfascinating analysis

EU To Open Up Secret Clinical Trial Data; #TPP Looking Even More Retrogressive - http://bit.ly/Lu5Obo another nice win for openness

[RT] Submissions re Draft Senior Science Australian Curriculum closetomorrow http://bit.ly/MKO0IV bad stuff needs fixing #ozcurric 

MT @charlesarthur Nokia accounts: no division is making an operating profit - not phones, location (old Navteq), or Nokia Siemens Networks

Should Whales and Dolphins Have ‘Human Rights’? - http://bit.ly/NBZqjT"evidence is overwhelming that cetaceans are special."

Italian province of Trentino approves free software law - http://bit.ly/Oc56l7 and another one – bravi

#AU: Do you trust the Gillard Government to know all your internet passwords? - http://bit.ly/ML7jle fight for your rights (v @_NetFreedom_)

Is UK the Canary in the Mine for Digital Music? - http://bit.ly/MK6Fph decliningrecorded music industry is declining? other bits aren't

US Olympic Committee Forces 30 Year Old Philidelphia Gyro Restaraunt To Change Its Name - http://bit.ly/MazITA bonus: bullying knitters

Locog: the ultimate bad sport - http://bit.ly/LYL8OT "piss-poor logo, weirdly condomic mascots & vile 80s’ graffiti font" - ha! (v @ralpost)

Why the European Commission's Assurances on #ACTA & #CETA Don't Add Up - http://bit.ly/MKdgji good analysis of areas we need to watch

Wearable Computer Pioneer Steve Mann, Releases New Photo Supporting His Assault Claim Against McDonald’s - http://tcrn.ch/SJxsX0 surprise!

WATCH OUT! There’s a G4S about - http://bit.ly/MxOVTg another reason why#london2012 is appalling #photography (v @terakopian @onewmphoto)

Mexican Legislature Passes Two Resolutions Opposing the Executive’s Signing of #ACTA - http://bit.ly/MxPYmb well done, #mexico

MT @jamie_love US: "linkage between print disabilities effort & an effort for business affairs would be unethical">>US talking unethical???

MT @DaHammerstein EU : continue working on solid text with effective protection of creators.>> strange how creators come before the blind

Young gorillas observed destroying snares for first time - http://bit.ly/LuSwexgreat news, for all sorts of reasons (@cqchoi @BoraZ)

#Microsoft taps spinmeister Mark Penn as special projects chief -http://bit.ly/LuUtHW spin doctors? isn't this a sign of growing panic...?

Global Warming's Terrifying New Math - http://bit.ly/OJzIZB superb, fact-based piece from Bill McKibben; it's about externalities #oil #coal

Australian Consumer Group Wants Geo-IP Blocking Banned -http://bit.ly/MKv2D9 yes, time for the outdated idea to be binned

Apple's Public Shaming: The New Punishment for Filing a Losing Patent Claim -http://rww.to/NCMNVT interesting point

New Material Lighter Than Air Could Drastically Change Tech World -http://on.mash.to/Lv45T7 wow sounds exciting

Debunking The Dangerous “If You Have Nothing To Hide, You Have Nothing To Fear” - http://bit.ly/NkZKrx send to next idiot that says it

Pirates Want To Go Legal But Convenience, Choice & Availability Come First -http://bit.ly/LYYcnk gradually the facts emerge

Ann Romney’s ‘You People’ Gaffe Goes Viral - http://on.mash.to/Nl97aFwhoops, the mask slips #YouPeople

Brought to book - http://econ.st/LAh3DL #economist on #openaccess - nothing new here, but good to see it's on it (v @BoraZ @EricTopol)



Wednesday, 18 July 2012

120718


Dotcom judge quits the case - http://bit.ly/NgQqoy oh no, I feared this might happen #copyright

Thank you, Michael Tiemann! - http://bit.ly/LxC4yQ seconded #osi

Charles Ives: Complete Chronological Catalogue - http://bit.ly/NDOZjx not the easiest of composers, but worth it

EU Proposes To Provide #OpenAccess To The Results Of Research It Funds -http://bit.ly/Ofy6Kn is this the tipping point?

Richard Stallman Speaks About UEFI - http://bit.ly/LqWrsX no surprises, but worthing his views #rms

Sakehe - http://bit.ly/Pgaiao "a group of words the meaning of which is not well understood"; fab stuff #ainu #linguistics

European consultation on #GM animals - http://bit.ly/LxE2iO good summary of ways in which you can respond #eu

Secrecy bids in Apple-Samsung patent lawsuit denied - http://cnet.co/MHHToLquite right, too

Help OSI - Complete Our Survey! - http://bit.ly/OUlMwG sensible move

#Anonymous statement re. #ITU - http://bit.ly/M8tJ1z interesting world where anonymous is (rightly) criticising institutions in this way

re OSI survey - seems it's from February...sorry about that

#OSI Announces Individual Membership - http://bit.ly/NDYWgU "non-profit organization that advocates for #opensource software"

Pro-Copyright Judges Never Drop Cases Over Conflicts, So Why Does Megaupload Judge Have To Step Down? - http://bit.ly/O9Be9c great point

Digital Economy Act: Respond or Repeal? - http://bit.ly/Nyfkf2 there's an#ofcom consultation that needs a response by next week #deact

PI founder Simon Davies to assess data protection reforms for the European Parliament - http://bit.ly/OWasQE should be good

Legal warfare behind it, Google finally adds books to its Play store in France -http://tnw.co/MHI1FB what a struggle... #ebooks

#ACTA ratification faces #NZ hurdles - http://bit.ly/SGsf29 this is big: another country slamming the brakes on (v @PostActa @dairyflat)

Human rights issues with the draft Communications Data Bill -http://bit.ly/SGujXN time to fight back

Snooper's Charter: a Bill without a proposal - http://bit.ly/Ph6gi5 betrayal not enough: UK gov wants to play dirty, too...

MP To Form Icelandic Pirate Party - http://bit.ly/Nyn80j surprised there isn't one already #is

Governments don’t have websites: Governments are websites -http://bit.ly/Phc8rA thought-provoking perspective

RT @PostActa here is the resolution @senadomexicano will present today to demand removal of mx signature from ‪#ACTA‬ http://bit.ly/MHPjJB

Hong Kong Imported 10 Million Kilograms of Shark Fins Last Year -http://bit.ly/Q7sULb shame on #hongkong - & #spain, apparently (v @BoraZ)

US And EU Still Clueless About What The #SOPA And #ACTA Defeats Really Mean - http://bit.ly/PiE7r0 read & weep

The More America Spends On The Drug War, The Cheaper Drugs Become -http://read.bi/MILIel spectacular failure (v @eur_1965 @sdw)

#AU Downloads: 'It's cheaper to pay a wage, fly to the US and back twice' -http://bit.ly/NiERNv shameless stuff (v @piawaugh @caitlen)

Thai Civil Society Groups Oppose Patent Application for HIV/AIDS Treatment -http://bit.ly/Q7RBqV good to see #th

Easier to sell than hot dogs: the human tissue industry revealed -http://bit.ly/NPfgGj "a body can be worth up to $200,000"

Pi in the sky - http://bit.ly/NA8k2P "Raspberry Pi with a webcam and GPS up to a hydrogen balloon, which got nearly 40km up"

MIT Economist: Here's How #Copyright Laws Impoverish Wikipedia -http://bit.ly/P0LzmT by the numbers (v @tvol)

How free is my phone? - http://bit.ly/LsKtPw good question; here's the answer

Apple Has To Advertise That Samsung's 'Not Cool' Tablet Is No iPad Copycat -http://bit.ly/MwUrW6 pretty bonkers all round...

Who needs data? Google launches Gmail SMS in #Africa - http://bit.ly/NGp8aIthinking outside the (email) box....

Court May Order Google to Censor ‘Torrent,’ ‘RapidShare’ and ‘Megaupload’ -http://bit.ly/MlkehZ more bad stuff

Dominican Republic Files WTO Case Over Australian Tobacco Packaging -http://bit.ly/MwUIZi pathetic

Has Facebook started its inevitable decline? - http://bit.ly/SI65MS well, course...

WikiLeaks calls for donations, dares Visa/MasterCard to shut them down -http://bit.ly/LXRX3d hmm

#Shell Oil's Social Media Nightmare Continues - http://onforb.es/NPooei couldn't happen to a nicer greedy, callous polluter

Help the O’Reilly animals - http://oreil.ly/Mlm4j6 great idea - and about time, too...


Tuesday, 17 July 2012

120717


Consumer organisation pushes for EU #netneutrality rules -http://bit.ly/NemOrM definitely needed immediately

Lord Finesse Learning How The Streisand Effect Works: Tons Of People Re-Upload Dan Bull's Video - http://bit.ly/NuAV8d quite right too

Move Over, PayPal Mafia. Meet The Google Mafia - http://onforb.es/MrvQ1kbound to happen

Naxos #Liszt Complete Piano Music - http://bit.ly/M5eFSc pianists of the world, rejoice #spotify

Italian Local Government Warms to #OpenSource - http://bit.ly/O6o5NZ must be the weather

#london2012 Can't Hire Enough Actual Security, But Fully Staffed With 'Brand Police' - http://bit.ly/NsSzMi twisted sense of priorities 

This is why we didn't have DIY #Drones in the 1970s. (Mechanical gyro teardown) - http://bit.ly/NuCToZ #mooreslaw important here too

“Ignorance is Freedom” - http://bit.ly/NQMzg7 america's astonishing self-destruction

Memo to Microsoft: It’s Not 1995 Again - http://bit.ly/PbNoRy #ballmer not just a bad CEO, he's delusional

#OpenAccess: Not All That is Gold Glisters - http://bit.ly/LuIBuk uk's plans not as good as they seem

EU draft communcation on #openaccess & #opendata - a little vague, but mostly good news; advance of #oa continues

Bouncy Stonehenge Coming To London - http://bit.ly/O7jWeq ha! fab idea...

SPARC Europe response to EC Communication and Recommendation -http://bit.ly/MuJvbI generally positive (v +Richard Poynder ) #openaccess

The Fifth Elephant, 27-28 July 2012, Bangalore - http://bit.ly/MDFNHj what a great title for a conference about big data

#DEAct risks limiting internet access in #libraries#schools and #universities -http://bit.ly/NFF4EJ madness (v @eikoku)

#Openaccess means a bright future for scientific research - http://bit.ly/NthDmsupbeat analysis of the real costs of UK's new policy (v +Graham Steel)

Rights Group Fined For Not Paying Artist For Anti-Piracy Ad -http://bit.ly/O7IoMI why are we unsurprised by this? #hypocrisy

Microsoft Faces Fresh EU Probe Over Web-Browser Choice -http://bloom.bg/Q1Ms3z ho hum

Microsoft 'didn't notice' it had removed Browser Choice for 17 months -http://bit.ly/NRAhnE yeah, that's plausible...

UNODC "Circulation" - http://bit.ly/Q1YUQT opening sequence is flat-out wrong: they should read this - http://bit.ly/Nvb4Np (v @sinkdeep)

#Facebook Stock Drops as Investors Fear Slowing Sales -http://on.mash.to/O8rBsO oh, do people still use this?

Xoom-Tablet: Apple verliert Klage gegen Motorola - http://bit.ly/LW9Z5R what a waste of time & money (v @jwildeboer)

Why the Supreme Court's Copyright Decisions Eviscerate Access Copyright's Business Model - http://bit.ly/MrxY96 big stuff for #canada

French anti-piracy chief: ‘punishment is not enough’ - http://bit.ly/MEKCAi not really clear what that means in practice #hadopi

Stop Balkanizing the Internet - http://huff.to/MryBQ1 crucial stuff

Nach #ACTA kommt #CETA? - http://bit.ly/MhazZX @digiges is on the case

remember the little girl Maya? - http://bit.ly/MhxdRK some news: her exome now sequenced, paid for by crowdsourcing - http://bit.ly/NyA7Rn

Is This Chemical Why File Sharers Buy More Music? - http://bit.ly/LwwDAj the wonders of science

One Molecule for Love, Morality, and Prosperity? - http://slate.me/NurSH2somewhat more nuanced piece about #oxytocin than #guardian's

$100 #smartphone controlled #drone coming? - http://bit.ly/NH3dLo bound to happen soon

RedPhone is now Open Source! - http://bit.ly/Pe6c2A "Android application for making secure voice calls"; cool (v @jwildeboer)

Naxos Japanese Classics Series on Spotify - http://bit.ly/NCzOHj intriguing

More or less all the music at this year's Proms as ‪#spotify‬ playlist -http://bit.ly/Lx2r87  amazing what you can do with ‪#spotify


Monday, 16 July 2012

120716


Munich mayor says switch to #Linux is much cheaper and has reduced complaints - http://bit.ly/NNXoPS & he should know

Gallo: "I am delighted to have been appointed Rapporteur" - http://bit.ly/Padi8rcollective licensing doomed (v @ralfgrahn)#eu

Garbage-eating drone destroys ocean pollution - http://bit.ly/NNZak1 er, could we deploy these now, please...?

Government-backed plans for a #creationist-run Free School -http://bit.ly/NddFQq yeah, let's teach children demonstrably false information

Job opening at CERN: SCOAP3 Consortium and Operation Manager -http://bit.ly/Nz3kOh wanna work at CERN? course you do #openaccess (v+Peter Suber)

Swedish Govt Greenlights Database Over Transgendered, Jews, Medically Weak, Gypsies, Trade Unionists. - http://bit.ly/SCbmpn huh? #se

Beyond Users' Rights: Supreme Court Entrenches Technological Neutrality as a New Copyright Principle - http://bit.ly/MARazL important #ca

Canada Excluded From Next Round of #TPP Negotiations - http://bit.ly/NwYSxinow has even less say on what it's bound by

Pirate Bay block effectiveness short-lived, data suggests - http://bit.ly/NtyFOzjust as everyone told them would happen

Is A Petition Calling For A Pardon Of The Pirate Bay's Peter Sunde 'Offensive'? - http://bit.ly/O2NOIO no: asking the question is offensive

Hardware Hacks: The Raspberry Pi is everywhere - http://bit.ly/NwZXVJ#openhardware on the up

Top German court says RapidShare must monitor link sites for piracy -http://bit.ly/Nx06bN could get messy

Gerichtsurteil erlaubt anonyme Nutzung offener WLANs - http://bit.ly/OBvHX2big #de

US 'the enemy' says Dotcom judge - http://bit.ly/O4xNAD whoa #copyright #tpp

#TPP talks likely to conclude by October 2013 - http://bit.ly/Nx19seinterestingly deluded comments from #malaysia

olympics epic BSOD! LOL! - http://bit.ly/Lm64Js is this real? surely even#london20102 not that stupid to use win?  @lee_alley @MarkGoodge 

When Galaxies Collide: Beautiful Images of Cosmic Impacts -http://bit.ly/MAag8i wow: if these don't blow your mind, you're probably dead

more #london2012 idiocy: see if you can work this one out: http://bit.ly/SCr3ghmust be some kind of portal.... (v @Plus_haut)

UK #Labour party sucks up to Big Content - http://bit.ly/NtCvaj didn't the#DEAct do enough damage?

Google’s Marissa Mayer Tapped as Yahoo’s Chief - http://nyti.ms/Md4nlushould be fun to watch (v @laurenweinstein)

After Monmouthpedia, #Gibraltar stakes its claim as “world’s first Wikipedia city” - http://tnw.co/NdmMQV uh-huh

US govt picks on UK youth - http://bit.ly/OJSsc6 rightly angry piece by dave winer about #odwyer


120715


Naxos #Schubert Lied Edition on #Spotify - http://bit.ly/Np8hYM 41 hours of musical bliss

Google Open Sources #Turing Machine Doodle - http://bit.ly/LiDtVi nice #opensource

New 'Reloaded Edition' of Alien Arena #OpenSource FPS Released -http://bit.ly/OsT7xF I'm not a gamer, but good to see for #gnu/linux too

Vince Cable touts benefits of open borders and #opendata - http://bit.ly/Np8Bqxpromises text-mining exception for #copyright

#Opensource community collaboration strategies for the enterprise -http://oreil.ly/Nq5pIs long, thoughtful piece

#BMCBioinformatics fail - http://bit.ly/PZ8xko code should always be provided (v @bengoldacre @sharmanedit)#openscience

Airport scanning technology is a transparent victory for terrorism - http://bit.ly/NpiowMand how 

New security fears as Heathrow checks miss terror suspects - http://bit.ly/NGXQzq so should spend #CCDP monies on #UKBA

US free market group tries to halt sales of cigarettes in plain packets in UK -http://bit.ly/PZbG3W 'cos profits more important than lives

I Want It Today - http://slate.me/NqAWKi good analysis of #amazon's coming same-day delivery revolution (v @mathewi @rhh)