Sunday, 18 November 2012

121117


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 121116 - http://bit.ly/T7Cteg yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Announcing a P2P Theory and Action book for 2013 - http://bit.ly/TXJP1Psounds good, but @mbauwens needs some help – anyone?

House Republicans: Copyright Law Destroys Markets; It's Time For Real Reform - http://bit.ly/S4jxKV wow: "a watershed moment"

DuPont-Dow Corn Defeated by Armyworms in Florida: Study -http://bloom.bg/102wHvP #gm clearly failing here

Russia demands broad UN role in Net governance - leak - http://cnet.co/S4jKOcso much for the theory there's nothing to worry about at #wcit

Ofcom: mobile blocking Skype but we don't care - http://bit.ly/Qkfxct #ofcom is useless #netneutrality #uk

MEPs demand better evaluation of GMOs - http://bit.ly/S0DF24 good to see#MEPs on the case - scandalous lack of rigorous testing here #eu

Male Copiers are from Mars. Female Copiers are also from Mars -http://bit.ly/T7gpQ0 more fascinating analsys of #sharing habits

OpenSource Language Summit - http://bit.ly/Qkg525 in #india - important stuff

Why Rich Countries Can’t Have $20 Tablets — Yet - http://on.mash.to/TPspnEimportant point about distribution costs #android

Yes, The Pirate Party Is A Silly Name, And That’s Why It Works -http://bit.ly/S4kQcY good points#

Wikimedia Students Share their Knowledge this Summer - http://bit.ly/WhDDpGsome nice google summer of code projects

ORG applies to intervene in Golden Eye case - and we need your help -http://bit.ly/TJDrZB important case, needs fighting - help ORG do that

Tony #Blair and the protesters who keep trying to arrest him for war crimes -http://bit.ly/XP9JJP what splendid, upstanding people #iraq

Lawyers say Clarke's justice bill smacks of repressive and undemocratic regimes - http://bit.ly/10358ma stinks of it, more like #uk

#Obama: Transparently Disappointing - http://bit.ly/U6cQuc great piece on his betrayal of promises of #openness (v @evgenymorozov @bpoetz)

MT @ggreenwald Israeli Interior Minister Yishai: "The goal of the operation is to send Gaza back to the Middle Ages" http://is.gd/K3AniZ

iFixit tears apart the Nexus 4, finds surprise #LTE chip - http://ars.to/T2SW0hintriguing #android

#Thailand won’t be bound by #TPP, says Sek - http://bit.ly/Wj3ygJ weird behaviour here: why is it entering negotiations, then?

US-Republikaner fordern umfangreiche #Copyright-Reform - http://bit.ly/T8yj5Win case you missed this remarkable document elsewhere


Saturday, 17 November 2012

121116


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 121115 - http://bit.ly/QhLNNy yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

The #ITU could put the Internet behind closed doors - http://bit.ly/TRxUCD time to fight to stop that happening #wcit

U.S. Military Enlists Amateurs to Track Space Junk -http://on.mash.to/QhM2YL interesting use of citizen science

#nesta: Decoding Learning Report - http://bit.ly/U3fAbQ pathetic: just onemention of #freesw, none of #opensource #fail

Global Fund selects chief, fires watchdog, codifies impatience & obfuscates on malaria - http://bit.ly/U3fLDQ sounds like a total disaster

Harvard Research Scientist: Sharing Discoveries More Efficient, More Honorable Than Patenting Them - http://bit.ly/S1QuYs kudos

Unbelievable: The #IDF Has Gamified Its War Blog - http://bit.ly/QhMGWq truly sick

Tomorrow's Conference "Solutions to the Software Patents Problem" Will be Live Streamed - http://bit.ly/RGGRPf big names, bigger problem

Mozilla Launches Experimental Browser-Based Simulator For Firefox OS -http://tcrn.ch/SZIaYD nice

The Great Mexican Maize Massacre - http://bit.ly/TREY25 insane move to monoculture, destroying 7000 years of progress #monsanto #dupont #dow

The Average Place on Earth - http://bit.ly/THBaOs 2050: "the average place on the planet will be nearly wild."

Farthest Known Galaxy in the Universe Discovered - http://on.mash.to/Uu2PTNisn't science wonderful?

Building an Innovation-Based Economy with Creative Commons -http://bit.ly/QhOAGo idea gaining currency #cc

A Tale of Two Lock-ins - http://bit.ly/SZJLNZ why this is still huge problem for#opensource, what we can do about it

Thailand To Join #TPP Negotiations; Access To Medicines Likely To Suffer As A Consequence - http://bit.ly/T50vWt & people will die

Is the Long-Term Safety of Genetically Engineered Food Settled? Not by a Long Shot - http://bit.ly/S1UCYv says Union of Concerned Scientists

Musikindustrie empfiehlt Eltern: Ohrfeigen gegen Filesharing -http://bit.ly/SZKXkD music industry in favour of child abuse, it seems

[RT] Linus Torvalds: Quellcode lese ich nicht mehr - http://bit.ly/Xcp2gJ v lively discussion in comments #linux

Israel and Twitter: Where does free speech end and violence begin? -http://bit.ly/UK2dKg now there's a big question...

RIAA Prefers Customers Who Buy A Little To Pirates Who Buy A Lot -http://bit.ly/T51HZJ what strange people

Focus su diritto d’autore e mondo digitale:licenze siae, fair use, creative commons il 19 Novembre a Roma - http://bit.ly/RGKS6c

EU Parliament, Scientists Press Governments To Boost Research Funding -http://bit.ly/T51YvSm be mad not to

Petition for transparency in the selection process for the new BBC boss -http://bit.ly/Xg0MdH great idea

McAlpine's solicitor warns long list of Twitter users to 'apologise or be sued' -http://bit.ly/TSSdQm trail-blazing stuff 

Electronic Versions Of Textbooks Spy On Students As They Read Them -http://bit.ly/SRmXiZ do we really think this is a good idea? #privacy

Earth Unplugged: #BBC Worldwide launches its first ever original-content#YouTube channel - http://tnw.co/ZXkrg9 the fusion continues

For China-based accelerator Haxlr8r, ‘hardware is the new software’ -http://tnw.co/U3Pp4L interesting move, interesting place

Brevet unitaire : réunion accélérée, inquiétudes accentuées -http://bit.ly/TNO5kc not good #eu (v @zoobab)

Hashima, the abandoned island - http://bit.ly/QM5lcI for #skyfall fans...

The Export of Charcoal: A Colossal Loss of Somali Forests -http://bit.ly/WePBR7 not something I'd heard about; depressing (v @africatechie)

[ENTREVISTA] Linus Torvalds: “cansei de ler código” (Parte 1) -http://bit.ly/RZcQvk that man again #linux

Patent Office, Perhaps Forgetting What Year It Is, Locks Down Mobile App Development Platforms - http://bit.ly/UKKana just bonkers

Anti-GM protests throughout Latin America - http://bit.ly/RHLI2z part of a larger wave?

More jobs at the #OKFN – Apply now! - http://bit.ly/PZl1YW what are you waiting for? #python #opendata

Introducing the CC Science Advisory Board - http://bit.ly/TUDbJV wonder what it will do?

Financing open projects - http://bit.ly/T61RjF important issue #blender

Letter from 14 Thai Civil Society Groups to Prime Minister Shinawatra Regarding Entry Into the #TPP Negotiations - http://bit.ly/UvuHXI #th

Former Creative Director at Wired Is Named Its New Editor -http://nyti.ms/T6FoUy hardly very wired, more weird...

UK Government amends justice bill to make concession on secret courts -http://bit.ly/ZIIn7N not enough: still illiberal & shameful

Recording Industry Rep Suggests Parents Should Slap Their Children To Stop Piracy - http://bit.ly/RZrDpX huh?


Friday, 16 November 2012

121115


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 121114 - http://bit.ly/SreZfY yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

When armies become media: Israel live-blogs and tweets an attack on Hamas -http://bit.ly/UFnPNx will become common

Air Force scraps massive #ERP project after racking up $1 billion in costs -http://bit.ly/ZODBET perhaps they should have used #opensource

Ballmer: Android Ecosystem Is Wild And Uncontrolled, Apple Is High Priced And Highly Controlled - http://tcrn.ch/XblLyc desperate or what?

China's love affair with England - http://bit.ly/Ur6n9h fascinating (v @ChinaBizWatch)

Cyanogenmod Domain situation has been resolved  - http://bit.ly/UHWvbQ well that's good #opensource

#Android crushes the competition in China as it passes 90% smartphone market share: Report - http://tnw.co/REws6A wow

Artist Creates Real Clouds Indoors [PICS] - http://on.mash.to/SOcTY4 nice: every home should have one

London at risk of 'catastrophic' legionnaires' outbreak, report says -http://bit.ly/QIgnQ5 scandalous negligence & inaction by authorities

Mountain gorilla numbers rise by 10% - http://bit.ly/SOdXLA welcome but fragile gains; kudos to all concerned

Why Australia walked away from investor state rights in trade deals - And why Canada should too - http://bit.ly/RZDSB3 be crazy not to

WIPO’s Broadcasting Treaty: Still Harmful, Still Unnecessary -http://bit.ly/TLb3Zn worrying that this absurd enclosure is still around

140 French scientists condemn double standards over #Seralini -http://bit.ly/Uran9J now this is interesting #gm

Europa-Abgeordneter Josef Weidenholzer über #CleanIT: “Terror-Abwehr nur ein Vorwand” - http://bit.ly/U1byAA well, obvs

Google engineers open source book scanner design - http://bit.ly/Srnacn great move

Recent Research Highlights Potential Of Open Access In Drug Discovery -http://bit.ly/PVRbnX hugely important avenue to explore

UK Supreme Court added to secret justice plans - http://bit.ly/TLf2Fu appalling - why isn't #liberty jumping up & down on this? (v @jmcest)

The oldest living tree tells all - http://bit.ly/XbvqF9 what a sad story

Calls for #Roche to release patient data on #Tamiflu - http://bit.ly/UrdWN6 if they won't, EU governments should sue them #opendata

Brussels reacts to Erdoğan’s support for death penalty - http://bit.ly/Qfqj3L"scandalous and provocative". quite #tr

The City as Network and #Commons - http://bit.ly/UreHWy "The sharing economy turns consumer culture on its head." yup

Google declares Flash is now ‘fully sandboxed’ in Chrome for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome OS - http://tnw.co/T2WaDb sensible

UAE toughens law on Internet dissent - http://reut.rs/TFYGvc "for anyone who derides or caricatures Gulf Arab country's rulers" </facepalm>

Samsung Replies to Apple's Defense of Jury Foreman's "Deliberate Dishonesty" - http://bit.ly/U1evBm could be fun

The 5 Ugliest #Apple Products Of All Time - http://bit.ly/UIbeTY a reminder that its taste is not infallible

Xi Jinping: 'big personality' taking charge in #China - http://bit.ly/RVPNkZ useful intro to intriguing chap; pity he still dyes his hair

What journal rank has to do with music, movies and restaurants -http://bit.ly/XIk0Yf good points #impactfactor

#EFSA's anniversary hit by protest over 'industry capture' of food safety -http://bit.ly/UIiDmk clearly well past its use-by date...

Weakening the #OA policy in the #EU - http://bit.ly/TGirTB important comments from @petersuber 

#Android really is the new #Windows - http://zd.net/SOMlG4 yup #linux

Linus Torvalds: Quellcode lese ich nicht mehr - http://bit.ly/Xcp2gJ this might sound familiar...  #linux

RT @YourAnonNews Dear @IDFSpokesperson, it would be wise of you to expect us.>>truly, this is the face of modern warfare (v @asteris)

We should be spending billions fighting BATHTUBS, not #terrorism -http://bit.ly/TMJ2km fab piece about evidence-based policymaking

#China unveils new #drones aimed at buyers in developing countries -http://bit.ly/ZQwgEC another significant milestone (v @schestowitz)

The Belief Genome: an #opensource technology startup - http://red.ht/SstEHPweird

Copie privée : les ayants droit rejettent toute idée de réforme -http://bit.ly/ZQEP2c fat-cats refuse to give up their cream - how odd #fr

Seal cull will not revive Canada's cod stocks, say scientists -http://bit.ly/RWbdhU amazing how animals punished for our stupidity #badgers

Unitary patent about to being rushed straight into the wall - http://bit.ly/T3u1M1email to MEPs might be a good idea (v @zoobab)#eu

BGH: Eltern haften nicht für Kinder (bei Filesharing) - http://bit.ly/T4NBbTsounds reasonable

The State of #Mozilla - http://bit.ly/SsMRsW the official review of activities (v @alias_eitel @netzpolitik)

University Of Washington's Defense Of Twitter Limits On Journalists More Ridiculous Than The Restrictions Themselves - http://bit.ly/ZB3bhs

Open Rights Group Applies To Defend Citizens Against Copyright Trolls -http://bit.ly/T4Q99U #consumerfocus passes on the torch

Spotify confirms beta launch of browser-based music app, currently only available to a “small number of users” - http://tnw.co/XcXzeT

Reinventing the Web - http://bit.ly/WaDfth hark: the lizard wrangler speaks...

WhereCamp XMas edition [Berlin] - http://bit.ly/QggYbQ #opengeodata meetup

.@doctorow Speaking in London on Nov 24 about the Snooper's Charter -http://bit.ly/PWD5Tp & I'm sure he'll do it well...

Time for #Palestine - http://bit.ly/RWl6MD epetition in support of its bid for #Unrecognition

Bugs Damaging #Monsanto Corn May Do Same to #Syngenta Crops -http://buswk.co/QghHKj gosh, what a surprise. not.

Global Integrity Scales With $2.0 Million Grant From Omidyar Network -http://bit.ly/SYafQ1 good news #transparency

Nature Publishing expands Creative Commons Attribution licence options -http://bit.ly/SsYQXy but only if you pay (v @teirdes)#oa #cc

OPenOil - http://bit.ly/Usc0UK "Current transparency & governance initiatives are necessary but not sufficient" interesting (v @netzpolitik)


Thursday, 15 November 2012

121114


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 121113 - http://bit.ly/RC91dX yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Industry gets away with miserable GMO trials - http://bit.ly/T0It7u this is the key issue: #GM products aren't properly tested

#China’s Xiaomi moves beyond smartphones with new $64 #Android set-top box - http://tnw.co/RTdjPu interesting move

RIAA: Pirates Are Bigger Music Fans Than Average Consumers -http://bit.ly/SLB6yr whoops, did they mean to say that?

Confused Irish Newspaper Editorial Argues That Search Engines Need To Pay Newspapers - http://bit.ly/TZ8XqS brazen cluelessness

French Company Building a Mobile Internet Just For Things -http://bit.ly/QcFk6g nice idea, but doomed unless they make it #opensource

#openaccess #opendata in Perth (AU). My talk on Open Scholarship (I). We must reclaim our scholarship - http://bit.ly/QcFuup oh yes

The Debate on How to Measure "#Openness" - http://bit.ly/X6RCjF important but difficult stuff #transparency

Will #Brazil's 'Anti-ACTA' Marco Civil Be Subverted By #Copyright Lobbyists At The Last Moment? - http://bit.ly/ZrAlzS frustrating stuff

Woman 'denied a termination' dies in hospital - http://bit.ly/W4oHv2 incredible: in ireland (v @czajkowski)#abortion

"leading Tories have launched an attack on the Climate Change Act" -http://bit.ly/W71rI7 shameful (v @superglaze)#energygate #uk

Tory MP running Corby campaign 'backed rival in anti-windfarm plot' -http://bit.ly/SLEKIv underhand: he should resign now #emergygate #uk

Comments on Seralini et al and on the criticisms - http://bit.ly/UogJqzinteresting points from retired zoologist #gm

Napster, Udacity, and the Academy - http://bit.ly/RTk2sT great piece about why openness & iteration will transform education #mooc (v @jjn1)

New Chip Is Next Step in 3D Gesture Control Phones -http://on.mash.to/T0Pu8l not sure how we'd use this, but I'm sure we'll find out

EU Court refuses FFII amicus curiae brief on #ACTA - http://bit.ly/W77Naz"citizens’ rights, but does not want to hear from citizens"

Health Scourge Hits #Greece - http://on.wsj.com/Zs7J9V #malaria's comeback: v worrrying (v @asteris @Melina_Spathari)

Watering down #OpenAccess in #EU (latest compromise) - http://bit.ly/W79Jjm#OA advocates, let's please get working on this 

Tory MP escapes discipline over anti-windfarm comments - http://bit.ly/SVhA2Lso much for cameron's "greenest gov" codswallop...

Canada prepares for drug patent concessions to clinch free-trade deal with EU -http://bit.ly/QddYgA more fool them (v @howardknopf)#ceta

Naxos English Song Series on Spotify - http://bit.ly/SM9QQa lots of gems, especially the finzi stuff

Israel threatens to overthrow Abbas over Palestinian statehood bid -http://bit.ly/SMaVHF my ironymeter just exploded

#Google vs. #Samsung - http://bit.ly/TIU5KT could samsung buy google? really fascinating graphs and analysis; recommended (v @czajkowski)

'Freiburg's frustration with IT caused anger over free software' -http://bit.ly/SMkEOn useful background to this crazy move

Brazil's Amazon rangers battle farmers' burning business logic -http://bit.ly/UoXuNx kudos to the unsung, poorly-paid heroes of #brazil

#Israeli air strike kills Hamas military chief Jabari - http://bbc.in/TZGXnc clearly trying to provoke palestinians ahead of UN vote

w4s - thoughts on making science work better - http://bit.ly/RXwPca interesting thoughts (v @phylogenomics)#openscience

Analysis: Argentine Court Clarifies What Patent Holders Can – And Cannot – Prohibit - http://bit.ly/Up0I3q interesting

#Mozilla's Big Comeback - http://bit.ly/QGxFgG seems to be firing on all cylinders these days: great to see #firefox #openweb

#Russia Blacklists Cultural Wiki Without Explanation, Site Just Moves To Circumvent Block - http://bit.ly/SVvOR2 bad stuff happening

Samsung: We Have No Intention of Settling With Apple Like HTC -http://on.mash.to/Qdvotx why should they? be crazy to...

Schulbuch-O-Mat: Plattform für freie Schulbücher sucht Crowdfunding -http://bit.ly/SogOdK €10.000 needed...

#ThreeStrikes Is Out? UK Judges Rule Internet Ban Is 'Unreasonable', Even For Sex Offenders - http://bit.ly/T1tNoN looks big news for the UK


Wednesday, 14 November 2012

121113


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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 121112 - http://bit.ly/TXfu5s yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Citizens offer damning assessment of EC - http://bit.ly/TCkwQo@NeelieKroesEU top of the class; the others must listen to public more #eu

EU-Überwachungsprojekt Indect: Die volle Kontrolle - http://bit.ly/Qa24Ux@DerSPIEGEL discovers #INDECT

UK Looking To Cement Its New Anti-Free Speech Reputation By Arresting Man For Posting Photo Of A Burning Poppy - http://bit.ly/RzzZmy

DIYbio at Manchester Science Festival 2012 - http://bit.ly/TXhCKC "applying the hacker ethic to the field of biology" 

Petraeus Case Shows FBI's Authority To Read Gmail, Other Email Services -http://huff.to/SJayxv what's really important here (v @trevortimm)

L'industrie du #copyright a tout compris à Internet (et des veaux qui le peuplent) - http://bit.ly/SJcztL sounds even better in french

#Spain Too Requires #RF for #OpenStandards - http://bit.ly/W0gOGY I missed this when it first came out; bad me 

FFII letter to European Court of Justice on #ACTA - http://bit.ly/TGa5NJ "not compatible with human rights treaties or European Treaties"

The Brain of Charles Babbage (1909) - http://bit.ly/SJf9zY warning: not a metaphor (v @gnat)

Erdogan Urges Restoring Death Penalty - http://bloom.bg/SShLf5 would be hugely retrogressive (v @MarietjeD66 @Marcvanderham)#tr

University Imposes 20-Tweet Limit On Live Events - http://bit.ly/TCtzRg"threatens to revoke the credentials of journalists who dare exceed"

Police accused of over-zealous reaction to poppy burning -http://bit.ly/SYzmUW shame on them: utterly absurd (v @raycorrigan)

European Multilingual Blogging Day 2012 - http://bit.ly/QDvRVx nice idea (v @NeelieKroesEU @euonymblog)

There's no way to stop children viewing porn in Starbucks - http://bit.ly/RzS584excellent debunking of stupid idea #censorship

RT @DaHammerstein EU Clinical Trial Regulation: we need full data not just summaries as EC proposes. #PharmaData >>#opendata now

Open-Source-Projekt Scotty gegen Netzzensur - http://bit.ly/Tzt4tP sounds interesting #censorship

Affen-Patent: Tierschützer legen Einspruch ein - http://bit.ly/T1qHSP shameful stuff #eu

Will The Next Secretary Of State Support Internet Freedom Or #SOPA? -http://bit.ly/RA2JeV good question

Five demands for change at #EFSA - http://bit.ly/UApdkm the pressure grows#transparency

Light by MooresCloud: Kickstarter for open, net-controllable lightshow and mood lighting - http://bit.ly/RA8yJq lamp with a LAMP stack – ha!

#Spain is a world leader in #OpenData. Says who? - http://bit.ly/SJL2s0 whoops - the #WebFoundation just blew its credibility here...sad

Michael Dell’s Grand Plan (Partners Included) - http://bit.ly/UAyE3i who? does anyone take #dell seriously these days?

Newcomer experience survey for #opensource communities -http://bit.ly/SZ2Im0 your input is requested

Interview: +Linus Torvalds  – I don't read code any more - http://bit.ly/SSTtl8because he no longer needs to #linux #diving

#google Transparency Report: Government requests on the rise -http://bit.ly/RAmmDH no surprise, but not good

From Open Government to Open Contracting - http://bit.ly/TGSGof trying to use open data to make a difference #transparency #ogov

Microsoft Loses Billions on Sinofsky’s Departure - http://on.mash.to/SJWzYjinteresting to see what "the markets" think...

Titan Claims #Supercomputing Crown - http://bit.ly/QaXk0V runs on something written on a DX33 MHz 386 PC in a bedroom... #linux

Google's Android finally earns respect with developers - http://reut.rs/W1Evyximportant shift (v @tim)

Italy floods prompt fears for future of farming - http://bit.ly/PSji7w "a clear pattern of #climatechange is emerging"


Tuesday, 13 November 2012

121112


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 121111 - http://bit.ly/TAZbH4 yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

International #OpenData Day – An Update - http://bit.ly/TE77t6 get planning

Department Of Homeland Security To Scan Payment Cards At Borders And Airports - http://bit.ly/SZBPQ5 yeah, course, why not...?

Tiny $57 PC is like the Raspberry Pi, but faster and fully open -http://bit.ly/WXCMMh competition is good

#Android based Aakash 2.0 launched, costs about approx $20 for students -http://bit.ly/SWxn3q wow, amazing; let's hope it happens

How The #Copyright Industry Drives a Big Brother Dystopia -http://bit.ly/XxplS9 why do we put up with this stuff?

#Cremona Holds #Torrone Festival - http://bit.ly/UCP3P5 for those with a sweet tooth - and a strong one...

[RT] Popcorn Maker 1.0 released - http://mzl.la/ZoFV5a "timeline-based video editing experience for the web" (v @nitot)#mozilla

NSA Outs Top-Secret Report That Missed the Future of Supercomputing -http://bit.ly/Xxqt8z especially missed the rise of #freesw #linux

Die Zukunft unserer digitalen Kultur - http://bit.ly/ZeanzZ hugely important issue (v @netzpolitik)

One man’s trash… - http://bit.ly/Q7TkhP a tale from bunnie huang, who mentions "#opensource quad-core #ARM laptop we’re building" (v @gnat)

Stop South Korea from killing whales before it's too late - http://bit.ly/WXHGZEcome on, #southkorea, stay in the civilised world, please..

Young Chinese reporter puts officials on the spot - http://yhoo.it/Zeeko3 whoa, kudos (v @Asher_Wolf)#china

1,740 Tons Of #Sludge: The New River Tunnel Inspection - http://bit.ly/SGTrwrer, fascinating... #london

#Encryption in Cloud Computing - http://bit.ly/UCRa5o "The problem is, it upsets cloud providers' business models"

Parliament reviews Microsoft Silverlight for Open Hansard platform -http://bit.ly/Ujromg open alternative long overdue here #openstandards

Meet The Patent Troll Suing Hundreds Of Companies For Encrypting Web Traffic - http://bit.ly/TVzqpt details of what's happening

UK's planned #copyright landgrab will spark US litigation 'firestorm' -http://bit.ly/ZfzCBJ a particularly ridiculous piece #hostageworks

London’s reliance on the tech scene is growing, think tank claims -http://bit.ly/T00TpZ so UK gov had start listening to it #copyright

New illegal EU-Morocco fish talks being pushed through - http://bit.ly/SfHtcElegitimacy, who needs it?

Google presses fair use case in book scanning appeal - http://bit.ly/SQq4bf fair use would be a good result, I think

GDP Undervalues Web-Based Free Goods - http://onforb.es/UjTKg5 "value of free Internet goods in 2011 was about $300 billion": important

Google Ad Revenue Now More Than U.S. Print Publications Combined -http://on.mash.to/T07hO4 says it all

Wikipedia’s for-profit cousin Wikia unveils its new Lightbox video player and a slew of syndication deals - http://tnw.co/UypyE6

Members of public asked to help tend Feynman’s Flowers -http://bit.ly/QBzYBH "use of the OKFN’s Pybossa tool, in a citizen science project"

Cyber crime will become the norm in 2013, Symantec warns -http://bit.ly/T08gO7 no vested interest whatsoever, of course...

Draconian Downloading Law In #Japan Goes Into Effect... Music Sales Drop -http://bit.ly/Tv6Okz condign punishment one might say...

Internet: Einfluss der großen Wissenschaftsmagazine sinkt -http://bit.ly/SHB5eM #openaccess FTW

Uno-Antrag von Abbas: Berlin sperrt sich gegen Aufwertung der Palästinenser -http://bit.ly/SX9QiQ oh, Israel runs #germany too...

IBM Patent Lawyer Says The Patent System Works Fine Because... Hey Look Over There! - http://bit.ly/Tv8o5Z big blue dinosaur...

Apache #OpenOffice seeks Quality Assurance volunteers - http://bit.ly/Tv91MRapply within

The new Acer #Chromebook - http://bit.ly/WZtRtQ very interesting pricing: $199#google

 EU to push for Protection of Bluefin Tuna, Marlin and Sharks -http://bit.ly/TW8LJ6 great; pity ICCAT is a bad joke

John McAfee Wanted for Murder - http://bit.ly/UyAktW crazy stuff

66% enterprise penetration, #SharePoint now brings in $2 billion annually for Microsoft - http://tnw.co/ZwntaV its most important product

#Brazil aims to clone endangered animals - http://bit.ly/Zwo78a bold

UK Newspaper Licencing Agency Says Musicians Need To Pay To Quote Reviews - http://bit.ly/UyBaak bonkers

Open Source Hardware Event - http://bit.ly/WZy14E 15 November 2012, London, 6.45pm


Monday, 12 November 2012

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 121110 - http://bit.ly/RQ5ys5 yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Many Chinese Intellectuals Are Silent Amid a Wave of Tibetan Self-Immolations - http://nyti.ms/W15khP helpful analysis (v @markmackinnon)

GM industry has tied the hands of governments and regulators -http://bit.ly/SUugsP the more we look, the worse it gets #EFSA

Does Apple’s HTC Agreement Indicate A Softening Of Its Approach To Patent Litigation? - http://tcrn.ch/W15QML no, confirms #HTC is a has-been

5 Good Android Tidings for the Holidays - http://bit.ly/TTo7xN upbeat assessment of #android

#Water companies pay little or no tax on huge profits - http://bit.ly/Uvwzpo yet another reason to re-nationalise, & run them as #commons

Kickstarter launches are up 50% in the last six months - http://bit.ly/TBWtTK"76,909, in the last six months"; impressive

Popcorn Maker 1.0 released – how it works - http://mzl.la/ZoFV5a "timeline-based video editing experience for the web" (v @nitot)#mozilla

Mozfest_11Nov_036 - http://bit.ly/Q5VAGg @paul_clarke sums up #mozfest

Metropolitan Police 'should clarify #drone position' - http://bbc.in/TCv3gs well, that's clearly a "yes", then... (v @schestowitz)

Kreml-Kampagne: Putin hetzt gegen das Web - http://bit.ly/Zq0fDp "geeignet zur Totalüberwachung des RuNet genannten russischen Cyberspaces"

NOM pledges to make Starbucks “pay” for support of marriage equality -http://bit.ly/RNtrCi petty, bigoted, vindictive much? (v @dangillmor)

Russian Pirates: From Copyright to Politics - http://bit.ly/RNuVwd useful background to a party that will have its work cut out (v @teirdes)

Women assault, cut hair of Christian woman on metro - http://bit.ly/WV6BNznot good: 3rd such incident in 2 months (v @MarietjeD66)#egypt

pic of the week - http://bit.ly/RNAmvi #London contrasts

Parliament to kill #snoopers’ charter - http://thetim.es/ZaSbam fab news, if confirmed (v @glynwintle)#uk