Mathias Klang has introduced me to the social network site Academia.edu, and I liked it so much that I thought I would share it here. This website brings together academics and classifies them by university, department and research interest. I Read more
(Via Colin Miller) NCSoft, the producers of virtual worlds such as Lineage, City of Heroes and Guild Wars has been sued by virtual platform developer Worlds.com, which holds several patents on 3D environments. Back in December, Terra Nova had reported Read more
In the history of bad ideas and misguided Internet regulation, I do not think that I have come across something as ludicrous as the latest proposal from the Rt Hon Andy Burnham (Labour – Leigh), the Secretary of State for Read more
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The BBC is reporting that there is a new fatal flaw with Internet Explorer that allows hackers to gain access to a computer and steal passwords. In other news water is wet, politicians lie and Windows Vista is a huge Read more
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Here are a couple of videos explaining Science Commons and Neurocommons: And…
Today Britons have woken up to the fact that they are also browsing the Internet behind a firewall similar in some ways to the much maligned Great Firewall of China. Every news outlet is reporting that Wikipedia has been censored Read more
Habitual and casual readers may have noticed my love of all things piratical. I’ve been a fan of pirates way before Johnny Depp donned the colourful bandanna and tricorn hat, mostly thanks to the great novel On Stranger Tides by Read more
Finally! The DRM-free revolution has crossed the Atlantic, and Amazon’s UK site will now offer files without pesky technological protection measures in their brand new MP3 store. iTunes began the revolution with the inception of the iTunes Plus store, but Read more