I was sad to discover that photos belonging to both Violet and I are being reproduced without our permission at ‘photo encyclopedia’ Fotopedia. I’m a…
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BitCoin I’ve spent the last few months researching BitCoin, which for those who don’t know is a p2p currency system that is (sort of) de-centralized…
2 CommentsMaggie Brown asks in the Guardian today ‘whether the BBC has become too affraid to take risks?‘. Her piece focuses around the dreaded “BBC Editorial…
One CommentGenetic testing startup 23andMe is running a ‘1-day sale’ that removes their normal up-front testing fee of $199. The catch- you have to agree to…
2 CommentsBill Schneier has highlighted two types of fraud currently occuring on the Amazon Kindle Marketplace due to lax copyright enforcement. The first type of fraud…
One CommentIt was interesting to read tonight that Microsoft’s chief research and strategy officer, Craig Mundie, isn’t sure whether there is a long term future for…
2 CommentsWhen I logged into the ‘free‘ airport wifi at Calgary airport a few moths back I was in invited to either give “BOLDstreet Wireless” permission…
One CommentEver since the first RSS feeds were published there have been the issue of nasty, spammy people sucking up those RSS feeds and reposting the…
4 CommentsBack in October 2010 the BBC announced that BBC Backstage – the developer platform and open data project I had created with Tom Loosemore and…
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