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Government of any color will never learn – they’re not interested enough in the Internet and its technology to really understand the futility of this at a technical level. Yesterday’s announcement verifying the Australian Federal Government will be mandatorily requiring ISPs to filter the nastiness from the ‘Net is plain and simple stupidity. [...]
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In a move that warms my heart and gives me a little confidence in the legal system as it pertains to technology, a California judge has dismissed with penalties a case brought against Google based on the complainant, KinderStart, being unhappy with the ranking Google gave them.
Read the article for more cockle-warming information.
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I hate to sound cynical, but my feeling is that unless you’re very lucky with your clients or happen to work somewhere where creativity is the incumbent mindset (tell me where, please), you’ll hear these words far too often.
It’s tragically the case that through conservatism, politics, risk aversion, territorialism, or sheer pig-headedness, the instinct to [...]
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If you’re a coder/developer of any sort, you MUST read The Daily WTF. Often funny, always producing those moments of "I can’t believe they did that… No, wait a minute. Yes I can."
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Soundbuzz is an Australian (I think) online music store. It would appear that their aim in life is to alienate as many potential customers as possible, with this idiotic approach to browser limitation. To quote:
Thank You for visiting the Soundbuzz Music Store,
! We have detected that the browser you are using is not [...]
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Aaaaaaaaah! Look what they’ve done to The Magic Roundabout!
Hollywood (and the Weinsteins) have a lot to answer for.
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Nice.
http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=174400748
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Check this! I was trying to get a look at the web site for the new show Weeds (actual site here, but apparently I’m not allowed to look at it), as I’ve read a few good things about it. But apparently, Showtime US deems us antipodean types as not a suitable audience for [...]
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Clay Shirky has told boingboing a tale which clearly illustrates the brokenness of copyright laws in the developed world.
These effects and others akin to them, created by the bloody-minded enforcement of stupid laws, are the reason so many applications are broken or crippled, why grannies and little kids get sued by the RIAA for file-sharing [...]
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