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Spain legalise copyright infringement!

Essentially, they're adding a copyright licence in the form of a tax on blank media "including flash memory sticks, blank cd and dvd-rs, even mobile phones and printers", which will be given to the co...

The McFarlane Prize

I only met him once at the 2004 Open Source Developers' Conference, and from that brief encounter and hearing what other have to say about him, I think this is a great tribute. Nominations end on Augu...

Fjax

I found this new, thing, this morning. It's called [Fjax](http://www.fjax.net/) and is touted as being "an open, lightweight, cross-browser methodology for Ajax-style web 2.0 development". (Note to se...

Amnesty International Advertising Campaign

[See the photos here](http://blogger.xs4all.nl/marcg/archive/2006/05/31/96850.aspx).

Don't abandon consumer and competition interests

### Linux Australia Urges the Federal Govt. Not to Abandon Consumer and Competition Interests

Shame on you!

Should I reconsider my privacy stance?

On the other hand, I have been known to lapse. I don't have unique password for every situation (I remember about 10 to 15 passwords but use hundreds of services).

Rant2.0

A job posting I just saw:

Isuzu Gemini

<http://www.steelcitysfinest.com/Isuzu.htm>

Privacy Law Goes Too Far - My Counter Offer

And all anyone needs to say is that it's "likely to assist \[in obtaining intelligence\] related to security". Vague enough for any politician's conscience.

Password Analyser

Patent Pending

As I'm off on a bit of a trip at the end of this year, I thought I'd sign up and get a feel for it. I signed up (painless process) and clicked on the Create a Trip Journal link, only to notice a "pate...