Tuesday, February 23, 2010

23-Feb-2010 PM clippings

Enjoy:

Leaked ACTA texts confirm that a draconian crackdown on ISPs and guilt by accusation laws are still part of the plan:
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/21/acta-internet-enforc.html

Craig Barth, a critic of Microsoft and origin of the "report" that Windows 7 ran out of RAM, turns out to be an IDG journalist's alias:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10457226-92.html

Telecom's chief technical officer, Frank Mount, resigns over the Telecom NZ XT network failures. The network failed again last night:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10627972

Engadget's 2009 Gadget Awards are out, with the Motorola Droid picking up a lot of the prizes:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/the-winners-of-the-2009-engadget-awards/

Google to stop working on Google Gears, concentrating on HTML5 instead:
http://mashable.com/2010/02/20/google-gears-rip/

Online laser cutting service provider Ponoko branches out into Europe with a deal in Germany. Formulor will cut objects for the EU:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/3358145/Ponokos-software-reaches-Europe-design-market

And finally. The UK's Science & Techonology Select Committee recommends a complete withdrawal of hopeopathy funding:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2010/feb/22/mps-verdict-homeopathy-useless-unethical

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