Toblog

Techdirt on that Last.fm announcement

Scotland Yard to investigate Tony Blair and Peter Goldsmith for war crimes

Ross Anderson asks: ‘is the Financial Ombudsman losing it?’

Unshredding East Germany’s past

Rogue trader to cost SocGen $7bn

Chicken Backup’s excellent post on the new Anti-Terrorism bill
... I have to include this quote from Jacqui Smith:

It won’t be hypothetical if and when it occurs, that’s precisely the point. We are not legislating now on the basis that we’re bringing it in now for something that might happen in the future. We’re putting in a provision for if it becomes unhypothetical. If unfortunately I and many other experts and right and we do need it in the future it is in place in legislation.

Just. Unbelievable.

Peter Hain Resigns

I’m sure that comparisons between Iraq and Vietnam were, at one point, considered bad by the Republicans.

Wasn’t the war president buzzword bingo that Bush regaled us with yesterday odd, then?

The Boston Globe mentions this oddity too.

California Voting Machine Audit Results
... am a bit late on this one but the results aren’t good if you are a voting machine manufacturer.

Teachers in websites closure call
... [11:44] Frank Chalk’s sane take on it

Apple takes flak as AT&T drops iPhone bomb

Vote to send the Spice Girls to Iraq

Alan Johnston is released

BMA votes for non co-operation on central records

Could the London property market be cooling?

UK Gov boots intelligent design back into ‘religious’ margins

US Airport fingerprint program expanding
... even more reason not to go

A little reminder of the utter tosh that Blair talked

John Smeaton – Hero For Our Time

Neuroimaging Britishness

The Vacuum Tube iPod Dock

Arresting a six year old for throwing tantrum

Only 244 copies of Genuine Vista sold in China
... being slashdotted at the moment.

Canberra row over UK envoy remark
... ’”We have never seen Iraq as part of the war on terrorism,” she said.’

Thunderbird 2 is out

Pictures and rumoured details of new SE P700i smartphone

UK crematoria eye heavyweight incinerators

Contributors to today’s TCSOTD: Ben

City Unslicker’s take on the recent fun on the markets

Sign to support academic freedom in Iraq

NHS Blog Doctor on the Private Eye’s NHS IT report

Iraq Dossier – The Facts
... a first draft of the dossier is apparently to be published tomorrow in the New Statesman.

Alien technology the best hope to ‘save our planet:’ ex-defence boss

The Register analysis of The Blair ID Card Email
... “Blair adds whole UK to police suspect list”

Police question Blair aide again
... strange that this has been trailed and announced since then.

Is your cellphone bugged?

Romano Prodi ‘to submit resignation’

Weddings at lowest ever level

Dr Petra Boynton on the report about the sexualisation of young girls

Bilmon’s Iraq retrospective

A rather wonderful Christmas film trailer

History of Religion in 90 seconds

US Gift Buyer’s buying up Bush’s Last Day gifts for Christmas

Mum sues over ruined nude photos

Free pint of Guinness at O’Neill’s pubs

Comment on That Margaret Beckett Today interview
... More here: Stand down Margaret
... “45 Minutes?” ”...that was a statement that was made once and it was thought to be of such little relevance…”

Iraq coalition casualties passes 25,000
... it’s links like that that make me question the wisdom of putting the ‘C’ in TCSOTD

The logic of South West Trains dot matrix displays

Photos of Hail and Lightening

World’s tallest man saves dolphin

Blair questioned by police in Cash for Honours probe
... not under caution though

Coolest psychology experiment… ever?

Potassium: ‘a store that [shows] that good design can be ethical, beautiful, luxurious and ecological’

The curse of Tony Blair

FDA confirms salad evil

Things you can’t do in a London park