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

Ebay sale for two CD’s with some sort of database on them
… Ha ha ha ha ha

Merry Mithras

Data lost by HMRC

B3ta’s reaction to the HMRC data loss here

More serious reactions from ORG
… and Professor Ross Anderson, which is particularly worth reading.

Facebook is causing a different privacy row
… Channel 4 has a take on it too

Spheres of Chaos now free

Criminal Profiling – Just Cold Reading Tricks?

The history of Nokia mobile phones

iPhone first night: a flop in the UK
… makes me proud to be British again ;).
… more from Idiot Toys

Government Ignores Personal Medical Security

Ballad of Beatrice Guessie
… sometimes one can’t help but come to the conclusion that we are ‘ruled’ by scum.

Bike sex man placed on probation