TCSOTD 2008-01-24
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.
TCSOTD 2007-11-21
Ebay sale for two CD’s with some sort of database on them
... Ha ha ha ha ha
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
TCSOTD 2007-11-15
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.