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Stephen Fry chucks cash at hopeless browser plugin
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Stephen Fry’s reputation as a technology expert has taken another dent. The ubiquitous luvvie has invested in Pushnote, a commenting system for websites. “Makes the web one big democratic comment platform,” Fry tweeted. It’s actually a social network – but one that’s parasitic on other sites. There’s just one catch. … Read More
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Personalised power cuts and pricey meat: Grey Britain in 2030
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One of the few surviving cows gives its opinion of the Climate Change Act It’s full steam ahead for a low carbon Britain, the UK Committee on Climate Change says in its fourth report [1], published today. The CCC is the Government’s primary advisory panel on cutting CO2 and was established in the 2008 Climate…
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Theft scribe picked for Intellectual Property review
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Five advisers have been appointed to Ian Hargreaves’ review into intellectual property growth, the IPO announced yesterday. Two of the choices may cause consternation among creators’ rights representatives. One is Scottish legal academic James Boyle, founding board member of Creative Commons, and co-author of two rabble-rousing comic books. One portrays Lawrence Lessig as the Statue…
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Wikileaks pay to play? – Cryptome
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Wikileaks has always been a commercial enterprise hiding behind a narcissistic “public interest” PR, says Cryptome operator John Young in a scathing critique of the site. Whistleblower site Cryptome began publishing documents in 1996, incurring the wrath of UK and US governments. The archive endures. Young was invited to be the “public face” of Wikileaks…