Category: Stories
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Parody is illegal, say barmy bureaucrats
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The IPO chose Office Party Friday last week to unveil 15 more proposals on intellectual property reform. This is traditionally the most alcoholic workday of the year – and ministers might need another stiff drink as they digest the surprises that ideologically fanatical bureaucrats have been preparing for them. Among the proposals is the…
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UltraViolet: Hollywood’s giant digital gamble
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Hollywood’s big plan to update the industry for the digital era – UltraViolet – comes to the UK on 26 December, the consortium behind it has revealed. It will be an inauspicious start, represented by just one new movie release, but there’s no mistaking the ambition of the project. Three years in the planning, UV…
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Microsoft’s futurologists virtualise the poor
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The poor will still be with us in the future, according to a futuristic video by Microsoft’s Office Labs team – but at least technology will be able to keep our distance from them.… Read More