Hacker SpacesHacker Spaces
When in California last year I visited the NoiseBridge [1] Hackerspace. I was very impressed with what I saw, good equipment and very friendly people. The general concept of a[...]
Category: Liberty
How to Lose CustomersHow to Lose Customers
Bruce Everiss who is famous for being threatened with legal action by Evony has been writing about the supposed losses from game piracy, in his latest missive he copies the[...]
Three MonopolistsThree Monopolists
Three This afternoon I tried to unlock my old Three mobile phones for the purpose of getting cheap net access as described in my previous post [1]. I wanted to[...]
Which is Better, Original DVD or Pirate MP4?Which is Better, Original DVD or Pirate MP4?
For a long time it has been obvious that in all cases anti-piracy technologies discourage purchases and in many cases encourage piracy. I first discovered the significance of this in[...]
US Border SecurityUS Border Security
Making Light has a post about the Canadian sci-fi author Peter Watts who was beaten and jailed overnight without access to a lawyer by US border guards because he asked[...]
New RFID PassportNew RFID Passport
Above is the picture of the RFID device in my new UK passport. The outer wire loop is 72mm * 42mm which is by far the largest RFID device I’ve[...]
Who Should Edit Wikipedia and Where Should they Do It?Who Should Edit Wikipedia and Where Should they Do It?
Cory Doctorow wrote an interesting little column for Make magazine about Wikipedia and the way that it “contains facts about facts” [1]. One of the issues with this is that[...]
Computer Security and Political CensorshipComputer Security and Political Censorship
I’ve just been disappointed to read about the DNI (Defence in the National Interest) web site closing down [1]. The final blog post says “In the meantime, I’ll leave everything[...]
Mobile Phones Are ComputersMobile Phones Are Computers
One thing I noticed when I got my new LG U990 Viewty [1] mobile phone is the way the core telephony functionality has suffered while features for web browsing etc[...]
Gnash and use of Free SoftwareGnash and use of Free Software
There is currently a discussion on a private mailing list about whether some money from a community organisation should be used to assist the development of Gnash (the free software[...]