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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
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? Is Windows to blame for viruses?
A historical post, for a change. A comment on a mailing list tonight – that something was “rather like blaming Windows for getting viruses” –
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IPEG-SA Announces Tapeworm Licensing
Following news that MPEG-LA have generously offered to sell patent licenses to implementers of the latest 3D-capable video standard, MVC, the world’s tapeworms...
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? A Tax Whose Time Has Come
Dubbed “the world’s most popular new tax”, this proposal has gathered an amazing breadth of support globally, including world political and business leaders. It...
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LibreOffice Matures
Now finally and firmly established as an independent entity, The Document Foundation and LibreOffice are a refreshing story of community triumphing over adversity...
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? LibreOffice Video
Loved this new video that introduces LibreOffice in an easy and understandable way. It would be great to have some more LibreOffice videos like this and I know...
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? Eric Whitacre
Back in December I mentioned that Eric Whitacre’s wonderful choral album “Light and Gold” [Amazon UK | Amazon US] had been nominated for a Grammy award. Well …...
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? Sarah Jarosz
This performance by 20-year-old Sarah Jarosz is completely magical. She’s supported by Alison Krauss and Jerry Douglas but there’s no missing her star quality....
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Eolas Verdict A Hollow Victory
With news breaking that apparently Eolas decade-plus attempt to tax innovation on the internet is finally over, I look at the context and find myself lacking reassurance...
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How To Fight ACTA
Now that the US bills SOPA and PIPA have been put on ice, attention has returned to their parent, an international treaty called ACTA. I’ve written extensively...
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? Help OSI Transform
As I explained at FOSDEM (blog post coming!), the Open Source Initiative is switching to a member-led governance. For that, it will need members. The OSI Board...
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? Patents and Innovation
An interview with a pharmaceutical industry analyst on the BBC today illustrated a key point about patents and reminds us they are about stimulating, not rewarding...
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ACTA
Are the European Commission just trying to provoke us? Having seen the depth of feeling over SOPA and PIPA, you would expect the European Commission to regard ACTA...
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? ebooks
Digital books are loaned, not sold, so why aren’t they described that way? There’s a big market for digital books, but I think they’re being sold badly, almost...
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Mozilla peut-elle apporter l
La nouvelle licence open-source de Mozilla est bien plus qu
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Insecurity By Obscurity
I was so shocked by the way Symantec has left its customers to twist in the wind for five years I had to write down some serious questions about their
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OSI Reform at FOSDEM
I was interviewed about my upcoming FOSDEM keynote and gave this concise summary of the background to the changes I’m working on with the Board of the Open Source...
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Back To The Library?
There’s a big market for digital books, but I think they’re being sold badly.
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