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Thursday's Link Roundup on April 2nd
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Thursday's Link Roundup on April 2nd

The ACTA Timeline (or Everything You Need To Know About ACTA But Your Government Won't Tell You) This legislation appears to be the work of bureaucrats withoutFree...

JavaOne Bloggers Beer?
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JavaOne Bloggers Beer?

Anyone reading this coming to JavaOne and wanting me to arrange the usual Bloggers & Beer evening? Comment below! Oh, and remember early registration ends April...

Manchester, Olso, San Francisco - Upcoming Gigs
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Manchester, Olso, San Francisco - Upcoming Gigs

I've got some speaking engagements coming up, two of them free of charge. This Wednesday I'll be at Manchester United FC delivering the opening keynote at the Local...

Sunday Link Selection on March 29
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Sunday Link Selection on March 29

I've finally reached home again after two weeks of travel in the US and Europe; here are a few links to celebrate.Waiting for the Barbarians by C. P. Cavafy "Now...

Twilight Zone Over
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Twilight Zone Over

That's it - Europe is now messing with the clock too, so the usual northern hemisphere time-zone spacings are back in place and the Twilight Zone is ended. Now...

Forcing Dutch procurement to be transparent
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Forcing Dutch procurement to be transparent

You may remember last September I published an interview with crusading Dutch IT journalist Brenno de Winter. During our meeting, we discussed the sorry state of...

Document Freedom Day 2009
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Document Freedom Day 2009

Today is Document Freedom Day, the second year it's been celebrated. We have a great opportunity in front of us this year. With Microsoft promising to support...

Link Catchup on March 25th
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Link Catchup on March 25th

Apologies for the break in transmissions; the calendar has been completely full for the last week or so. Obama's Gift To British Prime Minister Rendered Useless...

Saturday Link Roundup on March 14th
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Saturday Link Roundup on March 14th

THRU YOU - Kutiman mixes YouTube This is jaw-droppingly awesome. And impossible to achieve legally without Creative Commons everywhere.Plucky Brits win battle of...

Friday link roundup on March 13
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Friday link roundup on March 13

USDOJ: OPA: Publicly Distributed Documents The documents themselves are fascinating, but the fact they are being made available (at least initially) as PDFs ofIBM...

Wednesday links on March 11
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Wednesday links on March 11

Lantana: Caroline Herring Flawless, dark, American folk music delivered with cool precision. One of my picks of SXSW this year.New York: Tax break for open source...

Weekend Link Roundup, Sunday March 8th
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Weekend Link Roundup, Sunday March 8th

B-Live Share and Groove Armada Clever viral marketing campaign rewards you with free music if you recruit your friends to Bacardi's marketing site. Yes, that link...

Twilight Zone
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Twilight Zone

Just a reminder to everyone I have calls with that Summer Time (Daylight Savings) starts in Europe on the last Sunday of March and not today like it did in the...

Link Roundup on March 6
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Link Roundup on March 6

Mozilla and CyberMentors "The Internet is full of bullies, not predators" - This looks like a great way to do something practical to protect young people on the...

Sunday Links on March 1st
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Sunday Links on March 1st

OpenOffice.org User Survey 2009 Great sign that the developers know they aren't the only users of their software! Please take the survey and let the developersBig...

Link round-up for 26th & 27th February
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Link round-up for 26th & 27th February

Music industry's Irish ISP shakedown letter leaked This is the way things work these days. The Irish music industry association IRMA is afraid to sue its customers...

See you at CeBIT?
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See you at CeBIT?

Next week is CeBIT, the monster IT trade show that has outlived COMDEX and all the others. Held in Hannover in Germany, it is an exhibition of staggering proportions...

Link roundup to February 26
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Link roundup to February 26

2009 Elections at OpenSolaris.org Take a good look at the dates, then consider if you should be a candidate. And please read the new, simplified Constitution and...

Responding to Canada
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Responding to Canada

It seems the Government Open Source Tipping Point (GOSTiP, as all government things need an acronym) is proceeding apace as national government after national government...

UK Government Endorses Open Source and ODF
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UK Government Endorses Open Source and ODF

Late today (UK time), the British Government issued a bold new strategy for use of open source software - and open standards - in Great Britain. In Open Source,...
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