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In an interview with the Wall Street Journal recently, Google's Eric Schmidt suggested that teens will automatically change their name in order to disassociate themselves from the indiscretions of youth. While this might seem to be a somewhat extreme action to take, how easy is it to actually change your name? If you live in the UK, it's actually very easy.
On July 23, 2010, CNN anchors Kyra Phillips and John Roberts discussed on air the idea that bloggers should be somehow “held accountable” or perhaps regulated in some way. Here's the video of that exchange. It’s no secret that CNN and other so-called mainstream media outlets, both broadcast and print, have had for some time now an ongoing loss of
According to La Quadrature du Net and based on both official and leaked documents, secret trade negotiations for ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) by the EU Presidency includes negotiating criminal penalties for counterfeiters and copyright-infringers, bypassing the normal legislative system and significantly increasing the scope of "trade agreements". My understanding is that within the UK counterfeiting goods and copyright infringment are generally considered to
From the beginning of July, a 1 Mbit/s Internet connection will become a universal service in Finland. Simply, this means that anyone who wants an Internet connection must be provided with one at a reasonable price by one of the 26 telecom operators. This makes Finland the first country in the world to make Internet access a basic right and
Lord Lester has introduced a Defamation Bill to the UK Parliament in order to clarify aspects of the the law regarding libel and slander. One of its intents appears to be to clear up the current gray area for ISPs and forum owners with regard to defamatory postings and their responsibilities. (This has been brought as a private member's bill,
*NOTE* Upon publishing this piece, another rumor had sprung up that Gizmodo paid $10,000 to gain access to the next generation iPhone. There is one thing that really gets my goat when I read the news section - The inundation of "Rumors". One person says the right words on the right blog and everyone jumps on; Next thing you know, multiple articles
Britain has some of the most draconian security laws of the "free" world. Many of these laws are brought in under the guise of fighting terrorism and paedophiles (which are always guaranteed vote winners) and of course, if you've nothing to hide, you've nothing to worry about. Unless you're an schizophrenic amateur scientist with a distrust of the authorities and you