The British library has recently made some proposals about copyright law in the UK. Their basic argument, that the law should recognise explicitly the principle of ‘fair use’, even in the digital age, is sensible and just.
As the security weblog that brought this to my attention notes, you really couldn’t make this story up.
Apple have released updates to patch a security vulnerability that may, or may not, have been exposed in their drivers last month. Further information is available here and elsewhere on the net. At any rate, update your software.
This piece in the Independent discusses the changes in the civil liberties enjoyed in Britain over the last nine years. It was linked to from this satirical poem that appeared on the website of one of the 7/7 terror attack survivors.
It costs £35,000 to keep a prisoner locked up for a year. It costs £30,000 to keep some bowel-cancer sufferers alive for a similar period. The latter price has been deemed too great.
If you live life in the public eye, it’s best not to be rude to Telegraph journalists - especially those with Blogs.
The universe likes to keep itself in balance, and to make up for the large number of technology-related posts found on this weblog, PDW has been drawn to write this history-related post.
The change in calendar is a constant pain for historians working before the changeover, and especially for those working after the change. [...]
It is almost impossible to watch American television without seeing an advertisement for some service related to identity theft. A growing issue in Britain, it is already a pressing issue in America. Years of abuse of the Social Security Number, and poor data protection laws - leading to a large and largely legal [...]
The NHS
Nick Robinson muses on the history of Labour NHS policy since 1997.