So, it’s not looking to good for Ken is it? The Londoners amongst us might have Boris as Mayor in about 8hrs time. Thoughts anyone?
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connie
Slideshare, the presentation sharing site, is unavailable and apparently under attack by Chinese hackers. See: Slideshare blog and TechCrunch coverage. There is a question about who is behind this and why this would be happening in light of the upcoming Olympics in Beijing. Thanks to Slideshare team member Arun in New Delhi who updated me via Twitter.
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neilstewart
An interesting site has launched in the US. Called Govit, it’s a kind of social networking site for politics and legislation, allowing citizens to discuss and vote on legislation, and compare their votes with their elected representatives. (via Read/Write Web)
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neilstewart
A bit off-topic, perhaps, but Martin Amis has received the smackdown he has long been asking for in the NY Times yesterday.
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neilstewart
Here’s an article from Slate on some of the undemocratic features of web 2.0, and in particular the ever-controversial Wikipedia and Digg.
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neilstewart
The Open Rights Group reports on the second reading of a Private Members Bill that will extend copyright terms to a whopping 95 years. The ORG urges people to write to their MPs to protest against this.
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neilstewart
Lawrence Lessig is delivering the Society for Computers and Law lecture this year, on Corruption 2.0 (hat tip to Binary Law)
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neilstewart
With the presidential nomination race reaching its climax, here is a nice map from the BBC detailing the contest state by state.
