Many many moons ago I was a student. I was doing a research postgraduate degree in the University of Limerick. A lot of my friends at the time were in academia. Most of them were also doing research. So I have an understanding of how academic research works. Fraudulently misrepresenting yourself is not acceptable in any academic context that I'm aware of. In fact many … [Read more...] about Don’t Treat People (or Businesses) Like Lab Rats Princeton
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Google’s Answer To Privacy
The following video is absolutely hilarious.However, there is, unfortunately, an underlying issue, which the video manages to highlight. Nice to see parody is still alive and well in 2009!Google Opt Out Feature Lets Users Protect Privacy By Moving To Remote Village … [Read more...] about Google’s Answer To Privacy
Do You Care About Your Privacy?
ICANN is currently going through a complicated process in order to introduce more domain extensions (the bit after the ".")While the launch of new TLDs is something that a lot of people will welcome it is not without its issues.One of the areas that has been receiving quite a bit of attention is in relation to intellectual property rights.So what has this got to do with … [Read more...] about Do You Care About Your Privacy?
Music Labels vs ISPs
I finally posted the letter we received from the music labels' solicitors over on the company blog.I had been meaning to do so for a few days, but I was waiting to see if the ISPAI membership could agree on a response. … [Read more...] about Music Labels vs ISPs
Irish Green Party Are Spamming Idiots
Image by just.Luc via FlickrI hate spam. It's a tactic used by lazy uninventive scumbags.I don't like politicians that much and consider most of them to be seriously overpaid.So when I got hit with a spam from the Irish Green Party today to my personal email address I saw red.Here's the spam itself (screenshot with personal details removed):I love the way they wanted to "be … [Read more...] about Irish Green Party Are Spamming Idiots