There has now been a result in a WTO dispute between Antigua and Barbuda and the United States regarding restrictions to online gambling. The two Caribbean countries brought the dispute against the United States because they claimed that its restrictions towards online gambling included in three pieces of legislation (the Read more…
I have just returned from sunny Belfast, where this year’s BILETA Conference was held (BILETA is the British and Irish Legal, Education and Technology Association). I must say that this was an excellent conference, very good quality of papers all around, with enough discussion in most of the sessions. I Read more…
Johnnie Cochran died last week. He may be better known as one of the defense attorneys in the OJ simpson trial, but he has a much larger claim to internet fame: he is the inspiration for the Chewbacca Defense, which is used (and abused) in internet forums (and universitites) around Read more…
This is an interesting bit in the BBC technology section, which tells us that the lawsuits against the largest spammer in the world are actually working. Many companies, including Microsoft, have sued Scott Richter, the Spam King, and he is under so much pressure that he has had to declare Read more…
Professor Lessig gave a lecture yesterday as part of a panel organised by the AHRB Centre for the Edinburgh Science Festival. Yours Truly had the pleasure of participating in the panel, well, actually I just sat there and gazed at the brilliant, entertaining and slick presentation. Lessig has created his Read more…
Another April’s Fools has come and gone. What is the verdict? Some good jokes out there, some sophisticated ones, some simply surreal. The most widely circulated is Google Gulp, where the search engine goes into the soft drink market. Then we have a useful item that tells us that technology Read more…
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) now has more than 1500 peer-reviewed open access journals. This is an impressive number, which is a great witness as to the vibrancy and power of the open access ideals. The main success of OA is that it empowers authors, who will usually Read more…
I have been playing City of Heroes for a couple of days, and I wanted to make a comment about the ongoing case between Marvel Comics and NCSoft, the distributors of CoH. The world of CoH is great, vast and fast-paced action makes it an addictive environment. I spent last Read more…
Lack of updates. Yes, hmmmm… This is due to many different things. There is Easter, and then there is the fact that the World Model United Nations is in town, and then I am doing some research into MMORPGs. If anybody plays City of Heroes, keep an eye out for Read more…
Yahoo is now offering a search engine that looks for content bearing Creative Commons licences. This is a great source of reuseable content, and it is nice to see search engines embracing Creative Commons ideals, although it must be said that this may just be part of Yahoo’s fight against Read more…