This qualifies as my favourite April’s Fools yet. UK e-commerce game retailer Gamestation has modified their Terms and Conditions to include the following clause: “By placing an order via this web site on the first day of the fourth month of the year 2010 Anno Domini, you agree to grant Read more…
[Warning, uninteresting details about the inner life of a blog to follow] Habitual readers may have noticed that the site was down for just over two days. Having a hosted WordPress site allows one the freedom to configure a blog in ways that some ready-made services such as Blogger simply Read more…
There are some things in life that are so wrong at every level that as soon as they see the light of day deserve a big fat “FAIL” caption. That “Mission Accomplished” banner. Boy bands. Any movie bearing the words “A Film by Michael Bay”. Misplaced CCTV cameras. The latest Read more…
(Via Jordan Hatcher) What are the rules with regards to contract formation through email? When exactly is a contract concluded if the negotiators have not disclosed the terms and conditions clearly? The case of Baillie Estates Ltd v Du Pont (UK) Ltd helps to elucidate some of these questions. The Read more…
I have always had a love/hate relationship with email… I love to hate it. This always comes as a surprise to people, who assume that techies are all in love with messaging and gadgetry. The truth is that I have always had bad Inbox practices, and after a sabbatical year Read more…
What better way to kick-start the internet after Easter break than a good old cyber-censorship row? All the ingredients are there: giant e-commerce company with large share of the market, gays, religion, porn, erotica, geeks, twitter… mix and watch the blogosphere and the twitterverse go “Kablooey!” During the weekend I Read more…
Mathias Klang has posted about an interesting development in the increasing complex interaction between the real and the virtual worlds. Swedish game developer MindArk has been granted a banking licence by Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority. MindArk are known for developing and managing the remarkable Entropia Universe, which is the “first Read more…
Finally! The DRM-free revolution has crossed the Atlantic, and Amazon’s UK site will now offer files without pesky technological protection measures in their brand new MP3 store. iTunes began the revolution with the inception of the iTunes Plus store, but I have noticed that the choice of music has not Read more…
(via panGloss, The Register and Out-Law) Roll back the time to 1999. The internet was relatively new, electronic commerce was still a buzz-word, and everybody was talking about electronic cash, virtual currency and Mondex. In the future we would have relinquished our reliance on paper money, and we would be Read more…
I still remember how we looked at the Internet in the early days, and how many of us thought that it could never be regulated. Years later, a large firewall and a rather effective gambling ban have proved us wrong. This is why I keep reading every year JPB’s Declaration Read more…