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Man’s man Tom Cruise is serious about this Internet thing. At least getting hold of his namessake domains. He has already gone to WIPO for TomCruise.com, and now he’s taken both TomCruise.net and TomCruise.org (you can tell because they are now in the name of his hired domain name henchmen Trout & Zimmer - […]

Oxford University was granted most of the extension to its injunction against animal rights protestors on Friday.
The actual order [pdf] - held under seal until yesterday, but which I noticed had been pinned to the tree where the lawful protest is allowed to gather on Saturday - restricts the protestors from effectively even entering […]

Despite the vote against the .xxx registry by the ICANN Board earlier this month, ICM Registry is refusing to give up and yesterday opened its doors to domain reservations by those in the adult industry.
“We have scrutinized the reasons given by Board members for making the decision and are satisfied that the principal concerns […]

Poseidon is a remarkable film. Remarkable in that its 99 minutes provide a masterclass in what is wrong with modern American movies. Actually just the first five minutes is enough to explain why the last five years of blockbusters have been so extraordinarily… insipid. So weak in spirit, lacking in soul, and, well, so […]

I’ve done another Technobile for The Guardian about the unbelievably infuriating experience that is “support” for IT products. Here it be:

Technobile
And companies call this support? They’ve got a cheek. Hindrance would be a better description

Never in human history has the disparity between name and function been so large than with what we laughingly […]

It’s finally out: the way the Internet Governance Forum - the first ever global talking shop for dealing with the Internet - will work has just been outlined from Geneva.
The four-day meeting from 30 October to 2 September will be held in Athens. The first day will have an opening ceremony in the morning, […]

As I pointed out yesterday, there was a debate in Westminster Hall yesterday lunchtime in which Evan Harris (local Oxford MP) argued for labels to be put on pills outlining if they have been tested on animals, plus ask the Department of Health to add the same information on press releases, plus speak up […]

The topics that will be discussed at the first ever Internet Governance Forum have been announced at the end of a two-day meeting of the advisory group.
There are four and they are:
Access:
Internet connectivity: Cost and Policy
Security:
Building trust in an online environment
Protecting users from spam, phishing, and viruses.
Maintain security while protecting privacy.
Openness:
Free flow of information, […]

There was an open public meeting of Pro-Test at Oxford’s Town Hall last night from 7pm to 9.15pm. The flyers sold it as: “Come and discuss the case for animal research with leading scientists, politicians, journalists, university representatives, medical charity workers and members of the Pro-Test committee”, and it was very interesting.
I have some […]

There’s alot happening today, Monday 22 May 2006.
First up, the Internet Governance Forum advisory group is meeting for the first time in Geneva to thrash out how this new forum is going to work and what will be discussed there when it holds its first meeting in October/November.
Then there is a Town Hall meeting […]