Delicious links 06 Apr 2010

The world turns upside down

Shared data is good http://bit.ly/bbVs7C the net's strength is speed http://bit.ly/d4V4b1 what could possibly go wrong? http://bit.ly/b46rs7

Good data cuts through the chaos in Haiti - O'Reilly Radar

Shared data is good http://bit.ly/bbVs7C the net's strength is speed http://bit.ly/d4V4b1 what could possibly go wrong? http://bit.ly/b46rs7

xkcd: Seismic Waves

Shared data is good http://bit.ly/bbVs7C the net's strength is speed http://bit.ly/d4V4b1 what could possibly go wrong? http://bit.ly/b46rs7

Really rather wonderful stuff from @SkyNews here. All you need for Sheffield Central: http://tinyurl.com/yetqjty

Really rather wonderful stuff from @SkyNews here. All you need for Sheffield Central: http://tinyurl.com/yetqjty
David Hughes (newsfromhughes) http://twitter.com/newsfromhughes/statuses/11691530544

BBC - dot.Rory: Who cares about the Digital Economy Bill?

RT @BBCRoryCJ: http://bit.ly/bbTUzl New blog post - who cares about the Digital Economy Bill?

The FactCheck Blog

RT @ShefVotes: Fact checking during #ge2010 More or Less: ElectionWatch http://bit.ly/aPQGjL The FactCheck Blog http://bit.ly/akAQ0A kno ...

BBC News - More or Less: ElectionWatch

RT @ShefVotes: Fact checking during #ge2010 More or Less: ElectionWatch http://bit.ly/aPQGjL The FactCheck Blog http://bit.ly/akAQ0A kno ...

YouTube - Will It Blend? - iPad

RT @Suw: RT @stevemosby: The iPad. Will it blend? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAl28d6tbko > gt; oooh, no, ow, that hurts. stop it!

Delicious links 05 Apr 2010

@erzibet @apiphile hasn't that been done? http://bit.ly/agZEfu

@erzibet @apiphile hasn't that been done? http://bit.ly/agZEfu

Pickled Politics Internal debates BNP-style

RT @pickledpolitics: Internal debates BNP-style http://bit.ly/dgQrgb < lt; Expect he #039;ll not be standing against Blunkett now (cc @ShefVotes)

Now there are rumblings about one thing ACPO are up to will there be scrutiny of all of it? http://bit.ly/aHP97s

Now there are rumblings about one thing ACPO are up to will there be scrutiny of all of it? http://bit.ly/aHP97s

Police secretly snapping up to 14m drivers a day - Times Online

media *finally* wakes up to Automatic Number Plate Recognition database @openrightsgroup wrote about years ago http://bit.ly/aWLg3p Suw (Suw) http://twitter.com/Suw/statuses/11635437955

UK Digital Economy Bill Turns To Ashes The Russian Photos Blog

RT @rooreynolds: Quattro ad: a cock up and copyright infringement by both Lab + Con? http://bit.ly/d5AAtj http://bit.ly/b7jRQB #DEBill Suw (Suw) http://twitter.com/Suw/statuses/11634844849

Politicians nick red Audi and actor's body from BBC | Copyright Action

RT @rooreynolds: Quattro ad: a cock up and copyright infringement by both Lab + Con? http://bit.ly/d5AAtj http://bit.ly/b7jRQB #DEBill Suw (Suw) http://twitter.com/Suw/statuses/11634844849

Jack of Kent: BCA v Singh: a brief lay summary of the Court of Appeal decision

RT @jackofkent: New Blogpost: A *very brief* lay summary of Court of Appeal case http://tinyurl.com/yk6wndo #SinghBCA

Gmail Becomes an App Platform: Google Adds OAuth to IMAP

RT @timoreilly This is brilliant and important. Gmail Becomes an App Platform Google Adds OAuth to IMAP http://bit.ly/9wQuXc FAO @saulcozens

Weekend round up

1. Electronic Voting
   Bruce Schneier points out this article in the New York Times Magazine about the failings of electronic voting machines across America. Obviously with them having a presidential election this year it is of great concern to them. For us the horror is the fact that Brown's government still don't seem convinced of the dangers of these machines.


2. Hi Def media
   With Warner having switched to releasing exclusively in blu-ray it is looking like Sony may well win a format war for once. I don't claim to be a technical expert on the differences, but my reading is that as far as the consumers are concerned both standards support about the same set of codecs and formats. On one hand blu-ray stores more but HD DVD is not region restricted. There has been much reporting based on the premise that Microsoft is only supporting HD DVD to keep the format war alive in order to precipitate the move away from physical media.


3. Georgia
   Yet another election mired with accusations of vote rigging, this time however the OSCE is suggesting they are broadly happy that the people's will is being respected.