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Saddam sentenced to death from Guardian Unlimited: News blog
Saddam Hussein has been sentanced to death by hanging. He wants to face a military firing squad.
I don’t want to sound cynical, but it comes at just the right time for the US midterm elections.
It is good news that he has been found guilty, and that the […]

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One idea I had, particularly for people interested in finding out background information on data privacy, data retention, surveillance, and associated areas, was posting weekly links.
So, this is number 1.
There are two ways I can do this: 1) post a link to the wiki entry I use, or 2) […]

An Australian junk-mail delivery company is proudly proclaiming to be “the first business in the world to use GPS technology in this manner and that it allowed the company to demonstrate to its customers that all their pamphlets were delivered on time.”
Indeed. Congratulations.
The funny (in an unsettling sorta way) is the company, PMP, expected some […]

Speaking with Ruairi Roddy of about 6 months ago, I asked him about their regional newspapers releasing RSS feeds, so us “country-folk” could keep up-to-date with the local goings on of home (for me its Waterford).
It was interesting to be working in one recruitment search site, trying to get RSS feeds launched, while hoping others […]

Conor Ryan of the Examiner has a piece in todays paper on Privacy International’s Freedom Of Information survey released yesterday.
03 November 2006
Fears of threat to personal information
By Conor Ryan
LEGISLATION enacted by the Government has seriously damaged an individual’s right to keep their personal information private, according to an international civil rights watchdog.
It has also eroded […]

PI Releases Freedom of Information Around the World 2006 Report

[UPDATE:] A very useful graphic on the breakdown of countries.

Privacy International have released their 2006 world report on Freedom Of Information survey on access to government information laws. The report provides a review of FOI laws practices and policies from 70 countries worldwide.
As to be expected, […]

…but they rock a stage like Led Zepplin and they give you aural distemper like a bad dose of the melodic-trots!
Yes Warlords Of Pez assaulted the audience orally, and aurally.
They smelled like racoons had been eating curry chips in their pockets and then died in their pants. What do you expect from a lot of […]