A worker from Boeing has been fired, after their laptop was stolen. The laptop was holding data for nearly 400,000 retired Boeing workers, and included home address, home telephone number, social security and salary details (I’m guessing that person had something to do with the Boeing pension scheme….).
My first reaction to this story was, [...]

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This article at Boing Boing caught my attention the other day:
The BBC are reporting that there will be no copyright extension for songs in the UK. The official review commissioned by the Treasury on all IP law in the UK has not yet been published but it is highly likely the BBC have managed to [...]

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According The Register, a meeting is being held in London at 14:00 (BST) to discuss the future of the internet, and solutions to problems such as spam, child pornography and government censorship. The meeting will be broadcast live on the web from here.
We’ve seen bloggers making posts about presentations and keynotes as they happen before, but [...]

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