Government

Why did Gordon Brown put up with the intrusion into his personal and family information

July 11, 2011 Government

I’ve been following Gaby Hinsliff on Twitter for news on the News of the World, phone hack scandal. She wonders why Gordon Brown and his wife didn’t do anything about the reporting of their son’s illness: amazing thing re browns is they surely knew Fraser’s diagnosis dubiously obtained by papers. but didn’t complain, ask for […]

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NewsCorp is a criminal conspiracy … and worse

July 11, 2011 Data

From the Guardian, News International papers targeted Gordon Brown: Journalists from across News International repeatedly targeted the former prime minister Gordon Brown, attempting to access his voicemail and obtaining information from his bank account, his legal file as well as his family’s medical records (Emphasis added). … Brown was targeted during a period of more […]

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Europe’s Public Data

June 17, 2011 Government

Open European public data found here in a nice organized directory. As of this writing, it’s still a beta, but it already has 800,00 triples. Here’s the announcement. It’s tied to the Open Knowledge Foundation.

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Cities are not as operationally diverse as they think

June 6, 2011 Cities

So, without knowing any of the details, this IBM strategy makes sense operationally and probably financially. I’m guessing it will make sense for enough cities to buy in though whether it will be enough to be a good business move, I’m not ready to say. From Fast Company, Smarter City in a Box: The Intelligent […]

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