Ar, it’s been a good week for pirates, is ‘as. Not only did Sweden’s Pirate Party manage to get one of its own in amongst the crew of the European Parliament by winning a ship-shape seat (not literally) but one of the landlubbers who fought the Pirate Bay in court has been rewarded with a new name for his efforts. Avast yet, Pirate Pontén (formerly the talented Mr. Henrik Pontén).
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Micropayments could stop the press being squeezed out online
Following Rupert Murdoch’s announcement that his company’s looking for ways to make readers of The Sun and The Times pay to access their websites, the debate on how newspapers can save themselves in the digital age has been reignited. He says the current business model is “malfunctioning” and the end of the (literally) free Internet press is nigh - others aren’t so sure.
Being Twitterpated could cost Apple $700 million
The virtual rumour mills have been whirring away at the prospect that a cash-flush Apple may be about to splash out on the Web 2.0’s current poster child, with sites like Valleywag and TechCrunch reporting talks could already be well under way.
Microsoft says fear could be leaving people vulnerable to viruses
A report from Microsoft claims that computer users’ fear of viruses is leading to an actual increase in viruses. Confused? Yes, we are too. According to the software giant, scaremongering from the mainstream press over tech nasties, such as the Conficker worm, has led to worried consumers downloading bogus security programs. Instead of protecting the
Job creation via broadband ?
Gordon Brown appears to be contemplating throwing money at the impending unemployment crisis by “creating” 100,000 jobs through investment in a range of infrastructure projects.
In a Guardian interview the Prime Minister talks of broadband as the modern equivalent of the roads, bridges and dams constructed in the USA under Roosevelt’s “New Deal” programme some 75 years