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The Shadow Factory
I finished reading “The Shadow Factory” by James Bamford today. (Amazon link to book.) "The Shadow Factory" by James Bamford It was an interesting read, but I felt that it lost its sense of direction...
View ArticleHumorous SOPA Comment
Happy New Year everybody! I hope that it will be a good one for you! I thought that I would start the year with something light-hearted :) I have not been following the recent Stop Online Piracy Act...
View ArticleIrish Government Public Expenditure
If you are one of the many hard working private sector employees in Ireland that earns the average industrial wage, and you are facing the prospect of paying substantially higher taxes in 2012, then...
View ArticleSyrian Government and Irish Software Companies
The software developed by two Irish companies is currently being used by the Syrian Government to monitor and block communications within the country, according to Syria regime ‘using Irish...
View ArticlePoliticians and the Internet
I recently read an article about Irish politicians wanting to censor the Internet – Senators want online abuse images blocked. They are calling for Minister for Justice Alan Shatter to introduce...
View ArticleSean Sherlock Makes a Fool of Himself
Sean Sherlock is the Irish Minister (albeit a pseudo minister) who is responsible for research and innovation. Unfortunately, he is also a bit of an idiot :( He is one of many Irish politicians that...
View ArticlePrison Sentence for Virtual Photos
There was an interesting story in the news today about a man who was sentenced to a two year jail term for possession of child pornography images. See Father jailed over child pornography for further...
View ArticleEU Parliament Blocks ACTA
Great news today – the EU parliament has blocked Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)! For further details see Anti-piracy treaty voted down. This must be embarrassing for the Irish Government...
View ArticleFree Electric Car Charging
It has been a while since I blogged, so I am going to ease back into it… I read today that one of the local authorities in Ireland is going to provide free electric car charging! See Electric car...
View ArticleEU Single Telecoms Market
The EU Commissioner for Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes, gave a very interesting speech recently covering her vision of a single telecoms market in the EU. Some of her key points include: … we need a...
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