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26 September 2008
A Victory (of Sorts) for e-Petitions
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It's easy to be cynical about 10 Downing Street's e-petitions (I should know). But here's a case where it might even have done...
31 August 2007
The Next Great Microsoft Lock-in
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I've written a lot here and elsewhere about Microsoft's faux-open file format OOXML. I've also noted that there is an unhealt...
31 July 2007
Selling (Digital) Brooklyn Bridges
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In a move that seems like a great model of public and private cooperation, the National Archives and Amazon.com have reached a pact under wh...
06 July 2007
Decoupling Software and Standards
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As you may have noticed, there is a big bust-up over office file formats going on at the moment. On the one hand, we have ODF, which is a c...
18 December 2006
Open Public Data: Halfway There
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Well, now, here's some progress : The OFT's market study into the commercial use of public information has found that more competiti...
24 April 2006
Murdering Memory
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This press release from the US National Archives raises a key issue for the digital age: the need for archives to act in a completely trans...
24 February 2006
Google's Creeping Cultural Imperialism
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Another day, another Google launch. As the official Google blog announced , the company is launching a pilot programme to digitise national...
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