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Digital Britain Reports

By take21 | Published: June 12, 2009

For the last week I’ve been occupied with a new blog which tracks news coverage in the lead up to publication of Lord Carter’s final Digital Britain report. The report will be published on Tuesday 16th June and announced in Parliament by the new Minister, Ben Bradshaw, in the afternoon. On Wednesday 17th Lord Carter […]

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Google Wave

By take21 | Published: June 4, 2009

A roundup of first reactions Read Write Web: Google Wave hands-on http://bit.ly/mh4cv Preview video http://wave.google.com/ Cameron Neylon on Wave and Open Science http://bit.ly/rQnoI Jeff Jarvis on Wave and News http://bit.ly/1aApdj Google Wave Drips With Ambition. A New Communication Platform For A New Web.www.techcrunch.com

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Links to 4th June

By take21 | Published: June 4, 2009

Democracy, EU EU elections: how to vote? What do the parties stand for?  A tool which helps you decide from Unlock Democracy  www.votematch.co.uk Open Rights Group survey: Do your MEP candidates care about digital rights? www.openrightsgroup.org Open Rights Group: MEP survey results and contact info euelection.openrightsgroup.org Democracy, UK UK Hansard survey: how do you use the net […]

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Links to 27th May

By take21 | Published: May 27, 2009

China, US Internet Statistics: China logging on – shanghaiist.com interesting, v. diff profile from US Digital Britain Damian Tambini raises net neutrality as a potential loss in the Carter plan www.prospect-magazine.co.uk Samknows: project to map UK Broadband notspots www.samknows.com Research shows there are 3 million UK homes that need faster broadband under gov plans news.bbc.co.uk […]

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As you were

By take21 | Published: May 27, 2009

Despite the site changes the blog didn’t disappear. I’ve learned that I’m able to run two different content management systems from one database. So far. No need to change the RSS feed in your news reader. I intend this to be a blog which carries frequent updates, while the main www.take21.org site will eventually serve […]

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Alternative blog address

By take21 | Published: May 26, 2009

Making some site changes. Blog may be unavailable from this address. Alternative address http://take21.wordpress.com/

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Links to 18th May

By take21 | Published: May 18, 2009

Music Limewire – thoughts on their prospects based on a recent interview jeremy1.wordpress.com Publishing Tipping point: Cambridge University Press rescue www.guardian.co.uk and Scribd store www.nytimes.com O’Reilly: Scribd opens storefront for ebooks radar.oreilly.com Espresso on-demand book printer. With video bookshop.blackwell.co.uk Internet and Society CCTV schemes in city and town centres have little effect on crime, says report […]

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Links to 15th May

By take21 | Published: May 15, 2009

Europe EUObserver: Commission gives Paris a pass over piracy billhttp://tr.im/lmSs French Senate Sets Up Three-Strikes Clash With Euro Parliament http://tr.im/lg3W French Assembly Finally Approves Three-Strikes By Slim Majority | paidContent:UK http://tumblr.com/xle1rl3p1 Digital Britain #digitalbritain UK Intellect response to Digital Rights Agency. Job done http://tr.im/lkgG CNET iPlayer interview: Anthony Rose on bandwidth, iPhone, not P2P, Air, DRM http://tr.im/ljlU Guardian, Rick Wray: that mobile […]

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Links to 11th May

By take21 | Published: May 11, 2009

Open Access, the Commons Berkman Center lecture David Bollier, author of Viral Spiral: How Shall the Commons Be Governed? Challenges Facing the Digital Commons Sector http://bit.ly/OTzjd Via Open Culture: Download 200+ free and top-notch university courses to your mp3 player or computer. http://bit.ly/4XS2T Technology Check out hyperwords Firefox extension. Like reliving your first hyperlink ‘this goes somewhere’ http://www.hyperwords.net/ intriguing […]

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