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
Slow broadband? or #notspot make your vote count here www.broadband-notspot.org.uk
Music
OUT-LAW: Companies and agencies move closer to EU-wide music market www.out-law.com
New rate from PRS for streaming music news.bbc.co.uk
Brian Eno: A living art reborn www.prospect-magazine.co.uk ‘as one business folds, several others open up.’
Security
Jack Schofield: avoid Twitter & Facebook phishing scams. OAuth hopeful www.guardian.co.uk
Last FM/CBS allegation
Last.fm rejects Techcrunch claims of illegal behaviour www.guardian.co.uk
Techcrunch challenges CBS/LastFM: deny sending user data to RIAA www.techcrunch.com
Health, research, reporting
TES ‘Fast food makes kids stupid’ media research reports fail himmelgartencafe.blogspot.com
How to read health news from NHS Behind the headlines www.nhs.uk
Ben Goldacre on recent bad reporting of health stories www.badscience.net
Freedom of Information Act
Open Rights Group: comprehensive report on the application of the Freedom of Information Act over the last four years reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
BBC’s internal angst re Phorm www.whatdotheyknow.com (revealed by FOI request via WhatDoTheyKnow.com )
Newspapers, blogs, journalism
Padraig Reidy: on free speech ISPs, libel & Nadine Dorries www.guardian.co.uk
Mail on Sunday court apology to Tom Watson MP over Draper emails allegation: entirely untrue www.tom-watson.co.uk
Browser enhancement, Google reader
Shane Richmond: Google Reader bundles blogs.telegraph.co.uk
reframeit.com Lessig and Rheingold on the board. Browser dependent (FF or IE7) Comment alongside web pages, then share by tweet, email or RSS.
Creative & Science Commons
Open Innovation and IP – Creative & Science Commons discussed at NESTA – webcast now up www.nesta.org.uk
Open Access, Open Knowledge
Questions for the European Parliament from the research community concerning Open Access – www.europenscience.org
Slides, audio and photos from Open Knowledge 2009 are now available okfn.org
Research Information Network developing a scholarly communications toolkit www.earlham.edu
Paying fees for open access publishing: strategic response needed | RIN www.rin.ac.uk