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Blog search now working

Hi folks,
I’ve fixed the search box on this blog, so feel free to use it.
It now uses a Safari-style search box, so if you’re reading through Safari, OmniWeb or Shiira you should see something like this:

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German citizenship test causes uproar

Just for balance, I thought I’d highlight an excellent report on Newsnight last Wednesday. You can watch it by following the link on the story page.
Seems like a phenomenally ill-conceived move, especially in the current climate. Let’s hope it doesn’t catch on.

The state of Baden-Württemberg has stolen a march on the rest of Germany [...] (…)

The five degrees of paedophilia and terrorism: BitTorrent

Okay, so you have to be a little cynical about any T.V. report which begins with a shot of the Menwith Hill radomes and commentary about their ‘key part’ in ‘British and American national security efforts’, then links said national security to the increased use of BitTorrent.
But from the BBC’s Newsnight, we should expect more. [...] (…)

Inspector Gadget Coming to DVD

Woooo!
Inspector Gadget Coming to DVD:

If you were a gadget-obsessed child, then there is a good chance that Inspector Gadget was in your Saturday morning repertoire. Penny might have been a bit annoying — and we’ve always wanted a better look at Dr. Claw — but now that the first 22 episodes are out on DVD [...] (…)

Yahoo music exec: labels should try selling music without DRM

PRAYZE THA LORD!

Yahoo music exec: labels should try selling music without DRM:
Xeni Jardin:
Snip from News.com post by John Borland:
Yahoo Music chief Dave Goldberg raised eyebrows Thursday at the Music 2.0 conference in Los Angeles with a proposal rarely heard from executives at large digital music services: Record labels should try selling music online without [...] (…)