Month February 2006

Net Freedom Now

I was on a conference call yesterday about the Future of the Internet. There’s been unsettling changes in underlying laws which threaten network neutrality. If this trend continues the telcos and cablecos could, and indeed want to, institute a multi-tier…

Global warming: passing the ‘tipping point’

A crucial global warming “tipping point” for the Earth, highlighted only last week by the British Government, has already been passed, with devastating consequences. Research commissioned by The Independent reveals that the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has…

This is different

Israelis may regret Saddam ousting Israel’s Shin Bet security service chief has said his country may come to regret the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, because strong dictatorship is preferable to the present chaos in Iraq. Yuval Diskin, who was secretly…

Human traded for Toon

How could I make this up? In the first known swap of a primo sportscaster for a geriatric cartoon critter, Walt Disney Co. is trading ABC’s Al Michaels to NBC for Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.

Norway editor apologises for cartoons

The editor of a Norwegian Christian newspaper has apologised to Muslims for publishing cartoons lampooning Prophet Muhammad that triggered a furore including the burning of Norway’s embassy in Syria.