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Libraries in the Digital Age

The Globe and Mail features a terrific article today on the transformation of community libraries.  Far from disappearing in the digital age, libraries are experiencing dramatic increases in both visits and circulation.  The article notes that the Grande Bibliothèque in Montreal gets 8,000 visitors per day, while other libraries are […]

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January 10, 2007 3 comments News

Smells Like Teen Spirit

My colleague Ian Kerr offers a lyrical and thought-provoking look at what we can expect of the reasonable expectation of privacy.

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January 10, 2007 Comments are Disabled News

Weatherall’s Law

Kim Weatherall, whose blog has been an influential, must-read for months on all things to do with Australian IP reform, has decided to scale back with no further postings (though she plans to post less frequently at LawFont).  She concludes her last post by thanking her readers, but it is […]

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January 10, 2007 1 comment News

Rogers Listed as Top 10 Phish Host

New data from the PhishTank, a leading source on phishing information, reports that last month Rogers Cable ranked as the number nine host worldwide for phishing sites, with 419 hosted phishing sites.  While that number is far below the South Korean leader, the inclusion of any Canadian ISP on this […]

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January 9, 2007 1 comment News

Ch-ch-ch-changes

BoingBoing points to two noteworthy developments – EMI in Europe has sworn off copy-protected CDs, while Second Life has released its source code under the GPL.

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January 8, 2007 Comments are Disabled News