Archive for January 4th, 2009

Santa Claus writes … (Guardian Unlimited)

Santa Claus: With everyone so worried about the credit crunch, it's worth pointing out that for some people the downturn has proven to be a blessing

Sunday, January 4th, 2009

Review of the year in media (Guardian Unlimited)

What a sorry year it was. A year in which everybody, but particularly the BBC, seemed so sorry about everything. The BBC was sorry about Sachsgate after Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand decided to phone Andrew Sachs and make fun of Brand's dalliance with the Fawlty Towers star's granddaughter. But that wasn't the only thing the BBC was sorry about. It made several apologies during 2008, ...

Sunday, January 4th, 2009

Warner withdraws music videos from YouTube following collapse of content-sharing talks (Guardian Unlimited)

James Blunt, Madonna and Led Zeppelin are set to disappear from YouTube after their record company, Warner Music Group, fell out with the video-sharing site in a row over loyalties. Warner Music said it would pull hundreds of thousands of videos from the site following the collapse of talks with the Google-owned company about renegotiating a content-sharing deal. "We simply cannot accept ...

Sunday, January 4th, 2009

Surfers should pay congestion charges (Financial Times)

Does it make sense to ban businesses from charging higher prices to some customers for giving them preferential treatment over others? That idea lies at the heart of Barack Obama’s promised policy towards the internet, a medium that had more than a passing role in his election to the White House.

Sunday, January 4th, 2009

Profile for bavison (Drobe.co.uk)

I haven't checked for sure, but I wouldn't count on ROOL being able to release any fonts other than the usual ROM ones.

Sunday, January 4th, 2009