Monthly Archives: October 2005

Interesting article…

Estonia is also the only country in the world where access to the Internet is a constitutional right and where citizen e-mail accounts include a personal address for life, and options of use of digital signatures…

The case would be a little more convincing if the paper itself, and the web site associated with it – COPRAS – itself conformed with standards and guidelines….the first page doesn’t even pass the W3C validator! Why do standards initiatives … Continue reading →

An interesting set of comparisons about the rip-off roaming charges made by mobile phone operators in Europe, but the European Commission stops short of making any value judgements, for example over allegations of cartel-like agreements between operators in different countries … Continue reading →

From the start, the World Wide Web has been a vessel of quasi-religious longing. And why not? For those seeking to transcend the physical world, the Web presents a readymade Promised Land. On the Internet, we’re all bodiless, symbols speaking … Continue reading →