Murdoch’s Private Spies

MURDOCH’S PIRATES by Neil Chenoweth Allen & Unwin, 402pp. This book reads like a spy novel, but the combatants work for private corporations, not states. There are no innocent parties, only winners and losers, in a world where law is

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Things a post-Singularity spime should know..

64 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW NOW FOR THEN How to Face the Digital Future Without Fear by Ben Hammersley Hodder & Stoughton,434pp. Reviewed: 4 August 2012 I suppose the future has always been alarming for those who thought much

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A Good Life in the Digital Age

HAMLET’s BLACKBERRY A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age by William Powers Scribe, 267pp. Reviewed: 9 October, 2010 Australia’s minority Federal Government owes the support of key independents due to its commitment to roll out

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Deep Focus on Digital Risks

YOU ARE NOT A GADGET A Manifesto By Jaron Lanier, Allen Lane, 210pp. Reviewed: 20 March, 2010 This is the best book I have read on the challenges posed by the growth of digital online culture, and one of the

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‘Stealing’ Ideas: the Murky Waters of the Piracy Debate

PIRACY The Intellectual Property Wars from Gutenberg to Gates By Adrian Johns, University of Chicago Press, 591pp. Reviewed – Canberra Times’ Public Service Informant 6 March 2010 Three recent Federal Court cases have highlighted the determination of intellectual property-based businesses

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The Unforgiving Digital Past and the Updated Possible Future

DELETE The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age By Victor Mayer-Schönberger, Princeton University Press, 237pp. FUTURE FILES A History of the Next 50 Years By Richard Watson, Scribe Publications, 302pp Reviewed: 21 November 2009 I’d venture that most readers

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