Before the smoking ban came in, I was pretty laid back about the whole thing; I didn't mind the fact that the air in my local made other, more sensitive peoples' eyes water, or that I'd have to toss everything in the laundry pretty much immediately after a night out. Now that the ban's in place, I'm feeling more and more peeved at people who insist ( Read more... )

The March 6 document about torture provides tightly constructed definitions of torture. For example, if an interrogator "knows that severe pain will result from his actions, if causing such harm is not his objective, he lacks the requisite specific intent even though the defendant did not act in good faith," the report said. "Instead, a defendant ( Read more... )

I don't quite get this.Legislation is being drawn up in California to block Google's new free e-mail service, Gmail, because its advertising is seen as intrusive. (BBC news
Elsewhere, various privacy advocates are getting their knickers in a twist over Google trawling their email for marketing and what not. But, eh, how do I put this, it's not ( Read more... )

Let's allow Congress to override the courts!

The state of Arkansas forcibly medicates a convict so he is well enough to be executed.

court rules 2-1 in favour of Padilla

Judge tells SCO to put their cards on the table. Now the fun starts.

Some time in the last decade, or perhaps before it, a company who nobody seems to own - Jackson Way - bought some property in Carrickmines, South County Dublin. Part of this property was compulsorily acquired by Dun Laoghaire County Council for the construction of the southern loop of the M50 motorway, a road which has been in planning since the ( Read more... )

Microsoft tangles with the EU: The company has denied the claims and warned that a guilty verdict would mean a complete overhaul of how it operates.
Explain to me where this is the EU's problem, exactly? Isn't this the whole point of corrective action in the case of anti-trust violations?

HP to indemnify Linux customers. Yay!