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Open Ministry: Finnish crowd sourced lawmaking

From the start of March, the new Citizens’ Initiative Act will come into force.
According to the new law, a required minimum of 50,000 citizens of voting age can launch a bill that Parliament then has to process.
On the Open Ministry website, anyone can present an idea for a law initiative. If the idea wins enough support, the ministry’s volunteer workers will work on it and turn it into a presentable bill for the MPs to chew over.

From the beginning of March, citizens’ initiative bills can be sent for parliamentary handling if they are signed by 50,000 people entitled to vote

via Helsingin Sanomat – International Edition – Home.

Awesome and about time that the people get to more directly rule a democracy!

ASUS Padfone, tablet and smartphone in one

You can put the phone in the tablet, allowing you to display the phone screen on the tablet. Because there are 2 batteries, they can charge each other. It comes with a pen, which you can use as the headset.

‧Enlarge your screen size any time you need to
‧Seamless transition of applications between pad and phone
‧Eliminate data transfer hassle with a single storage pool
‧One SIM card for two devices
‧Use the pad as an extended battery to charge your phone
‧Have a video conferencing experience and easily share with family and friends

The Padfone has been specifically created to fulfill a demand for both smartphone and tablet

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Assessing ACTA: Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law

This report concludes that ACTA’s harm greatly exceeds its potential benefits. Given ACTA’s corrosive effect on transparency in international negotiations, the damage to international intellectual property institutions, the exclusion of the majority of the developing world from the ambit of the agreement, the potentially dangerous substantive provisions, and the uncertain benefits in countering counterfeiting, there are ample reasons for the public and politicians to reject the agreement in its current form. In doing so, governments would help restore confidence in the global intellectual property system and open the door to a new round of negotiations premised on transparency, inclusion, and evidence-based policy-making

Michael Geist – Assessing ACTA: My Appearance Before the European Parliament INTA Workshop on ACTA.