links for 2006-12-28

“I don’t want to sound mean-spirited but if I read another headline in my local paper with Christmas in it, I’ll cancel my subscription and buy Watchtower.”

SIgn the PledgeBank pledge if you’re worried about the Draft Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2007.

“The FOIA cost taxpayers £35.5m in 2005; officials reckon the new rules will save around £12m a year. Such sums are imperceptible to a government that expects to get through £555 billion of taxpayers’ money this year.”

“Two months into a test with 100 advertisers and 66 newspapers, Google executives say that its pilot program has exceeded their expectations and that they will roll out an expanded version in the coming months.”