Category Archives: in English

Creative Commons License Recognized in Bulgarian Court

Posted on May 28, 2008 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Bulgarian blogger Elenko Elenkov writes that the Sofia City Court started the case, which he filed against the 24 hours daily (a WAZ newspaper) for using a picture, made by Elenko, without following the license, which he is using on … Continue reading →

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Bulgarian News Dissection – 3

Posted on May 28, 2008 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

The Macedonian daily Dnevnik (not related to the Bulgarian daily with the same name) writes the following: Бугарите колку сакаат може да ??а оспоруваат засебноста на македонскиот народ, дури и во своите вицови – една верзи??а на темата “На??кус бугарски … Continue reading →

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Bulgarian News Dissection – 2

Posted on May 25, 2008 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Mediapool described a recent visit of the Prime Minister to the Architects University. According to them he had lunch in the cafeteria of the University. According to Mediapool he had for lunch steak with potatoes, soup of boiled veal, shopska … Continue reading →

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Bulgarian News Dissection – 1

Posted on May 24, 2008 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Bulgarian daily “Dnevnik” published an article, “The sorry of the chief prosecutor“. It says, among other things, “The Chief Prosecutor Boris Velchev expressed his regrets for the fact that about 200,000 cases have become void. Each prosecutor has to deal … Continue reading →

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Мicrosoft to introduce open document format?

Posted on May 23, 2008 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Microsoft has published a press-release, announcing they will provide MS Office users with the option of saving documents in open document format (ODF): With the release of Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) scheduled for the first half of … Continue reading →

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Open letter to digital standards developers, supporters, and advocates

Posted on May 22, 2008 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

This is quite a useful document. Please, read, share. The letter is initially signed by several well-known people, among them some that I know. You can see the actual Hague declaration with all the signatures until now, and sign it … Continue reading →

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The New Class: Civil Society Professionals?

Posted on May 21, 2008 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

This article is mainly for people, who are familiar with the processes around the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and the follow-up since 2005. It describes the contradiction between participants in the discussions around the Internet – how … Continue reading →

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Steve Ballmer under eggs-attack in Budapest – Microsoft Corruption Deals exposed by a student!

Posted on May 20, 2008 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

This happened yesterday in Budapest. Steve Ballmer was speaking to students from the University there, when he was attacked by a student with slogans that Microsoft has stolen 25 million (Euro) from the people. After requesting that Microsoft pays back … Continue reading →

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Microsoft's Dilemma

Posted on May 18, 2008 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Randall Stross writes today in the New York Times The Computer Industry Comes With Built-In Term Limits I think what Microsoft misses in the whole situation are two things: a strategy, and tactics. In strategical terms, they don’t know what … Continue reading →

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What the media in Bulgaria says and doesn't say

Posted on May 16, 2008 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

I am at the Berkman@10 conference in Harvard Law School, and my old friend Ethan suggested yesterday that I should write some of my reviews of the Bulgarian media in English. It makes sense, as the Bulgarians are already aware … Continue reading →

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