Category Archives: in English

Some dates and years in my usage of the Internet

Posted on January 27, 2008 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Here are some brief memories and dates, for more check this out (in Bulgarian): veni.com/parvite.html, which is part of a book published 5-6 years ago in Bulgaria, called “The first on the Internet”. – first modem connection – September 1990, … Continue reading →

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Bulgarian Singers Radkovi Sisters Make Another Great Performance

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

I was looking all over to find a copy of the DVD, which showed up on Youtube (in not so good quality) with Goran Bregovic’ Gucha 2007 concert. Finally – with the kind support of a number of known and … Continue reading →

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Will someone say "sorry" to Kremlin?

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

I was forwarded this message today: Estonia fines man for DDoS attacks Authorities in Estonia fined a 20-year-old Tallinn resident for participating in cyber attacks on government servers, paralyzing them during the spring riots in the capital, local media reported … Continue reading →

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Cyberattacks cause power shut-down

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

A number of newspapers have reported on information coming from the CIA about some hacker attacks that have effectively shut-down the power for several cities outside of the US Here’s the exact quote that brought the news in the air: … Continue reading →

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The Unraveling of Russia’s Europe Policy

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

Peter Zeihan* has published a good article on the recent Putin’s visit to Bulgaria. I re-publish it here with regards to the many critics in Bulgaria and all over the world, who were blaming my government for signing the gas/oil/nuclear … Continue reading →

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Internet Governance: the issue, the myths, the problems, the solutions

Posted on January 10, 2008 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

I wrote a short paper on that topic. Since it includes a number of resources, it would be easier for me to just point to a link with the document itself. Here are some moments from it, for more, please, … Continue reading →

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Честита Нова година | Happy new Year

Posted on January 1, 2008 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Пожелавам на всичките приятели здраве, радост и щастие! На познатите – да се преборят да станат приятели. На непознатите – бъдете живи и здрави, за да станете познати, а после и приятели. На неприятелите – да си спомнят приказката на … Continue reading →

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How the Netherlands did it. It = open standards

Posted on December 21, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Here it is how: As you may have heard ([1], [2]), the Dutch government has recently attracted Microsoft’s anger by launching an actionplan to adopt open standards, and concretely OpenDocument Format by April 2008 in the national government. Open Standards … Continue reading →

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The banking crisis in the USA and the UK

Posted on December 17, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Greg Mankiw – a professor of economics at Harvard University has this great piece, which I publish from Youtube straight here. John Fortune and John Bird have other great pieces, too. Check them out. The top one is about the … Continue reading →

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Goran Bregovic strikes again with a great concert