Category Archives: in English

Another friend moved to Creative Commons

Posted on April 27, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

One more famous Bulgarian moved to use Creative Commons on her site: prof. Nelly Ognyanova is as of today using CC. Congratulations!

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Those who share information democratically, for free, and in an open environment are powerful people, says Jared Friedman, cofounder of Scribd

Posted on April 24, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

I decided to interview today Jared Friedman, the co-creator of Scribd (announced in the Bulgarian media as “the paper youtube“, and “a [potentially] very interesting place“. Not many people know, that there’s some Bulgarian connection in Jared. See for yourself: … Continue reading →

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Slavi Trifonov, one of best Bulgarian TV showman, makes his case known

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

I usually don’t write in Bulgarian on this blog, but the following interview by a Bulgarian I happen to know is indeed something one needs to read. In short, Slavi Trifonov, front man of the “Slavi Show“, going on for … Continue reading →

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Big Brother Awards – call for nominations (urgent!)

Posted on April 19, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

As members of the EDRi, we received the following letter at ISOC-Bulgaria, and I think it is important to see and read it, and if you know candidates, please, nominate them! From Simon Davies: My apologies for the urgency of … Continue reading →

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Linux Rulz – today with Michael Dell, tomorrow with others!

Posted on April 18, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

See what notebook Michael Dell, the founder of Dell, uses. Note the one on the top: Hardware: * Intel Core 2 Duo T7600 Processor * 4GB DDR2 667Mhz DRAM * 17″ WXGA+ Widescreen LCD * 160GB 7200rpm SATA hard drive … Continue reading →

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Publication at the ENISA Quarterly

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

ENISA is the European Network Information Security Agency. They publish a quarterly review – a 24-page document. In its last edition (2.3 Mb pdf), there’s an article by me about the cybercrime fight in Bulgaria. You may wish to check … Continue reading →

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Need Your Advise for My New Camera

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

I need an advice (or many advises). For my birthday, I’ve received a nice present – the opportunity to buy a new camera. Until now I was using a small Konika-Minolta, simple one, 3x optical zoom (you can check at … Continue reading →

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The Ultimate office/home phone

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

Panasonic has just released a new home/office phone. When it’s in the shops, I will definitely try to get one and see how it works. Check it out. It has 2 fixed phone lines, and a LAN connection. It can … Continue reading →

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Have you lost your domain name?

Posted on March 31, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

When people choose a company to register a domain name, they MUST be very careful what they do. Recent events around RegisterFly have shown that anyone can LOSE their domain name, if their registrar goes out of business, or if … Continue reading →

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Are the technologies for file sharing and the filtering of the web traffic acceptable from a legal standpoint?

Posted on March 30, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Remarks from Veni: On March 16 the Bulgarian special forces for combatting organized crime, have ordered the major telecoms to filter the access to and from the web site www.arenabg.com. The request was based on the current law, but was … Continue reading →

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