Archive for February, 2007

A new Finnish innovation centre, FinNode, was opened in Silicon Valley, California in late January 2007. As a joint effort of Finpro, Sitra, the Academy of Finland, Tekes and VTT, the innovation centre is a one-stop-shop for major public Finnish innovation support actors.
FinNode is expected to smooth the entry of Finnish companies into the US […]

Great Firewall of China: is your site blocked?

The Chinese have a long and serious tradition of protecting their country border. As we all know, China also actively tries to control the electronic highway by censoring websites. There is now a website that allows you to find out what your (or in fact: any) website looks like to a viewer in China. Provided […]

Love, peace and terror

Somewhere in a deserted area in the harbour of Amsterdam the artist Dadara blew a large pink wooden tank to pieces. Art in the Golden Age of the War on Terrorism.In the sixties naked hippies with flowers braided into their long hair might have been successful in protesting against war, but nowadays probably the language […]