The dawn of the information age will make historians obsolete
I was chatting to a journalist from the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) while attending the EU Health Prize for Journalists this week and learned of an ambitious plan to digitise original Finnish TV shows dating back as far as the 1950s.
Imagine the treasure trove of [...]

A new phenomenon is sweeping the Internet like a virus - they call it Spamiflu
Tamiflu has now overtaken Viagra as the drug most frequently advertised in spam emails. Regulators fear criminals are cashing in on public anxiety over swine flu, with fake medicines and unproven ‘cures’ being sold online.
Products claiming to contain Tamiflu and swine [...]

Lawmakers will soon have so many issues to consider that they will be unable to function
A new report by a panel of innovation experts offers a useful insight into the thinking that will shape next year’s European Innovation Act.
It covers financing, collaboration and it attempts to broaden the definition of innovation. It is also full [...]

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18.30: Well, that’s that. If you didn’t follow the excitement this afternoon, the final result was 67.1% ‘Yes’. Follow all the fallout throughout the week on EurActiv. All eyes now turn to Prague…over to you [...]