Category Archives: law

[it] Il resto, grazie

[English abstract: the automatic ticket machine of the local transport company in Lugano do not give change, they could not track this income, so, what about taxes?] Umberto Marra (consigliere comunale indipendente) interroga il Municipio di Lugano sui distributori automatici … Continue reading

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DRM protected movies/music/books? I don’t care

Nothing new: more and more CDs and DVDs are protected by some kind of DRM. DRM-related technologies could be used to protect audio, video and text content published in internet. I don’t care. I find so many CDs, movies and … Continue reading

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e-Health in Switzerland: what about open source software?

It seems that Ticino is a pioneer in e-Health services in Switzerland. It’s difficult to find more details, since the website of CDS Conferenza svizzera delle direttrici e dei direttori cantonali della sanità is only in German and French, no … Continue reading

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Goodbye svizzera.ch, welcome svizzera.eu

Is it really the end? Will we see the same things for svizzera.eu? Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 14:43:14 +0000 From: support@schweiz.ch To: ————————— Subject: Adieu svizzera.ch, 30. Nov. 2006 Lieber svizzera.ch Benutzer Morgen Donnerstag, 30-Nov-2006 um 16:00h, wird die Domain … Continue reading

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Mettetelo su YouTube

Care Iene, se il Garante vi ha bloccato il servizio, fate una cosa giusta per l’Italia, mettetelo su YouTube.

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Toll price

I’d like that some Post manager could read italian to learn something from this article. It talks about money you have to pay when you buy something abroad. In Italy, things are more complex. In Switzerland maybe it’s better, but, … Continue reading

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Spammed again, via fax

Again a spam fax, from the same company that spammed me two months ago: Somotrading AG, whose website is www.rapido.ch. Here is the fax:

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Darwin is spamming?

I received three times, at two different email addresses, spam that seems to come from Darwin Airlines. Gmail recognized it.

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Two words on net-neutrality

After some time, I found a good summarizing article on net-neutrality (in italian): Massimo Fubini, Per la neutralità della rete, LaVoce, 27/06/2006; where you’ll find links in italian and english. Nowdays, the internet is neutral: every kind of information is … Continue reading

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Spam fax

Some time ago I bought a fax machine. Some days later, I received my first spam fax. It was from a french number, but the company sending it is located in Switzerland: Somotrading AG, whose website is www.rapido.ch, is not … Continue reading

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Sponsoring on SSR?

RTSI has a program on World Football Cup. One of the guests is Kubilay Turkyilmaz. Why is Kubilay Turkyilmaz always wearing some Puma T-shirt? Is this sponsoring?

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Is svizzera.ch working?

While www.svizzera.ch is now working, messages sent to my email address at svizzera.ch are lost in the net.

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What about email addresses at svizzera.ch, suisse.ch and schweiz.ch?

As reported by Swissinfo (here in italian) and by the swiss administration (and many others), WIPO decided to give to swiss administration the domain schweiz.ch, suisse.ch and svizzera.ch. These three domains are managed for 10 years by a guy that … Continue reading

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Email tax

Again, as reported today in italian in Punto Informatico, someone is trying to tax SMSs and emails. I don’t like this kind of taxes simply because the state has no reason to ask them. No costs are requested to the … Continue reading

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Protect your privacy / Proteggi la tua privacy

[italian text below] This is not a choice, it is a duty. We have to protect our privacy against fraud and institution. Paolo explains it (in italian), translating an article of Schneier. To whom is asking you “If you aren’t … Continue reading

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