links for 2007-02-05

Good news for individuals’ privacy, but bad news for journalists: “A substantial amount of registered voters are now choosing to withhold their Electoral Roll information from being used by third-parties”

A story on “green datacentres” and the hazardous substances in IT equipment.

“More than 8,000 police officers are being paid a full salary for working as little as one hour a day. …The figures emerged after FOI requests to police forces across the country carried out on behalf of the Daily Mail.”

JD Lasica asks whether disclosure is enough to ameliorate the ethical issues involved when bloggers who write about clients for a price.

“The rise of ‘contextual advertising’ has created a 21st-century version of royalties.”

Tomaso Capuano and Jon Warden, the designers responsible for the new look of Times Online, explain their use of lime green.

Derek Willis moves from the Washington Post to washingtonpost.com. “there have been several of my colleagues who, when informed of my plans, responded with a single query and often an uncomprehending look: ‘Why?’”