This evening I listened in to the RSA Event - The Public Domain: enclosing the commons of the mind delivered by Professor James Boyle. In his new book The Public Domain, Professor James Boyle describes how our culture, science and economic welfare all depend on the delicate balance between those ideas that are controlled and those that are free, between intellectual property and the public domain —the realm of material that everyone is free to use and share without permission or fee.

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Using Microsoft Deep Zoom Composer to present Gigapixel images via the web.

Microsoft have been demonstrating Seadragon technology and Deep Zoom for a couple of years now primarily in the form of Photosynth; the latest concept tests from Microsoft Office Labs are really starting to show some potential for day to day use within the Office suite.

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