Le Web 3: Open source reflects French election desire

A candidate in the French presidential race has proposed a social "revolution" founded on free, open source software.

Francois Bayrou, leader of the centrist Union for French Democracy (UDF), spoke of his appreciation for wikis and said he wants to create "a society based on shared culture, science and knowledge".

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Le Web 3: Israeli PM beckons startups for peace

Israeli vice premier Shimon Peres has told a gathering of internet entrepreneurs they can help bring peace to the Middle East using capitalism and innovation.

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Tories weed out inner tosser with budget web spot

The UK's Conservative party has launched an online campaign against consumer debt, featuring an odious overspending character they dub "the inner tosser".

Created by Karmarama, the Sort-it website includes money-saving tips and a mini manifesto on fiscal responsibility. A short video features a flash, suited American encouraging an English shopper to overspend on consumer items from shoes to a sports car.
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Mobile video entrant aims to rock US vote

First-time voters at next week's US mid-term elections are being urged to become election observers for the day by posting video from poll scenes to the web using mobile phones.

With over 500 seats being contested across the country, youth social action movement YouthNoise has partnered with new video sharing website Veeker to solicit "veeks", or "video peeks", via email over MMS from polling stations, rallies, protests and parties.

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Press Release: Are the political parties excluding 10m voters

Digital accessibility experts, Cimex have today unveiled its assessment of the three main political parties’ websites. The Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and the Labour Party are all falling short of UK standards and Cimex is calling on them to improve their websites

“Accessible websites are now...
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Press Release: Text voting could bring Politics to Youth

As Labour and the Conservatives invest thousands into high tech campaigns, mobile messaging could be the key to reaching the elusive youth market that fails to cast a vote.

The ease of mobile text messaging has meant that the young cast more votes for entertainment shows such as 'Big Brother', which...
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