links for 2007-07-18

Ben Relles of Barely Political: “We weren’t really thinking about politics,” …” We were just interested in making something really viral, getting a lot of attention.”

MICROSOFT is once again on the defensive against hackers after the launch of a new program that gives average PC users tools to unlock copy-protected digital music and movies.

Australian PM John Howard attempts to appeal to the digital generation by announcing a climate change policy on YouTube. (Not all that convincing, I’m afraid.)

The Australian Labor Party responds on YouTube to John Howard’s climate change clip, with a parody pointing out that Howard has long been asleep at the political wheel.

“Students at Oxford University are being warned that university authorities are using the Facebook website to gain evidence about unruly post-exam pranks.”

“The Federal Liberal Party appears to be snubbing MySpace, after the social network publicly criticised the Liberals’ response to its new Impact political channel.” (Explains why Howard’s only got 8 friends still!)