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Good to see the evergreen Randy Newman at the top of this week’s Guardian music chart: top ten songs about nuclear war.
Also good to see Tom Lehrer popping up at number 10, as it gives me an excuse to repeat one of my favourite jokes of his: “The second world war produced many hit records, [...]

No doubt a question you’ve been asked before. Here’s a clue:
The Wall Street Journal is considering putting an advertisement on its front page, starting next year. With a 30-member design committee, the Journal is working on its second overhaul in five years, calling it “Project Renaissance.
Ad on the front page… 30-member design committee.
Okay, that’s unfair [...]

A terrifying tale from Steve Boggan on how he picked up a discarded boarding pass stub and found reams of personal information about its former owner, one Mark Broer. The heart of the problem is that the more of your personal information that moves around, the more opportunities there are for others to steal it.
We [...]