Venice still in peril; OECD on free government data; cameraphones that read business cards; grief for gamers; broadband or not, and much more

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• That sinking feeling
  Venice's fight for survival has attracted international attention and large-scale funding. However, it is not the only city trying to keep its head above water, says Nigel Praities.
• Time to adopt the American model
  A number of member countries continue to drag their feet over a European directive on access to public-sector information. Report by Michael Cross.
• Teaching cameraphones to read business cards
  Transferring contact details straight to a mobile phone via a barcode could make commercial sense.
• Is it the end for net neutrality?
  Since the net is a place where tiny arguments can turn into the most thunderous of storms overnight, it is often difficult to measure the importance of arguments. But few dispute that "net neutrality" could be one of the most important.
• Who is Robert Scoble and does anybody care?
  Robert Scoble is Microsoft's alpha geek blogger, widely credited with giving the software giant a more appealing human face. The big news last weekend was that Scoble is quitting to join a video-blogging start-up company, PodTech.net.
• Mating games arouse wrath of 'moral majority'
  Aleks Krotoski: One year ago this month, a new landmark in computer gaming was set by a 36-year-old hacker whose talents simultaneously uncovered an explicit adult scene in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and lifted the veil on an industry that has been largely ignored in interactive entertainment.
• Gamers don't want any more grief
  Players who abuse others in online games may soon be ostracised as virtual communities start to police their own environments, writes Martin Davies.
• Games of the week
  Brain Training | Moto GP 06 | Rise of Legends
• Gentlemen, charge your engines
  Electric-car technology is accelerating at such a pace that even the most sceptical of petrolheads will have to take notice.
• Broadband for all - not!
  Though many people assume broadband will be available anywhere within the nation, there are corners of the UK where the broadband dream remains just that.
• Music business needs to be more image conscious
  Charles Arthur: Cleaning out the loft I came across an armful of vinyl LPs; had they been CDs, of course, they'd have only been a handful. Their size and weight were striking; but one thing they had that CDs certainly don't is a canvas for artwork.
• Bargain hunters may not net the best price
  Victor Keegan: Online shopping is so common among savvy web users that there is a danger of getting it out of proportion. At a recent morning conference at the Guardian some people, mainly women, said they did all their shopping online.
• Technobile
  Kim Thomas: Who in their right mind would be taken in by hoax email? Many more than you would imagine, actually.
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• Newsbytes
  Mobile madness | Webjacking | 20in to go | Pool protection | i-mode UK | Music turn off | Video mail | Passport update
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