Andrew Orlowski

Collected Journalism

Month: March 2007

  • Truths, half-truths and Wikipedia: Tom Melly

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    Tom Melly, on the Wikification of the obituaries of his father, George Melly Wikipedia comes in for a fair amount of criticism these days from El Reg and other publications, but I can’t help wondering if we’re missing the real point regarding its status as an encyclopedia. Most of the arguments hinge on its accuracy,…

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  • Babelgum: another new, new TV thing

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    “Frankly the business plan is subjective”- Babelgum chairman Silvio Scaglia So P2P TV services really do conform to the proverbial bus cliche: you wait ages for one, then loads of cliches come along at once. If you know Joost, then you’ll know Babelgum, which unveiled its service in London today. Both are PC-based upstarts to…

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