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Tech City UK quango rearranges Shoreditch
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Something odd is happening in East London. Last November David Cameron launched “Tech City UK”, a bid to extend the nontrepreneurial hub of Silicon Roundabout into the éléphant blanc of the Olympic zone at Stratford. See Nathan Barleys to fill Olympic chasm. But newcomers to the area might find themselves disoriented.… Read More
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A week with the new MacBook Air 11″
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Very impressive. Shame about OS X Lion, though. Read the full review here. … Read More
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‘Google is fantastic and should be applauded’ – competition regulator
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What happens when competition watchdogs lose their teeth – and roll over to have their tummies tickled? Via the influential chair of the Commons Culture Media and Sport Select Committee, John Whittingdale MP, comes a very interesting story today. Whittingdale relates a conversation with John Fingleton, the head of the Office of Fair Trading. The…
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“Disruptive Technology” blather is not clever or useful
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I have a list of some words that really should be banned in polite conversation. The only reason not to ban them is that they’re useful indicators, an unambiguous warning that the speakers are going to be a serious waste of our time. The use of any of these words is like wearing a giant…
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Wolfie of the IPO
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Britain could have invented the iPod – if it wasn’t for a copyright law that everyone ignores. So says the UK government in a remarkable economic justification of the so-called “Google Review”, the Review of IP and Growth led by Ian Hargreaves. The document was written for the government by civil servants at the IPO,…
