Andrew Orlowski

Collected Journalism

  • The next mobile UI (why nobody has a clue)

    The next mobile UI (why nobody has a clue)

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    How things have changed. Fifteen years ago attendees at a select mobile conference might have been found sparring over spectrum allocation and control channels. Back then, 3G loomed large, and huge geo-political battles were being fought. Today the talk is – how do you make it all work nicely?… Read More

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  • What’s next for nuclear?
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    What’s next for nuclear?

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    This year, Imperial College graduated its first nuclear scientists for a very long time. After years in the doldrums, other universities are also increasing their activity. Is this a sign of a Nuclear Renaissance? Perhaps it is. Even deep Greens are dropping long-standing objections [1] to nuclear power generation. I got in touch with Imperial’s…

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  • Hollywood ruling sends piracy chill through Google

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    “Why is it so hard to make the decision not to enter into business partnerships with sites whose business model is obvious infringement of the works of U.S. creators?” Hollywood is going after advertising companies who help fund pirate websites, and has now won a landmark victory.… Read More

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  • Radio amnesty fails to lift DAB

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    The radio audience ratings service RAJAR has published the first full quarter of figures since the launch of a DAB trade-in scheme called ‘Radio Amnesty’, fronted by ubiquitous luvvie Stephen Fry. The aim was to induce households to exchange their FM radios for a DAB radio. The result? DAB’s share of digital listening has fallen…

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  • The Google-eyed economy

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    “The report laments that ‘collective intelligence’ such as crowdsourced user-generated content isn’t measured by GDP” A new report commissioned by Google, and timed to coincide with the first ever Parliamentary debate on the company today, puts itself and the internet at the heart of the British economy. But it does so by using some creative…

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  • How NOT to do a music levy

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    The European Court has upheld the right of copyright businesses in the EU to ask for a ‘private copying levy’, but slapped down Spain for applying it indiscriminately. The Court was hearing a case brought by the Spanish music collecting society SGAE against a storage vendor called Padewan. Spain provides a case study in how…

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