Andrew Orlowski

Collected Journalism

  • BBC investigates Richard Madeley’s PC panic attack

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    Richard Madeley told the nation how the Government was going to whisk away his computer last week. The BBC has promised to investigate. The segment on Monday’s Simon Mayo drive time heard Madeley, who is filling in for Mayo, say: “What a pain! I only got computer literate three years ago, just as I get…

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  • Obama’s got a Google problem

    Obama’s got a Google problem

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    Obama has created an exquisite problem by hiring so many senior executives from Google – some of the Oompa Loompas don’t seem to realise they no longer work for the company. Now a Congressman has called for an enquiry. The issue was made apparent when a trail of correspondence by administration official Andrew McLaughlin was…

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  • For me, the iPad is just a port short

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    Quite unexpectedly, it’s looking like a useful bit of daily computing kit. It hasn’t taken long for the iPad to be seen as a bit more than a pointless and expensive luxury lifestyle accessory. Just nine weeks – and in that time the hardware spec hasn’t changed at all. But last week’s iPhone 4.0 preview,…

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  • TalkTalk, ORG see cash from Mandybill chaos

    TalkTalk, ORG see cash from Mandybill chaos

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    Never let the facts, or taste, get in the way of a marketing campaign, we say. TalkTalk boldly promised today to fight disconnection requests in court, at least until after the election. Carphone Warehouse strategy director Andrew Heaney made the pledge on his blog. The fact that ISPs don’t get any disconnection requests, and if…

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  • A user’s timetable to the Digital Economy Act

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    Now that the Digital Economy Act has been passed by both Houses, what can internet users expect, and when? Quick answer: nothing much soon.… Read More

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  • Digital Economy: a Sketch from the Commons

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    Live TV and internet coverage allowed the nation to feel grubby as the Mandybill was shunted through the House of Commons late last night. The government’s replacement for Clause 18 – a catch-all illiberal web-blocking measure that few in the music business ever expected to survive – was approved, and the photographers cemented a spectacular…

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