Andrew Orlowski

Collected Journalism

  • Google snubs UK’s first Net Neutrality debate

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    The first significant Net Neutrality debate to take place in the UK was held today at Westminster. Chaired by former trade minister Alun Michael and the Conservative shadow trade minister Charles Hendry, the event attracted the chief Telecoms regulator and ministry policy chief, a clutch of industry representatives, and a sprinkling of members of both…

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  • PacketExchange’s counterpoint to Neutrality hysteria

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    Networks need to get smarter, says PacketExchange’s Kieron O’Brien, in a sharp counterpoint to the “Net Neutrality” hysteria. PacketExchange bypasses the congestion of the internet by offering its customers a private end-to-end network. Some of its customers, such as Nokia, Microsoft, and cable ISP Telewest (now owned by Virgin) aren’t so surprising. But last week…

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  • 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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  • Spontaneous human combustion: Skype to blame

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    A Voice over IP service was to blame for a man in Massachusetts bursting into flames at the weekend. The man, David Reed, held an executive position at Lotus in the early 1980s, and was a Fellow at HP Labs. He is said to be recovering from the spontaneous human combustion at MIT Media Lab,…

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  • Orb turns MySpace into a personal radio station

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    Just as you thought the MySpace phenomenon was running out of steam, tomorrow will see the biggest innovation to the site since it launched. This one doesn’t come from MySpace itself, however, but Orb Networks. Orb already allows you to listen to or view media stored on your home PC (music, playlists, photos or TV…

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