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Really Stupid Things People Say About Technology. No.38,014
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Andrew Orlowski
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Two items of interest for those of you who collect Really Stupid Things People Say About Technology. [The first plea for Web 2.0 corporate welfare I had noticed. It came from The Guardian]… Read More
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How AT&T chewed up, and spat out Net Neutrality
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Andrew Orlowski
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“It sure would be nice, but it doesn’t have much chance of happening because of market power, size, etc. I think it would be real hard to do. I don’t think the regulators would let that happen, in my judgment.” – Ed Whitacre on the possibility of taking over BellSouth, 2005. The definition of a…
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Why I want the iPhone to succeed
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Andrew Orlowski
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I’m glad the iPhone’s is here – and I have very selfish reasons for wanting it to succeed. That’s because even without the cellular telephony, it looks like something I’ve been wanting to buy. But it’s also because after years of writing about smartphones, I’ve seen the established players become lazy and complacent, go down…
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When Google sneezes, does the internet get flu?
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Andrew Orlowski
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Much of the web-based new economy hinges on the behaviour of how one company deals with two mammoth challenges next year. Both are potentially lethal, and a poor response to either will have dire consequences for many operations doing business on the internet. Fortunately, that company is supremely well-equipped to deal with problems of a…
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The DIY encyclopedia
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Andrew Orlowski
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Who can fail to love the can-do spirit and have-a-go enthusiasm of Wikipedia? When the site found itself in need of copyright-free illustrations, one user simply generated his own. We were alerted to this cockle-warming tale via a Something Awful forum, where member Stick_Fig, sets the scene like this: A group of users has decided…