Category: Stories
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‘Parasitic’ Google feels TV’s wrath
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Andrew Orlowski
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Your reporter holds TV executives in as much esteem as a flesh-eating virus. But even in the uniquely clueless world of television, they’re finally waking up to Google’s ‘parasitic’ nature. C4 chief Andy Duncan has become the latest to awake from his slumber. The problem? Duncan’s “cure” will probably only make Google stronger. Duncan says…
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EMI’s £700,000 taxi bill
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Andrew Orlowski
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A report by Maltby Capital, the company created to acquire and run EMI, reveals that the British music giant is still spending money like a drunken sailor. A highlight of the out-of-control budget was £700,000 spent with just one London taxi firm. “This was only slightly less than the bills of three investment banks, with…
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Cliff Richard not face of British music any more
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Andrew Orlowski
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The Monday morning after the clocks go back traditionally brings us very little cheer, but here’s one piece of good news – you’ll be seeing less of Sir Cliff Richard in the future.… Read More
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Net refuseniks are getting more stubborn
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Andrew Orlowski
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Almost half the nation’s households don’t have net access – and most of them aren’t going to sign up. In what will be unwelcome news for ISPs, ecommerce providers, and the government, a survey of UK households suggests internet hold-outs are getting more stubborn. The availability of cheap broadband has eroded the refusenik camp very…
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NASA’s greatest clanger
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Andrew Orlowski
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Rights to the celebrated documentary The Clangers are changing hands. Often mistakenly described as “a children’s programme”, the 1970s series revealed for the first time the existence of an advanced knitwear-based lunar civilisation, knowledge of which has been suppressed by governments and space agencies ever since. Not only was the vast body of evidence of…
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Feds seize biker gang’s trademark
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Andrew Orlowski
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Federal investigators have hit a California biker gang where it hurts – by seizing the group’s trademark. The Mongols OutLaw Biker Gang [website] attracted the attention of the DoJ’s Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Department, with 61 indictments issued today. Search warrants were issued in six states yesterday, following a long undercover investigation. Gang members’ bikes…