Wednesday, November 4, 2009
The Space Station’s IT guys
It’s the most expensive single thing ever built (£92bn and counting), the quickest manned vehicle in existence (17,300mph) and the staging point for future Moon and Mars missions.
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Google Redefines Disruption: The “Less Than Free” Business Model
I like to think of myself as an aficionado of business disruption.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
After One Year, Conficker Infects Seven Million Computers
The Conficker worm has passed a dubious milestone.
Little, Big, and Green: A Biography of the Solid-State Disk
Faster and dramatically more power-efficient than rotating magnetic media, solid-state disks (SSDs) are one of the longest-awaited and most eagerly anticipated technologies in the past two decades of computing.
The Golden Age of Infinite Music
We all know what the alleged future of music will look like.
A Tweet Unleashes Vitriol on a User in Britain
In the realm of Twitter insults, it was at the far end of mild.
My Take on Zynga and CPA Offers
Michael Arrington posted over the weekend about CPA offers within social games and questioned why facebook, myspace, zynga and others would expose these to our users.
Monday, November 2, 2009
30 Predictions for the Future of Twitter
At the 140conf conference in LA, Jeff Pulver asked me to think about the future of Twitter and even though I obviously have no crystal ball, I took some risks and here you go, I gathered my predictions here, in the form of “tweet slides” so you might want to watch the video too.
Illegal Downloaders “Spend the Most on Music,” Says Poll
People who illegally download music from the internet also spend more money on music than anyone else, according to a new study.
One-Handed Computing With the iPhone
The easy single-handed operation of the iPhone1 is not one of its obvious selling points but is one of those little features that grows on you and becomes nearly indispensable.
The Future for Journalism Will Always Embrace Change
Last week, Coventry University ran a video conference whose title asked, “Is World Journalism in Crisis?” Jeremy Paxman appeared, as did I. “Crisis is a journalistic word,” he said.
Virtual Estates Lead to Real-World Headaches
Two avatars, Leto Yoshiro and Enchant Jacques, met in the virtual world of Second Life in 2005.
Friday, October 30, 2009
GateHouse Media Strikes Again: Claims Headlines, Ledes Are Covered by Copyright, Threatens Forum
Happy Birthday Dear Internet…The Internet Devalues Everything It Touches
Forty years ago today, October 29, 1969 marks the birth of the Internet.
I’m Not Dead!
Earlier this week, social media sites had found that Facebook has a page dedicated to memorializing people’s profiles once they’ve croaked it (as seen on BoingBoing) or for when someone’s friends want to play a joke on someone.
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