The BBC has an article on the problems Microsoft is facing getting its new console released on time. My favourite piece: By making sure its new Xbox 360 is out months ahead of Sony’s PlayStation 3, Microsoft is hoping to win over the wallets and thumbs of gamers. The downside has been a rush to [...]
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Microsoft Serious About Releasing XBOX 360
October 12th, 2005 · 1 Comment · Business, Microsoft, Video Games
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Banks Should Be Held Responsible For Phishing
October 7th, 2005 · No Comments · Business, Crime, Security
In another bout of wisdom, Bruce Schneier has written a piece on wired on how banks should be held responsible for phishing. While this may at first sound ludicrous, after reading his arguments it makes a hell of a lot of sense: The actual problem to be solved is that of fraudulent transactions. Financial institutions [...]
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Bad Movies To Blame For Moviegoing Slump
October 2nd, 2005 · No Comments · Business, Movies
The LA Times has a piece where studio execs are finally facing the music and giving themselves the blame for the recent slump in people going to the movies: One of Hollywood’s basic tenets is that when things go wrong it’s somebody else’s fault. Which is why it’s so startling, suddenly, to hear studio executives [...]
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Everything You Wanted To Know About Tim O’Reilly (But Were Too Afraid To Ask)
October 1st, 2005 · No Comments · Business, Internet
Wired has an interesting piece on O’Reilly mogul, Tim O’Reilly: Tim O’Reilly likes to walk in the dark. Sometimes after dinner he’ll head down the long dirt pathway outside his rambling farmhouse in Sebastopol, California, a post-hippie enclave between wine country and the Pacific Ocean. No flashlight. And on this particular overcast night, with rain [...]
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Five Reasons Why Palm Went From King To Pauper
September 28th, 2005 · No Comments · Business, Mobiles & Gadgets
Zdnet has an interesting analysis on why Palm went from number one to…..well……..I don’t have to explain: When Palm ruled the handheld-computing market, few thought it would ever have to partner with Microsoft. But a series of missteps, from manufacturing gaffes to strategic blunders, eventually made Palm’s partnering with its longtime rival seem like a [...]
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Ronald McDonald Replaced By Bikini And High Heels
September 27th, 2005 · No Comments · Business
In a humorous move Mcdonalds has replaced its usual mascott with a woman in Japan: Ronald McDonald, the garish clown recognised worldwide as the icon of the fast food restaurant chain, has been taken off the menu in Japan. In new advertising, he has been replaced by a woman sporting a bikini and high heels, [...]
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There IS Money To Be Made From Blogging
September 22nd, 2005 · No Comments · Business, Internet
Wired reports on something that most people call a myth, and bloggers call a wet dream. It actually is possible to make a good living from blogging: When it comes to the profit potential of blogs, Nick Denton, founder of Gawker Media, calls himself a skeptic. It’s a surprisingly pessimistic perspective coming from the Brit [...]
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A Glimpse Into OPEC
September 20th, 2005 · No Comments · Business
The BBC gives an interesting glimpse into the world of OPEC and why oil prices are so high these days (ie: it isn’t just because of low supply): A small petrol station just over the canal from Opec’s Vienna headquarters was doing fairly brisk business in the evening ahead of a meeting of the organisation’s [...]
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More Money Than Sense
September 13th, 2005 · No Comments · Business, Middle East
The Economist has an interesting article that sums up the current oil boom in the gulf: WITH the price of oil rolling past $60 a barrel, where is the producers’ windfall falling? Some of it is going on useful things like roads and schools and paying off debts, some gets recycled, flowing back to energy-thirsty [...]
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Rich Dude To Rebuild Seven Wonders Of The World In Dubai
September 13th, 2005 · 1 Comment · Business, Middle East
CNN reports of yet another total waste of money being spent in Dubai: DUBAI (Reuters) — The Gulf emirate of Dubai will build a city of life-size replicas of seven wonders of the world at an estimated cost of $1.5 billion to house offices, shops and flats, a developer has said. The Falcon City of [...]
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