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Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog It's smooth and silver-shiny, has masses of flashing lights and - most importantly - makes noises like Gary Numan in a liquidiser. And a happy new year to you, distant reader. I hope Santa brought you everything you desire: I pre-empted the bearded...
[January 10, 1998, 7:00]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News It's smooth and silver-shiny, has masses of flashing lights and - most importantly - makes noises like Gary Numan in a liquidiser. And a happy new year to you, distant reader. I hope Santa brought you everything you desire: I pre-empted the bearded...
[January 10, 1998, 7:00]
BumpTop - putting physics in the desktop
Blog Comment We don't want translucent windows, we need some blue skies thinking like this to truly make computing understandable to the masses. That is extremely interesting. It would be good to see something like this developed further - are you watching...
[January 29, 2007, 20:54]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog They'd better.but as part of the great experiment, 10,000 Webcams have been distributed to the masses over there so they can all visibly interact from their front rooms. Over in the US, ZD-TV has started broadcasting.
[May 16, 1998, 7:00]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News They'd better.but as part of the great experiment, 10,000 Webcams have been distributed to the masses over there so they can all visibly interact from their front rooms. Over in the US, ZD-TV has started broadcasting.
[May 16, 1998, 6:00]
Legal Napster opens for business
News Its features having been unveiled early this month, Napster's introduction to the masses Wednesday contains little in the way of surprises. Napster is back, with an inescapable marketing campaign that's put the familiar kitty-with-earphones logo...
[October 30, 2003, 8:00]
Microsoft rolls out red carpet for IE 7 test
News The software giant is set to release an updated test version of IE 7 for Windows XP and is hoping to convince the masses to try out the still-in-the-works software. Microsoft wants you to put Internet Explorer 7 through its paces.
[April 25, 2006, 12:35]
iPhone Security: Latest Hack Not So Scary
Blog While there are some vulnerabilities within the iPhone OS, this latest scare is not likely to affect the masses. iPhone Security: Latest Hack Not So Scary Author: Eric Everson, Founder MyMobiSafe.com To read the headlines, one would think that the...
[July 30, 2009, 16:43]
Lone file-swapper takes on recording industry
Talkback Go ahead, scream about Corporate Bogeymen and Patriot act furvor , but when it comes down to it most of the people contesting this action by the RIA are not the downtrodden masses. wait, stealing is a crime , right?
[October 3, 2003, 16:12]
ID cards scheme has cost nearly £50m
Talkback Secondly, their main purpose will be to control the masses, which generally speaking are law abiding citizens. This ID card scheme should never have started in the first place and should be binned. If they are so persistant with this they won't be...
[August 21, 2006, 17:12]
Microsoft pulls swastikas from latest Office
Talkback Taking this action reaffirms irrational human behaviours used by the few to control the masses. Bloody stupid. You give symbols power by treating them this way. Letting the symbols go - look how completely devalued the christian cross has become...
[December 13, 2003, 15:04]
Microsoft and Intel join next-gen DVD fray
Talkback They would rather bring that amount of storage to the masses over years. This is NOT new news. Microsoft MONTHS ago signed a partnership agreement with Toshiba over HD-DVD. Microsoft and Intel do not like the idea of such a HUGE volume of data...
[September 28, 2005, 14:19]
PC vendors snub antitrust altered Windows
Talkback If such behaviour is to be rewarded then why bother with providing the masses with new and interesting things? Sigh. The only thing Microsoft did was muscle themselves, by means of their PC market share and "free" software, into a new market they...
[June 17, 2005, 0:16]
US cyber spies want more rights to snoop on foreigners
Talkback Wherever the ruling class wishes, because the masses are silent. Of course! How could bloody - sorry, god-damned - foreigners have the same human rights as US citizens? All the human values that were won in the last century through two horrendous...
[July 28, 2006, 21:30]
Google DRM could be Shire madness
Leader These servants of evil were sent out to fight freedom and to enslave the masses. A shadow had fallen across the land. Where once a peaceful people had lived and worked together, using technology to improve their lot at home and at work, now fear...
[January 20, 2006, 14:25]
These are a few of my favourite things...
Blog The Gimp: Photoshop® for the masses (as in a few hundred quid cheaper ie Free). All Linux and Ubuntu related, of course. And all free, of course. Gnome Do: Miraculous quick app starter, a la QuickSilver.
[December 29, 2008, 10:48]
New handheld aims to bridge digital divide
News The idea was to create a low-cost, mass-access device that could bring local-language computing to the masses. A non-profit group in India has created a simple, inexpensive, multilingual handheld device aimed at bringing computing to Third World...
[May 25, 2001, 16:21]
Crashing out at Glastonbury Festival
Talkback If this Glasto is a wet one, the part-timers will jump ship next time around and how many of the alienated masses from this year will replace them ? Been going to Glasto for 10 years now, got tickets yesterday but totally pissed off.
[April 3, 2004, 10:34]
Linux: The forking fight-back
Talkback to become dominant until the environment (the needs of the masses) changes and the former 'better species' better adapt to the new environment fast enough or some other 'better species' will become dominant (the innovation need for speed).
[February 7, 2005, 22:34]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Through the slowly clearing black veils of unconsciousness, I grapple manfully with what I hear: BT says new broadband service for the masses doesn't need an ISP, direct connection to the Internet means joy for all.
[April 12, 2002, 18:07]
