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Jane Wakefield: Fear and loathing of technology
News This is a particularly revealing statistic, bringing technology up against the old wall of prejudice it always faces; the fear -- immortalised in sci-fi films for the last three decades -- that it threatens our very humanity.
[October 20, 2000, 14:42]
What exactly does Google have to fear from Twitter?
Blog Twitter is the darling of the social media world, with many bloggers saying Google should fear it, if not buy it. But what threat or opportunity does Twitter actually pose? Yes, yes, another blog about Twitter, the Web 2.0 service of the moment.
[February 28, 2009, 21:10]
The politics of Fear
Talkback It's actually quite well explained and documented and is termed "The Politics of Fear". We can't get any headway promising to improve their lot out there in pleb-land, so instead we will pump up the level of fear in the electorate on particular...
[March 26, 2009, 15:50]
Local councils fear e-government failure
News Many local councils fear that they will fail to achieve the goal of putting all their public services online by 2005, according to a report to be published on Thursday. Research group Datamonitor has found that 36 percent of local authorities fear...
[July 3, 2003, 7:54]
Antivirus firms fear Bagle's bite
News Computer-security experts fear a new worm -- Bagle-A -- which has begun spreading rapidly across Australian email networks could be a rehearsal for a more concerted attack in coming weeks.eAccording to Daniel Zatz, security director for Computer...
[January 19, 2004, 8:00]
Regulators fear AOL-Time Warner merger
News Citing sources close to the matter, the Post says that FTC officials fear a lack of viable competition in certain areas controlled by Time Warner will force consumers to accept the new merged company's service.
[September 5, 2000, 9:10]
Beyond Fear
Member Review In Beyond Fear, Bruce Schneier argues that successful security requires the continuous assessment of risks and trade-offs.
[October 19, 2004, 16:59]
Trouble at the top with Blair's IT fear
Leader One is to cower in fear under the desk: Blair is in charge of one of the most advanced economies in the world. Rare flashes of frankness have distinguished the Government's troubled relationship with IT this week.
[February 10, 2005, 12:30]
Privacy watchdog fear of govt super DB
Talkback That is my biggest fear privacy wise. Very simply, the privacy expert AND all of us should be much more fearful of the information private companies (insurance, credit, etc) have on us that keep getting stolen week after week because thos companys...
[January 16, 2007, 17:02]
Fear
Talkback "Fear makes people do strange things", you say, ator1940. Very true. But whether the European Commission is more scared of Microsoft or open source, I could only guess.
[March 6, 2007, 9:37]
Sky high price fear for German 3G auction confirmed
News Players were climbing a war of fear, worried about losing out," he says. As the German auction for third generation mobile spectrum tops £22bn, experts debate the wisdom of the auction system. It fills government coffers, but is it the best way...
[August 15, 2000, 12:28]
Studies motivated by fear of magic
Talkback My only fear is that nothing is researched and in a rush to get Draft N finalised an seriously dangerous wi-fi device is manufactured in laptops and we won't discover it until half the population is sterile.
[October 18, 2007, 11:04]
Hacker fear scares US government agency offline
News The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) suffered another security embarrassment on Thursday when it shut down its Web site because of fear of computer hacker attacks. The decision came just a week after eight major Web sites, including ZDNet...
[February 18, 2000, 11:25]
The fear that's eating the mobile world
Leader Yet that is the model the operators fear most, and it shows in their every aspect. In the movie Soylent Green, the plot revolves around a huge, unpalatable secret — the staple food of the future is ground-up humans.
[February 16, 2007, 14:47]
Fear users, says IDC security chief
News Businesses must fear the user," he said at IDC's Security Conference in London on Tuesday. Analyst firm IDC has warned IT managers that education of end users in not enough to mitigate potential user threats.
[September 25, 2007, 13:41]
ISPs fear greater Net regulation
News The ISPA's fear is that the TV watershed, which prevents terrestrial broadcasters from transmitting programmes unsuitable for children before 9pm, could be imposed on ISPs. UK ISPs are worried that communications regulator Ofcom may be given powers...
[January 27, 2005, 15:35]
Apple shows fear of feedback
Talkback Fear of legitimate comments has nothing to do with it. Back when Windows first hit the scene there was a converted effort to bad mouth the Mac in any and all forums. The goal was to make Windows look better.
[November 5, 2004, 14:51]
IT pros fear offshoring, executives don't
News Despite the confidence of these high-fliers, some still fear for their jobs — at least one-fifth of each group believed they could lose their job because of offshoring. Though no job in the enterprise is safe from being offshored nowadays, the top...
[May 17, 2006, 15:35]
Why Google need not fear Microsoft
Talkback To Rex: - a very interesting read. Is this posted anywhere else rather than read countless talkbacks?
[February 12, 2004, 10:26]
Why Google need not fear Microsoft
Talkback Fraud, Extortion, Blackmail, Sabotage, Antitrust The article by Mr Carroll seeks to focus on a very narrow definition of competition. He claims that since Microsoft entered a market dominated by another company, that it was not directly engaged in...
[February 10, 2004, 20:47]
