Bill Gates on Apple security and other things
Blog William H Gates III has been talking to Steven Levy about Vista, the Apple Switcher adverts, and more. It's well worth reading the whole thing - though hold onto your jaw. At the bottom of page 2, we get this delicious morsel:
[February 2, 2007, 15:15]
Ten reasons open-source smart phones will not win out
Blog Comment And that isn't because of advertising because I see adverts every night for the Pre. So sometimes the limits imposed amount to much the same whether we are talking open OR closed systems. We are talking about the ever evolving life of technology.
[July 25, 2009, 20:24]
your policy sucks!
Talkback I suspect your original briefs and job adverts were misleading, and your short-listing procedures ill-thought-out. Sam you exemplify exactly what Tim was talking about. I am desperate to hire a female developer, to keep the mix and balance in the...
[September 28, 2007, 13:42]
The Year Ahead: Top ten technologies to watch
News The network operators are already talking about beaming adverts to your phone or PDA when you're in the vicinity of a shop; somewhat more usefully, the same technology will tell you where to get petrol, cash, food or help, and automatically summon...
[December 25, 2002, 6:13]
Now you can carry ads around with you!
Blog Personally I don't think we're subjected to too few adverts in our daily lives at the moment, but on the other hand hey, we're talking about lower phone bills. Vodafone is teaming up with Yahoo(! to offer lower phone bills for those willing to put...
[November 16, 2006, 23:41]
Honey, I Shrunk The Flash Player
Blog It’s where JavaScript is being turned into a tool that can run clouds, and where Flash isn’t about the skip intro any more - it’s much more the White House’s AIR-based employee directory than animated adverts.
[October 12, 2009, 7:42]
US legislators seek to ban spyware
Talkback The whole idea behind it is to allow external parties to monitor your movement, or in some cases bombard you with adverts. I think you're talking about Firewalls. "Spyware is needed because it affects the performance of your computer.
[March 8, 2004, 14:03]
Towards Broadband Britain 2.0
Talkback Why spend money on adverts and job creation when it could be spent on wireless for the last (we call it the first) mile? Why not just do the job instead of talking about it? The next digital divide is opening up, with half the country being...
[November 14, 2005, 8:55]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog The company which launched with enormously expensive adverts last November and which has been maintaining an enormously expensive silence ever since? Can they be talking about the leading light of the space age, the orbiting telecommunications...
[March 26, 1999, 18:05]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News The company which launched with enormously expensive adverts last November and which has been maintaining an enormously expensive silence ever since? Can they be talking about the leading light of the space age, the orbiting telecommunications...
[March 26, 1999, 18:05]
SkypeIn customers decide to move their 0207 numbers to new providers...
Talkback So all those small business that have given their number out to customers and paid for adverts, business cards, flyers, sign writing etc will no longer be able to receive calls in 3 weeks time! A years free Skype In subscription is hardly...
[November 24, 2007, 2:32]
Opera to give its browser a voice
News Opera's browser, which will incorporate IBM's Embedded ViaVoice speech technology, will be available as a free download with adverts, as well as a paid-for version without advertising, said Tetzchner.
[March 23, 2004, 15:00]
Home Office screens Internet paedophile warning ads
News The adverts demonstrate powerfully how someone can use the same language that you would expect a child to use," said Hughes. You make assumptions about who you are talking to online, but those can be completely wrong.
[December 19, 2001, 16:50]
Microsoft invests in business ads, multitouch
News Meanwhile, Microsoft's new adverts started running on Sunday in the US. They are designed to feature specific customers such as Quicksilver and Coca-Cola talking about how they are using Microsoft products.
[January 13, 2009, 7:31]
Linux TV adverts FAIL
Blog The problem with asking amateur film makers to make adverts is that you get amateur results, unfortunately. We also have talking cows, Tux as a bluesman, car analogies and the amazing revelation that software updates tickle.
[April 14, 2009, 15:23]
iPhone 3GS? Apple's real story is elsewhere
Blog But Apple will be charging $29 - around twenty quid - for Snow Leopard, which plays remarkably well against a competitor which, let’s say, wants to compete on price and has just spent millions on television adverts saying so, but habitually...
[June 8, 2009, 20:32]
Of Qtrax and broken dreams
Blog The client filters out bad and unlicensed tracks, bungs on some DRM, adds adverts and the stuff's yours. In the background, I can hear someone talking about Macdonald's offering A-level qualifications.
[January 28, 2008, 7:40]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog I've lost count of how many I've been to, but I brood on the one where I got stuck for half an hour in the lift of a new hotel in San José while the communication system played non-stop adverts for the hotel chain at us.
[September 22, 2006, 19:25]
Guy Kewney's Weekend Diary, from Chicago, Las Vegas
News and a series of adverts for their holiday destinations followed. I'm not just talking about the confusion of being paged as "Guymr" (pronounced "Goomer"), either. We - Rupert is with me - didn't have much luck in Chicago.
[November 23, 1996, 7:00]
Jane Wakefield: How we can't resist a bargain
News Delays, engaged tones and inability to register for the service are not the best adverts for it and will do nothing to back up Tony Blair's claims that the Internet is the best thing since foccaccia bread.
[June 12, 2000, 17:00]
