Category: Technology
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The legacy of Bill Gates
Reading the many different opinions of people about the news that Bill Gates will step down as Microsoft’s chief software architect in two years’ time gave me cause to reflect on what an amazing time the past twenty-five years has been…
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PubSub’s numbered days
Rumours have been flying lately about the demise of PubSub.com, writes co-founder Bob Wyman yesterday: […] I can’t deny that things are not going well for us. Our days are numbered. A recent attempt to execute a merger has been…
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Biz-Tech-News: Headlines 14-Jun-06
EBay integrates Skype into auctions E-newspapers just around the corner. Really Firms get World Cup fine warning Home Depot to Shareholders: Bugger Off Is Your VoIP Phone Vulnerable? Islamic banking goes nationwide National Semi Equips Workforce with iPods Podcast: The…
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Personal attention-getter
I usually dump all promotional mail I receive with little more than a cursory glance at it. I’m talking about physical mail, the stuff that’s delivered by a real human being, aka the postman. But a mailing I received today…
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Reflections on the ‘Radio FIR’ Skypecast
So we did our Grand Experiment yesterday – recorded show #142 of the FIR podcast as a Skypecast. And it was a great experiment. Shel did a terrific job as MC and chief DJ, manipulating the Skypecast control panel, muting/unmuting…