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Archive for August 2010
The End of Free
‘Theme week’ is turning into ‘theme fortnight.’ Last week, I commented on the Google-Verizon thing (death of net neutrality) and the Pay-walls of Jericho(wrong subscription model for the times, sorry, the Times)Next: the end of the free internet. If net neutrality is dead, then traffic shaping, bandwidth caps and premium service will be the norm. … Continue reading
Pay-walls of Jericho
Far be it from me to tell Rupert Murdoch why he’s got his business model wrong, I’m going to do it anyway. Rupert Murdoch objected to everyone linking to his newspaper content for free. I agree that good journalism costs money. Good journalism needs to be paid for. That’s not why most newspapers make losses … Continue reading
An Increasingly Expensive Lack of MBPS
As the Google-Verizon deal further indicates, the Internet is in trouble for lack of profitablebandwidth.The Google-Verizon proposal highlights problems with mobile broadband. I’ve seen it, it’s largely down to the market penetration of smartphones. I’ve spent this month working in film studios with 500 people, at least half of whom are carrying web-enabled smartphones. These … Continue reading
Theme week
Owing to (paid) work and lacking any software toys to play with in recent weeks, I’m picking up some outlines I intended to post last month. Lost amidst the hype of various phones, pads and other sanitary products launching into the technology space, are some disturbing developments which may change the way we use the … Continue reading
On Original Podcasts
Define ‘original.’ Tony Whitmore of Ubuntu-UK Podcast had a moment of existential angst about the crowded linux podcasting space, so we all joined in to discuss what original podcasting means. It’s all been done somewhere, in style and/or content, or concept, going all the way back to ‘the Light Programme.’ If you’re producing a magazine-style … Continue reading
Stuck on Dialup
I am working away from home; it’s not an IT project. I am using someone else’s PC; it’s not running Linux. I have no local mail client; but I do have webmail. However, I don’t have broadband. I am on dial-up using an old-fashioned modem. It’s so 2003… Large chunks of the world are like … Continue reading
Full Circle Magazine #39 Out Now
That’s right, Full Circle issue 39 is out! We’ve got a review of the iRobot iPad Android tablet, talk about virtualizing Fedora, virtual memory, new interviews, and more! (Oh, and we seem to have the recurring theme of ’13′ in our articles) This month: Command and Conquer. How-To : Program in Python – Part 13, … Continue reading
The World Don’t Care ‘Bout the Gnu…or the Slash
It is true, my friends. The world at large does not care about the GNU or the Slash. Or, in the vast majority, the Linux part either. We are in what we call the silly season‘: that slow-news period between the public holidays, of daylight-saving, camping vacations and the lack of any real stories. The … Continue reading
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