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Monthly Archives: October 2008
The effect of rumours on Apple’s share price
John Gruber takes Duncan Riley to task over his story about an "$800 MacBook", which, of course, proved to be pants. I largely agree with John, although I still think that it’s worth asking the question of who benefits from … Continue reading
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New Apple laptops… nice, but not overwhealming
As usually happens, my first thought when reading about Apple’s new laptop range was "hmm… must buy!" And, as often happens, after an hour or two I’m much more ho-hum about them.
Who gained from the $800 MacBook rumour?
Don’t you find it interesting that at a time when Apple’s stock price was going into the toilet (like everyone else’s), a rumour emerged about low-priced MacBooks? A rumour which analysts picked up on, and which thus protected Apple’s share … Continue reading
You know, we might just be OK
From the exemplary Robert Peston, on the deal which sees £37 billion of taxpayer’s money buy big stakes in our big banks: "RBS and Lloyds TSB/HBOS have promised to the government that they’ll maintain mortgage lending and small-business lending at … Continue reading
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Lessig is wrong (mostly)
Via Doc Searles comes this quote from Lawrence Lessig: …our attention is not focused on these creators. It is focused instead upon "the pirates." We wage war against these "pirates"; we deploy extraordinary social and legal resources in the absolutely … Continue reading
