Monthly Archives: July 2009

How Google’s Chrome OS has deep roots in Eric Schimdt’s past | VentureBeat

Posted on July 8, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

“In the article, Schmidt, who has a doctorate in electrical engineering and computer science, predicted that Wintel — the duopoly of Microsoft Windows and Intel’s microprocessors — would be “hollowed out” by the Internet. That is, plentiful broadband connectivity would … Continue reading →

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Half the book? Maybe cut the book in half?

Posted on July 7, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Chris Anderson on why he’s charging for the abridged AudioBook of “Free”, while the whole thing is, well, “free”: “Why is the whole book free in audio form, but half the book is $7.49? Because, as the Audible.com listing explains,“Get … Continue reading →

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The most sense anyone has spoken on the MI6/Facebook story

Posted on July 5, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Ironically, from Ken Clarke: “I suspect that the enemies of this country do not wholly rely on the Mail on Sunday and Facebook for their information so I personally would get a little more calm.” It really is a non-story. … Continue reading →

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Why Nick Denton is smarter than almost anyone in new media

Posted on July 5, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

While I think that Mike Arrington is a blowhard – and is gradually being found out as such – it’s fairly obvious that Nick Denton is this generation’s Rupert Murdoch. Especially when he comes out with smart comments like this: … Continue reading →

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links for 2009-07-05

Posted on July 5, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

The most annoying advert in TV history via youtube.com Annoyingly catchy. … UserLand Product News: Radio UserLand service closing "UserLand has decided to close the Radio UserLand and Salon Radio services as of December 31, 2009."via productnews.userland.com This will mean … Continue reading →

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The most annoying advert in TV history

Posted on July 4, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

via youtube.com Annoyingly catchy. Posted via web from Ian Betteridge’s lifestream

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UserLand Product News: Radio UserLand service closing

Posted on July 4, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

“UserLand has decided to close the Radio UserLand and Salon Radio services as of December 31, 2009.” via productnews.userland.com This will mean almost nothing to anyone else, but Radio was the second blogging platform I used (after Blogger), and it … Continue reading →

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Amazon seems keen to try out new models for books

Posted on July 4, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Amazon appears to be applying for a patent on inserting adverts into ebooks, and predictably some people aren’t particularly keen on the idea. But it seems to me that Amazon wants to do is explore different ways to get people … Continue reading →

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FriendFeed adds real-time search

Posted on July 4, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

“Just enter a search query as you always have, and see new results instantly stream in at the top of your screen in real-time. No need to constantly click refresh. It’s an extremely useful (not to mention mesmerizing) way to … Continue reading →

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Impending Newton Y2K10 apocalypse narrowly averted – Ars Technica

Posted on July 4, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Make fun of Apple’s Newton MessagePad all you want, but the proto-PDA introduced by Apple in the early 90s managed to gather some rather tenacious followers. Current users of the then-revolutionary, now-exceedingly-bulky personal digital assistants were afraid that a date … Continue reading →

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