Monthly Archives: December 2009

links for 2009-12-06

Posted on December 6, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Forbes Details Apple’s China Mistakes (tags: apple iPhone business china) Kottke on Google Public DNS I think part of the reason why people are wary about Google DNS is more about control than privacy. (tags: google dns Internet)

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If people don’t want journalism, we have no right to make them have it

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

I’ve been partially watching, partially taking part in a debate on Twitter over the future of news (what else?). It began with a tweet from John Robinson: “Tired of the media obsession with Tiger? Me too. Yet people are fascinated … Continue reading →

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links for 2009-12-03

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

RBS board to quit if chancellor vetoes £1.5bn in bonuses ouch. rock. hard place. (tags: banking business finance) Is the traditional office becoming extinct? (tags: business)

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Why the CrunchPad mattered (to bozos)

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

John Biggs at TechCrunch writes a self-serving blog post on “Why the CrunchPad mattered“: “Think about what happened: if we reduce this to its component parts you have some dudes in California who talked to some dudes in Singapore and who … Continue reading →

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Flexible, self-healing antennae made from liquid metal

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Flexible, self-healing antennae made from liquid metal: “A recent paper in Advanced Functional Materials describes a technique for forming an antenna from liquid metal. The resulting not-so- hardware is flexible, self-healing, and can change the frequency that it’s sensitive to … Continue reading →

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“What would Google do?” Charge for content, of course

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

So much for not charging for content. According to Peter Kafka, Google wants to erect a paywall around part of YouTube, charging on a per-view basis to watch TV shows: “Google’s video site has been trying to convince the TV … Continue reading →

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“There’s a page for that”

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Another video from The Sun – these ads are really quite good.

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