Second look at Second Life
Second life? No thanks, I believe many people have enough troubles with their first. Related post:Why Second Life will fail
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The Internet is going to come and get you
First, it was the computer. Now it’s the Internet that’s going to be personalised. At the recently concluded CES, Intel CEO Paul Otellini tells the crowd during his keynote speech that the Internet needs to become more personal and proactive. According to him, the days of the “go-to” Internet, where users connect to the Web… Read More: The Internet is going to come and get you »
Does this sound like a mad man to you?
This one-year-old article of Robert Ho by Martyn See at AsiaTimes Online tells the odd story of a Singaporean cyber-dissident who has been routinely painted (or should it be tainted?) by the PAP government as mentally unsound. If you read the whole interview, you will wonder: Is this really the mind of a mad man?
Can you live with one game console?
In a recent blog post, God of War creator David Jaffe put forth his arguments for a one-console future, saying that “we’ve gotten used to this [one platform] in so many other hardware products and – in doing so – reaped the many more benefits of a single system.” Furthermore, “we have it with DVD,… Read More: Can you live with one game console? »
Another cost cutter gets recognised
Hewlett-Packard’s CEO Mark Hurd has been named BusinessWeek‘s businessperson of the year, but judging by the opinions of some (disgruntled) current and former HP employees, it looks like Hurd is hardly deserving. Unfortunately, Wall Street and the mainstream media appear to have a curious fascination with executives who can slash and burn their way through… Read More: Another cost cutter gets recognised »
Intel and OLPC no longer “Classmates”
OLPC’s founder Nicholas Negroponte recently traded barbs with Intel over the development of cheap laptops for poor children in developing countries and accused the chip giant of viewing children as a market whereas OLPC views them as a mission. “It’s a bit like McDonald’s competing with the World Food Program,” he commented. That’s a naive… Read More: Intel and OLPC no longer “Classmates” »