Peter Cochrane
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Comment Compiled at a Heathrow Airport Hotel between assignments in the USA and UK, and dispatched to silicon.com via 3G You must have noticed by now that publishers and media companies insist on locking down content on their websites. [30 Mar 2009]
Is the printed page doomed?
Comment Tech guru and silicon.com columnist Peter Cochrane argues that the newspaper is indeed dead. Printed publications have long looked to the web as a way to revive their diminishing prospects. But, asks CIO... [26 Mar 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: RIP newspapers
Comment Compiled on the 06.53 Ipswich to London train, and dispatched to silicon.com via wi-fi from The Institute of Directors in London It had to happen sooner or later: newspapers are starting to abandon their traditional paper format to... [23 Mar 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Beware the new phishers
Comment Compiled in San Francisco Airport having observed a young man 'cruising' computer screens in the gate area. Dispatched the next day from San Diego via a free hotel LAN During the past 12 months or so I have become increasingly aware of... [01 Mar 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Want to beat the economy?
Comment Compiled on VS019 flying London to San Francisco and dispatched the next day from my hotel in San Bruno via a free LAN provided by my hotel Here we are in an ever-complex world, driven by technology and accelerating change, with those at... [26 Feb 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Face-off with a hotel TV
Comment Compiled in my San Bruno, California, hotel room. Dispatched the next day from San Francisco Airport via a commercial wi-fi service. So there you are, having flown across the Atlantic. You feel a little jaded. [23 Feb 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Digital Britain? Not quite
Comment Compiled in a San Diego coffee shop where bandwidth seems plentiful and the connectivity is free. Dispatched the next day via a free wireless LAN at my hotel. On 11 February the UK government publicly committed to broadband for every... [19 Feb 2009]
Ask the Experts: How can I get to use a Mac at work?
Comment Peter Cochrane, tech guru and silicon.com blogger: Eager to use a Mac in the office? silicon.com's expert panel lets you know if it's possible. Q: I want to use a Mac at work but it's not a standard... [17 Feb 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: There is no magic tech
Comment Compiled in my office over a nice warm coffee while snowed in with roads that are mostly black ice, and dispatched via my LAN connection Because my areas of expertise straddle science, technology, engineering, academia and investing, I... [16 Feb 2009]
Satyam scandal, police search row and Apple without Jobs
News And finally, as 2009 creaked into life, silicon.com's tech guru Peter Cochrane outlined a few of his New Year wishes. Jobs is due to return in June, so this month silicon.com took a look at who will be... [02 Feb 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Why DRM is dead
Comment Read more missives by Peter Cochrane, as he blogs from around the world. Compiled in a coffee shop in Taunton UK and dispatched to silicon.com later the same day via a free wi-fi service provided by my... [27 Jan 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Imprudent exposure
Comment Compiled in my hotel room in Swindon, UK and dispatched via a free, and really fast, wired LAN About 15 years ago the incidence of indecent images online had scaled to the point of being a political, legal and social concern. [13 Jan 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: New Year wishes
Comment Compiled in my hotel room in Swindon UK and dispatched via a free wi-fi service Christmas lunch seems long past and the decorations have been packed away until next year. It's a new year and I have been pondering the events of the last... [05 Jan 2009]
"It's either Segways or Strangeways"
News Futurist and silicon.com columnist Peter Cochrane flexing his sarcasm muscle while rallying against "scare stories about mobile phones cooking our brain" in his blog on silicon.com January There are very... [23 Dec 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: New password theory
Comment Written at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport and dispatched to silicon.com from the BA lounge via a free wi-fi service Can you imagine what a password of the following form might be used to protect '2c93b8819ca8c7d23dbeb628a8'? [22 Dec 2008]
