mp3 in comment and analysis
E-learning: satisfactory, but could do better
Comment However, small and medium-sized firms are still just waiting in the wings. At a recent workshop in Germany for the insurance sector, three quarters of all participants (mainly personnel managers) confessed they are simply not interested in e-learning. [26 Feb 2001]
Transatlantic Cable: Apple has problems - so what's new?
Comment Apple's problem is simple: it hasn't sold enough Macs. Despite the runaway success of the iMac (available in whatever colour you want, as long as it's not black), sales of Macs have been falling, culminating in the first loss for Apple since 1997. [18 Jan 2001]
The Bloor Perspective: Intel gadgets, Xbox opportunity, and brand values
Comment As the PC market has continued to slow down, Intel has been suffering a significant downturn in fortunes. Compaq, Dell and other leading PC suppliers have issued profit warnings forcing Intel into a similar situation. [08 Jan 2001]
John Lamb's Year: 2001 - surfing in space
Comment Those who have read Clarke's book will recall that aliens land on earth, alter the development of homo sapiens and then leave behind a megalith on the moon that is eventually uncovered. Open to the skies, the megalith sends a signal into the ether... [18 Dec 2000]
Transatlantic Cable: Vote 2000 - internet politics in the US
Comment Politics is an odd business. And as I've pointed out in previous columns it's even odder here in the land of the free and the home of the brave. And right now it's even odder than usual because we are in the run-up to a presidential election, with... [20 Oct 2000]
Transatlantic Cable: Needling Napster & mugging MP3
Comment Like many people in Silicon Valley, I have an MP3 music player that I use when I'm out networking with executives in high-level meetings (i.e.catching the bus in the morning). There's nothing like a quick blast of Beethoven to make this place seem... [30 Aug 2000]
The Bloor Perspective: IBM goes large, Napster puts its case, and why Lane left Oracle
Comment IBM has made a couple of recent announcements that show it is still at the forefront of IT hardware development. Following on from its new range of NetFinity and RS/6000 servers, it has now come up with the world's fastest supercomputer, ASCI White. [28 Aug 2000]
It's the end of CDs as we know it (cos I'm online)
Comment EMI and Time Warner are two companies with considerable retail influence. There can be few people on the planet who haven't heard music from at least one of their artistes - names which include The Beatles, Madonna, George Michael, The Spice Girls... [28 Jan 2000]
Keeping up with the Joneses - the UMTS licence race
Comment Last Tuesday, Vodafone AirTouch, the world's largest operator of mobile networks, revealed its plans to launch a global Internet portal, available from cellphones or PCs. Then on Wednesday, the UK's Radiocommunications Agency (RA) kicked-off the... [17 Jan 2000]
Ban the Ban: The essential guide
Comment How did it all start? The music industry began lobbying the European Parliament (EP) for online copyright laws when the MP3 file format went mainstream last year. MP3 players enable consumers to compress CD-quality music and send it over the Web as... [04 Mar 1999]
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