harry potter in comment and analysis
The Weekly Round-Up: 22.06.07
Round-Up Worse still for the publishing house, he is claiming to have obtained a manuscript of the final instalment of the Harry Potter saga, called Harry Potter and the Deathly... [22 Jun 2007]
Richard Stallman
AS Profile Outspoken as ever, he's a vocal critic of George W Bush and Tony Blair, and pet issues include legalising P2P file sharing, opposing UK ID cards and even boycotting Harry Potter books (because of a court... [23 Sep 2005]
Inside Amazon.co.uk: More than just a boy wizard
Comment Nobody is going to put up with ordering Harry Potter only to be told it's not going to be with them until two or three days after the release date," Bateman told silicon.com. Perhaps even more staggering... [31 Aug 2005]
Phil Young
Q&A Last book read: Harry Potter (nothing else to read on holiday so I stole one of the children's books). Employer and official job title: Amtrak; head of IT operations. What do most people call you? Sir... [30 Aug 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 22.07.05
Round-Up Though the IT crowd does seem to suspect magic is involved in there somewhere, because they're all name dropping Harry Potter like it's going out of fashion. It seems even Microsoft is willing to ride... [22 Jul 2005]
Leader: Harsh but fair sentencing?
Leader It's important to point out at this stage that John Zuccarini was preying upon children, using common misspellings of Disney and Harry Potter domains in order to drive traffic to porn sites and he was... [01 Mar 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 09.01.04
Round-Up Other popular searches during 2003 included Paris Hilton (apparently not the hotel, but the socialite queen of DIY smut), Harry Potter, The Matrix, David Beckham and gangster rapper 50 Cent. Well Happy... [09 Jan 2004]
It's the BBC against the world (wide web)
Comment It seems likely that thousands of BBC site visitors may have read reports about the new Harry Potter book for example and then headed to Amazon to buy the book - which is good new for Amazon, but it's... [26 Aug 2003]
Will's Web Watch: Please God! Not another best man doing the 'key joke'
Comment It sold millions of the latest Harry Potter book. With viral emails and jokes there is a tendency to see the same ones over and over. The first time you see a long list of jokes, or the winners of the... [21 Jul 2003]
The silicon.com Yearly Round-Up 2002
Comment Nice attempt at a joke from someone not renowned for his sunny personality, but let's not forget that this is the man who dressed up as Austin Powers and Harry Potter this year, all in the name of a... [27 Dec 2002]
The importance of Amazon's profit
Comment The fact is Amazon may need a bit of Harry Potter-esque magic next Christmas to repeat the trick. In the end the caveats - pro forma profits, operating profits, net income? proved unnecessary. Amazon.com... [22 Jan 2002]
Seasonal goodwill? The e-Christmas verdict
Comment The boy wizard boosted Amazon sales over the holiday period with shoppers on all five Amazon sites placing close to half a million orders for Harry Potter books and related products. While we'll have to... [09 Jan 2002]
The Director's Cut: All IT wants for Christmas is...
Comment A Harry Potter wand that will enable me to have some fun with all the muggles in my organisation. I hope this letter finds you, and finds you well. You will remember I wrote to you last year, when things... [28 Nov 2001]
Web will eat itself
Comment In vaguely related news, the makers of the Harry Potter movie have also gone all self-referential and quite possibly post post-modern by advertising the fact that you can see adverts for the... [09 Mar 2001]
Environmentalism: the next challenge for high-tech firms
Comment When amazon.com promised to deliver the latest Harry Potter novel on the day of publication to 250,000 avid American fans it used 100 FedEx flights, 9,000 delivery personnel and vehicles from 700... [02 Mar 2001]
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