press in comment and analysis
My 15 minutes with Bill Gates
Comment The date and time of the incident are lost in the fog of memory but the topic of the press conference was Microsoft's introduction of its multimedia PC concept, which puts it around 1988. Instead of being present at another worthless press... [11 Jul 2008]
Editor's Blog: silicon.com - what a difference a decade makes
Comment Of course, as well as the sparkling copy, one of the things that set silicon.com apart from the rest of the business press - even the few other online pioneers out there at the time - was the enthusiasm for video. [11 Jul 2008]
¿Dónde está el iPhone 3G?
Comment Last week I was invited on a two-day Telefónica press trip, with an agenda that promised a visit to the telecoms provider's new €600m HQ in Madrid, strategy presentations from a trio of senior execs and an afternoon of R&D demos. [01 Jul 2008]
Legal Eye: Blogging cowboys ride the Wild Web
Comment Yet many might be better off being damned sure they know what the law says before they next press submit. Not so, says lawyer Duncan Calow. Blogs, social networks and other user-generated content blur the line between reader and author. [05 Jun 2008]
Who sat in judgement...
Comment He is the co-author of a recently published book on India and China called IT & the East published by Harvard Business School Press. Here are the judges. Jo Best is the award-winning news editor of ZDNet Australia and a former senior reporter on... [03 Jun 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 30.05.08
Round-Up Worsley holds no truck with the regulator's claim, having clearly read the same press release as the Round-Up. Recently, silicon.com reported that take-up of broadband in rural communities had overtaken that in urban areas for the first time. [30 May 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 16.05.08
Round-Up According to an Associated Press report, workers at the conference centre disinfected surfaces including food preparation tables, escalator handrails, desks and bathrooms to reduce the risk of the virus spreading further. [16 May 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 09.05.08
Round-Up The Round-Up's guessing the minister has already decided its press-friendly, vote-winner of a policy is good to go. Benefit fraudsters beware. If you're trying to pull a swift one on the authorities you may find their "liar, liar, pants on fire... [09 May 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.05.08
Round-Up The tax inspectors can get back to taxing, the administrators back to administrating and the press officers can get back to eating solid foods and not screaming when the phone rings again and again and again. [02 May 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Eating your own dog food
Comment Over the past few weeks, Heathrow T5 has had so much bad press it has become a national embarrassment more quickly than anything I have ever witnessed. Written at London's Heathrow airport after a confused journey through the newly opened Terminal 5. [14 Apr 2008]
Vendors hype up compliance fears
Comment What he's taken to doing now is getting an undertaking from individuals and organisations that have breached the Data Protection Act, and naming and shaming them in press releases," she says. Compliance. [08 Apr 2008]
Just whose legislation rules the internet?
Comment We have complex libel laws in the UK, which govern the press, business and the individual. When he tried to stop them he discovered some surprising facts about the internet and the law. In the autumn of 2005, I wrote a column welcoming the arrival... [05 Mar 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 29.02.08
Round-Up As the news sent shockwaves across the globe, the Round-Up was delighted to note that at a press conference announcing the seismic shift, CEO Steve Ballmer and his co-joined executives decided they would eschew ties to adopt the relaxed, anti... [29 Feb 2008]
Mobile World Congress 2008 Diary - Wednesday
Comment The press room is a hive of manic, mobile working activity as hacks bristle with all sorts of mobile hardware - a vision of the future perhaps? Back at the press room the activity is slightly less manic but copy deadlines and late night mobile... [14 Feb 2008]
Mobile World Congress 2008 Diary - Monday
Comment It's day one of Congress which means registration day for the masses - and press conference day for the press pack. An hour in and the audience was getting itchy feet, which may have been breakfast wearing off or - more likely - the fact Nokia was... [12 Feb 2008]
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