reference in comment and analysis
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.11.07
Round-Up When future generations look in their dictionaries for a definition of 'hubris', there'll simply be a reference to this cautionary episode. The Redmond reference was a cheeky dig at rival Microsoft.... [02 Nov 2007]
Will's Web Watch: Do surfers really love to hate?
Comment In France for example reference to the Nazi occupation and the Holocaust are illegal. hosted the auction out of the US where the First Amendment is held dear, the French government wanted the content blocked - as it does... [12 May 2004]
Q&A: Wipro chairman and managing director Azim Premji
Comment At the end of the day your reference is your customer - if we do good jobs we can use those good jobs as a reference base to get more good jobs. Azim Premji is chairman and managing director of Indian... [07 Nov 2006]
How to baseline power consumption
Comment Cross-reference data The alternative suggested by BMC's Bishop is to use existing asset management software to build a detailed database of the system and then cross-reference that with information about... [14 Dec 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 18.03.05
Round-Up Now the Round-Up doesn't know whether that is right or wrong - and frankly doesn't care all that much - but the Round-Up's advice for Purdham and anybody else for that matter is that if you're going to make a Star Trek... [18 Mar 2005]
ID Cards: Punish the weak, protect no one
Comment It's highly likely that ID cards will be brought to us through a public-private partnership with a credit reference agency. ID cards are now among the "highest priorities" of our increasingly illiberal government. [24 Sep 2001]
To Dell and back with Michael's customer service
Comment Following one passing reference to Dell in the Silicon.com Weekly Round-Up a fortnight ago, we've heard from a large number of the company's customers, all of whom agree that its customer service is appalling. [19 Jan 2000]
Dot-de is for Deutschland
Comment 'de is for Deutschland' - a reference to the domain name extension for German websites - was designed to encourage the relatively reluctant Germans to get online fast. It looks like it is working. The UK may remain the... [06 Nov 2000]
The snake on the make
Comment The BBC's Watchdog programme recently made reference to a couple of mysterious initiatives going on at BT, one known as Boa, the other as Mamba. Here's a slippery one for you: the code names of BT's top secret projects. [19 Oct 2001]
Virus writing at University: Could we, would we, should we?
Comment Forgive the reference to a Hollywood blockbuster, but that line neatly sums up technology's unswerving ability to fail to see beyond theory, feasibility and possibility to the wider issues which exist within society. [28 May 2003]
The silicon.com Weekly Round-Up
Comment It's a fine line sometimes, but the US authorities seem to have bowled a very big 'no ball' this week (note the topical cricket reference there). Is it possible to fight crime without infringing on the right to free speech? [28 Feb 2003]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Are we destined to repeat history?
Comment But this old world of open corroboration and reference seems to be retreating real fast. Written in Austin, Texas during a short stopover and dispatched to silicon.com the same day via free wi-fi at my hotel [13 Jun 2007]
Of Gore, Hague and more dot-com disasters
Comment The Democrats have traditionally been seen as more interventionist than the Republicans - see the aborted MCI Worldcom/Sprint merger and the DoJ versus Microsoft battles for reference - but one former Gore aide thinks... [09 Nov 2000]
Online cheaters beware
Comment She also made a rather unflattering reference to the size of his manhood, which, apparently, can't even excite a woman's nostril. Tracey, in a fit of pique, decided enough was enough - but didn't confront Taff face to face. [26 Jan 2001]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Telecoms - get creative
Comment Depending on the reference source you use, the old and established definition of a commodity goes something like this: Written in Helsinki and despatched to silicon.com via a free wi-fi network that reached every room,... [12 Jun 2006]
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