universal in comment and analysis
Universal Music: The right purchase for Apple?
Comment Mac maker Apple has been linked with a bid for major record label Universal - marking a dramatic departure away from its core desktop business. Steve Harmon, a media analyst with Marketsnap Research Group, said: "Apple's... [14 Apr 2003]
Leader: “My universal translator doesn’t seem to be working…”
Leader We regularly see people speaking to computers and vice versa, as well as humans speaking to other species via something called a ‘universal translator’. A look at any one of several well-known sci-fi classics on TV and... [08 Jan 2004]
Think different: Apple to become a media giant?
Comment Apple is reported to be in talks with French media giant Vivendi Universal over a $6bn purchase of Universal Music, the biggest record label in the world. Also, any purchase of Universal... [14 Apr 2003]
Pressplay fast-forwards the future of music
Comment Backed by Sony and Universal it will allow users to download tracks and burn them onto CDs. But there's another question lurking: how will Sony and Universal react when days or hours after their shiny... [11 Dec 2001]
Why Messier is living on borrowed time
Comment Today at the AGM of his Vivendi Universal colossus he will be facing angry shareholders, protesting Canal Plus workers - upset he recently ditched their boss - and even anti-globalisation protesters. Whether the... [24 Apr 2002]
Digital music: Where the 'good guys' are the villains of the peace
Comment Today silicon.com reported that MP3.com is teetering on the brink of collapse - but we don't expect any tears to be shed for its parent company Vivendi Universal. It was Universal who ran MP3.com into... [10 Jul 2003]
Analysis: Will US legislators squash VoIP?
Comment But the measure also would impose a hefty stack of regulations, including ones related to wiretapping and universal service, on 'connected' VoIP systems that offer the choice of calling people on the existing telephone... [06 Jul 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 07.05.04
Round-Up Speaking of Bush, the US President was recently picked up on his call for "universal, affordable access to broadband technology by the year 2007". If he ever sat there and thought independently for himself: "I think 2007... [07 May 2004]
Systems management hits impasse
Comment Interestingly, the answer to the last question is 'it depends', while the answer to the first is almost universal and constant. Research shows that the legacy of fragmentation at the systems management level is almost... [13 Feb 2008]
Will internet chat be forced to pay the tax man?
Comment Asking us to support the current Universal Service Fund is patently unfair. Perhaps these 'Universal Service' taxes should apply to VoIP companies like Vonage and 8x8, which let their customers make... [27 Jul 2004]
The Ovum View: VoIP regulation - the big issues ahead
Comment A variety of issues are being raised as stalling tactics by VoIP opponents but the only issue of significance is the future of Universal Service. The real debate to come is about how Universal Service is... [17 Sep 2003]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Trusting people and self-organisation
Comment It is a major reason for the universal failure of public transport and the domination of the car in the West and the bicycle in the East. But if you have a transport system where the majority of journeys are not between,... [17 Jul 2003]
Devil's Advocate: Who's to blame for IT failures?
Comment Much the same thing has happened with the browser, where the idea of a universal standard has been transmuted into the actuality of dominance by a single proprietary product. There is little sign of software layering... [30 Nov 2004]
Brampton Factor: You call this an information society?
Comment It envisages the eradication of poverty and hunger, universal education, the elimination of major diseases and the solution to environmental problems. Asserting that information is of economic value likewise undermines... [20 Jun 2006]
Devil's Advocate: Your life in one chip
Comment The universal smartcard is a technologist's solution, one that ignores the political issues that are important to the individual citizen. I don't want a single, universal smartcard. Every week, he will... [18 Sep 2001]
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