Saturday, January 07, 2006

Do avatars dream of electric racoons?

As part of BBC Newsnight's Geek Week, business correspondent Paul Mason and presenter Jeremy Paxman broadcast TV's first ever face-to-face studio session from inside the computer game Second Life.

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That Vista demo.

"Customer's demand for rich engaging ways to explore their digital lifestyle", which is Microsoft speak for the sheer throng of people pounding at their tech support door who simply want to email a few holiday snaps to their friends without getting an esoteric error message every viiv minutes..

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Saturday, December 17, 2005

Should Apple buy Adobe as leverage against Microsoft?

"If Apple buys Adobe, is the operating system market up for grabs? It doesn't take a brain surgeon to see why. Borrowing heavily from Mr. Cringely's terminology, there are several industry realities and stories, each having its own vector/trajectory that might lead one to seeing the importance of Adobe to Apple's well being."

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