New Cringely Column

Another great column today from Bob Cringely, this time on the subject of the resignation/firing of Carly Fiorina as CEO of Hewlett-Packard. Usually I come up with my own column topics, but sometimes readers simply demand that I write about this or that. This week, the pull is coming from two different directions — those … Keep reading

Good News / Bad News for Firefox

Computer Weekly reports that large companies are being warned off switching to Firefox. The Gartner report said Firefox’s growth, so far, was “unsustainable” as many of the features that had made it popular were primarily aimed at individual users not businesses. A simple case of FUD? Better news, however, is that Yahoo! are offering a … Keep reading

Comment Spam

In my absence I have been deluged with comment spam. Comments are now moderated, but I hope to get to them quickly. Not that there are terribly many…

Google to host WikiPedia?

Interesting post on Wikimedia here. Google Inc. has made a proposal to host some of the content of the Wikimedia projects. The terms of the offer are currently being discussed by the board. The developer committee has been informed of some of the details via email. A private IRC meeting with Google is planned for … Keep reading

Apologies

I haven’t touched this thing for ages. Apologies all round. Have been shockingly busy at work and at home recently, and the PC at home just hasn’t been turned on for days now. Am also neglecting Palimpsest, which is naughty of me.