Just saw an advert for a computer power supply that described it as ‘very silent’. What’s ‘very silent’? Surely it’s either silent or it isn’t? continue
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‘Very’ silly
on 26 May 2009
A triumph of Phorm over function
on 28 April 2009
Phorm, the targeted advertising technology that everyone’s been rather suspicious of since BT trialled it on live user data without telling its users first, has launched a website responding to its critics. continue
Faces of self-righteous posturing
on 20 April 2009
‘Their world was perfect. Their future promising.’ You know this kind of voiceover isn’t going anywhere good. continue
The chips are down… but not as far down as we expected
on 15 April 2009
‘Intel Calls A Bottom For Battered PC Market’, reports the Wall Street Journal. Having issued projections in January along the lines of ‘eek!’, the chip maker didn’t do so badly in Q1 after all continue
Journalism as we know it: baby, bathwater
on 30 March 2009
In a Guardian interview, David Simon, the bloke who did The Wire (which I still haven’t seen, lamentably, though the BBC2 total rerun starting tonight might do it), says corruption in US local politics will run riot as the newspaper business collapses. continue
Ladies and gentlemen, we are now cruising at an altitude of 0 feet
on 13 March 2009
I saw a documentary the other day about the Hudson River plane crash. It was one of those crap documentaries that are made up of clips from other documentaries continue
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The freeconomics of Fantasy Island
on 13 February 2009
To Cannes for the Midem 2009 music business conference. Oh all right, we didn’t actually go. continue
Macworld: Waiting for Godot, or, More pricks than kicks
on 16 January 2009
As I write, everyone’s speculating feverishly – literally, in my case, thanks to a parcel of Christmas flu bugs kindly provided by the kids’ primary school – about what Apple will announce at Macworld San Francisco. continue
For Big Blue eyes only
on 5 December 2008
So Apple’s new head of engineering for the iPhone and iPod – or iBoss, as he’ll presumably be known – has been sent on gardening leave after his previous employer, IBM, invoked a ‘no compete’ clause in his contract. continue
A little local difficulty
on 7 November 2008
I’m not, as a rule, an avid reader of the magazine The Bookseller, what with not being a bookseller and all, but my attention was caught by a story from its Frankfurt Book Fair edition. continue
adambanksdotcom @flayman I'm honestly encouraged though by AAPL. World's top company makes useful stuff, sells it, doesn't piss about manipulating people