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William Gibson heads for 'Spook Country'

William Gibson heads for 'Spook Country'A point blank review of Spook Country by William GibsonA point blank review of Spook Country by William GibsonPosted in Uncategorized by chrisbradley on the October 4th, 2007Let's get started on the best note possible. William Gibson stated yesterday in the California Literary Review that...

Tags: Marketing research, Spook Country, Milgrim, William Gibson, Tito, Gibson

Discussion threads 2007-10-04

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Facebook's neocon links

Facebook's neocon linksNo wonder Zuckerberg loves Beacon...With his money man a neocon, and the neocons in Washington, DC spying on the country with total disrespect for laws, it's no wonder why that little punk Zuckerberg has no problem with Beacon.RE: Facebook's neocon linksWell...I only used Facebook sparingly, but given as...

Tags: Thiel, Facebook, neocon, neo-con

Discussion threads 2008-01-14

Parting thoughts on the Kindle for students

As much as I would like to hang on to Larry Dignan's Kindle ebook reader, downloading books from all of my favorite authors using his Amazon account, it's time for it to go back (and just when William Gibson's latest, Spook Country, is now available in Kindle format!). Having...

Tags: Student, E-book, Teacher, E-books, Personal Technology, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2007-12-11

We're all swimming in media now

William Gibson, "Father of Cyberpunk," long known for his prescience, has put his finger on a fundamental truth about the world we live in today. His new book, Spook Country, contains a couple passages everyone concerned with media business models should read and consider (along with the rest of the...

Tags: Social Networking, Network, Media, William Gibson, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2007-09-06

William Gibson: Forget about corporate futurism

Silicon.com has an interview the William Gibson, author of the cyberspace classic Neuromancer and of the just published Spook Country. In the interview, Gibson is asked why he doesn't write about the future in his latest books:The trouble is there are enough crazy factors and wild cards on the table...

Tags: Silicon.com, Possibility, Interview, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-08-07

EU issues antitrust charge sheet against Intel

EU issues antitrust charge sheet against IntelBodes Poorly For Microsoft ; Patty DunnIntel and Microsoft use to be refereed to as the evil duopoly in the USA. When Microsoft went up on antitrust charges, Intel executives are reported to have said - well thank god it wasn't us. Clearly the...

Tags: Corporate law, BGI, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., antitrust, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-07-26

Microsoft's OneCare firewall draws fire

Microsoft's OneCare firewall draws fireMicrosoft's OneCare firewall draws fireIts beta, what did they expect? Of course security always comes down to your trade-offs for ease of use. Its all configurable anyway so this isn't an issue to begin with. Another case of the mountain out of an...

Tags: Firewalls, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Network security, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, firewall, malware, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft OneCare

Discussion threads 2006-02-01

Senators plan shakeup of spy agencies

Senators plan shakeup of spy agenciesYa know even I do not like the sounds of thisI am gonna get me one of these for my tin foil lined house. http://www.qsleeper.com/I'll be the first to argue that the good guys that are tasked with protecting me should have all the...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, CIA, plan shakeup, Intelligence Agency, agency

Discussion threads 2004-09-07