Charles on… anything that comes along

Oops - I’ve missed including the stories I’ve written for The Guardian. I must have been busy editing the section or something…

In the 8th December issue of the Technology supplement, on the topic of video on demand. You think it’s something that’s only just happening? That’s because you’re using a computer. In fact the cable companies both in the US and UK are way ahead of them, and are already cornering the market - so that the computer companies might just be left with the crumbs of leftover licensing while the cable companies get the movies, TV series and soaps.

In the 15th December issue, I wondered about the way that people get so wound up about online things. Wikipedia - defenders and attackers. Scientology - defenders and attackers. Evolution - defenders and attackers. Apple - defenders and attackers. (I was then going to make a football joke, but I don’t care about football..) It’s like there’s a huge cult thing going on. Why is that, then?

In the same issue: review of the Creative Vision:M (”The bar for digital music players has been raised rather high by Apple’s launch first of its iPod nano and then of the iPod video. Creative, makers of the Soundblaster sound cards and the No 2 worldwide in MP3 player sales, has clearly decided to have a go at vaulting it - and with the Vision:M has arguably achieved that”) and the possiblity of “iPod houses” - as put forward by James Woudhuysen.

These posts might be related (the database thinks..):
• At Netimperative: Apple's plans for music videos (19 May 2005; score: 50.79%)
• Apple's video iPod comes nearer... at least online (22 July 2005; score: 41.84%)
• How Yahoo takes good stuff, and makes it bad, from Flickr to music videos (16 September 2005; score: 39.12%)

• Airport Economics
  The guys at Rogue Amoeba discover that the lunch definitely isn’t free if you’re exhibiting at Macworld, and neither is the internet access. $1,000 for four days? $36 per hour? Eek!
• The most wonderfully fake Apple site
  

  Welcome to internet sales division
  of Apple Computers Company!

  I think that managing seven grammatical errors in four sentences is some kind of record. If these guys aren’t phishing, then they really should consider a different line of business. Hysterical.

These posts might be related (the database thinks..):
• Um, so which cable goes where for an Airport Base Station to ADSL hookup? (16 June 2005; score: 46.73%)
• Not a whimper or a bang - just here: it's broadband (20 June 2005; score: 45.93%)
• "After the iPod - isn't that like asking what's after the book"? Nice to get misunderstood... (30 July 2005; score: 39.54%)