February 28, 2005
Journey to the (Revolutionary, Evil-Hating, Cash-Crazy, and Possibly Self-Destructive) Center of Google
You’ve heard the story. Larry and Sergey drop out of school, start a company in a garage, then become billionaires. But will Larry and Sergey ever grow up?
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January 14, 2005
Back To The Classics
Perfecting The Emulation For Digital Eclipse’s Atari Anthology
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December 26, 2004
December 04, 2004
Sorry, But Your Soul Just Died
From neuroscience to Nietzsche. A sobering look at how man may perceive himself in the future, particularly as ideas about genetic predeterminism takes the place of dying Darwinism.
Posted by cds at 05:17 PM
November 17, 2004
Something Borrowed
ANNALS OF CULTURE
Should a charge of plagiarism ruin your life?
Posted by cds at 10:31 AM
November 13, 2004
October 15, 2004
September 14, 2004
August 03, 2004
Sellout or Savior?
He’s been accused of betraying the open-source dream, but Ximian cofounder Miguel de Icaza believes corporate partnerships are the best way to realize it.
Posted by cds at 04:46 PM
August 02, 2004
July 29, 2004
July 21, 2004
Unix’s founding fathers
BRAIN SCAN
Dennis Ritchie invented C and was one of the key members of the team behind Unix—two developments that underpin much modern software
Posted by cds at 12:11 AM
July 15, 2004
An Interview with Donald Knuth
ddj chats with one of the world’s leading computer scientists
Posted by cds at 06:13 PM
July 06, 2004
The C Family of Languages
Interview with Dennis Ritchie, Bjarne Stroustrup, and James Gosling
Posted by cds at 03:45 PM
June 30, 2004
June 18, 2004
June 17, 2004
June 07, 2004
Microsoft’s Sacred Cash Cow
A former Microsoftie says addiction to Windows revenue, mediocre products, and missed opportunities could doom Seattle’s most successful company.
Posted by cds at 12:33 PM
May 27, 2004
April 06, 2004
March 05, 2004
How I Lost the Big One
When Eric Eldred’s crusade to save the public domain reached the Supreme Court, it needed the help of a lawyer, not a scholar.
Posted by cds at 04:59 PM
February 01, 2004
January 31, 2004
Sir Bill and his dragons—past, present and future
MICROSOFT
Having survived a gruelling battle with America’s trustbusters, Microsoft now faces a showdown in Europe. Meanwhile, another battle looms on the horizon
Posted by cds at 03:28 PM
January 24, 2004
Thick as a (Campaign) Plank
U.S. Leaders Either Don’t Understand or Prefer Not to Understand the IT Outsourcing Crisis, So Here’s the Cliff Notes Version
Posted by cds at 02:43 PM
November 21, 2003
Natural Deselection:
Not Even Microsoft Will Last Forever, but They Plan to Try
Posted by cds at 04:34 PM
November 15, 2003
The First Time is Free:
Microsoft’s Peculiar Profit Obsession, .net, and What It All Really Means
Posted by cds at 09:57 PM
November 01, 2003
How good is Google?
Google is now more than a business: it is a cultural phenomenon. But where will it be in a few years?
Posted by cds at 03:08 PM
October 23, 2003
October 18, 2003
October 16, 2003
October 15, 2003
All the President’s votes?
A quiet revolution is taking place in US politics. By the time it’s over, the integrity of elections will be in the unchallenged, unscrutinised control of a few large – and pro-Republican – corporations. Can democracy in America survive?
Posted by cds at 07:08 PM
The Digital Imprimatur
How big brother and big media can put the Internet genie back in the bottle.
Posted by cds at 05:58 PM
October 14, 2003
October 09, 2003
September 23, 2003
An open invitation to election fraud
Not only is the country’s leading touch-screen voting system so badly designed that votes can be easily changed, but its manufacturer is run by a die-hard gop donor who vowed to deliver his state for Bush next year.
Posted by cds at 11:03 AM