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A year ago, Wired magazine had the front page headline: Get Naked. It made me buy the magazine and turned out to be a fascinating article all about how the world is now transparent. Nothing can be controlled or hidden anymore. You cannot keep anything secret. It will all get out there somehow, some way….

Conclusive proof that mobile phones do fry the brains … … or is this a viral video to promote popcorn eating? In case you’re wondering why I posted this, it’s because this video has been copied around the world.  There are videos on YouTube that show similar experiences in Asia and America.  The original French…

It’s really tough dealing with technologists. It is like the old discussion of the businessman in the hot-air balloon who is lost. He spies a chap on the ground and asks if he knows where he is. The guy looks up and says, “you are about 35 feet in the air, supported by a vehicle…

It’s really tough dealing with technologists. It is like the old discussion of the businessman in the hot-air balloon who is lost. He spies a chap on the ground and asks if he knows where he is. The guy looks up and says, “you are about 35 feet in the air, supported by a vehicle…

It’s really tough dealing with technologists. It is like the old discussion of the businessman in the hot-air balloon who is lost. He spies a chap on the ground and asks if he knows where he is. The guy looks up and says, “you are about 35 feet in the air, supported by a vehicle…

It’s really tough dealing with technologists. It is like the old discussion of the businessman in the hot-air balloon who is lost. He spies a chap on the ground and asks if he knows where he is. The guy looks up and says, “you are about 35 feet in the air, supported by a vehicle…

Picking up on one of the points made in the debate this week about identity and authentication that it is the government’s responsibility to manage identities, I was kind of surprised by this view. This view stated that banks have no control over identities because governments issue identities in the form of passports, driving licences…

With oil prices falling to as low as $10 a barrel in 1998, rising to $72 in 2007 and now hitting $139 on Friday, what is happening? Forecasters are now saying that oil may break over the $200 per barrel price barrier before the end of the year. Will this bubble never burst? Sure it…

I’ve seen lots of call centre comic moments, but this one made me laugh out loud, and I mean LOUD.  Starring David Schwimmer and Simon Pegg, the 2006 film Big Nothing has this little 4-minute skitt: I’m sure that all those Mumbai, Manila and Guangzhou call centre operators, as well as those in Manchester and…

I’ve seen lots of call centre comic moments, but this one made me laugh out loud, and I mean LOUD.  Starring David Schwimmer and Simon Pegg, the 2006 film Big Nothing has this little 4-minute skitt: I’m sure that all those Mumbai, Manila and Guangzhou call centre operators, as well as those in Manchester and…