In a parallel world, Steve Jobs could have been a poker player with a reputation as a cool hand. After three decades at the top table of technology, all the required skills are there: patience, self-belief, bravado — and, most importantly, the ability to ride a streak of luck. ”Some people thought we got really lucky with the iPod, and we did,” says Jobs, the CEO of Apple.
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/ 22 September 2005
In a parallel world, Steve Jobs could have been a poker player with a reputation as a cool hand. After three decades at the top table of technology, all the required skills are there: patience, self-belief, bravado — and, most importantly, the ability to ride a streak of luck.
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/ 8 September 2005
If there’s one company that gets people talking technology, it’s Google. Many love it, and a handful hate it — but more often than not, we are interested in it. Not only does Google organise our information, but it shapes the way we think about the web. Indeed for many, it is the telescope through which they see the world.
A decade ago, when the internet bandwagon started to roll, the sense of fear from inside the literary establishment was palpable. With each new technological development, sinister soothsayers would trot out the latest in a series of dark predictions. Ebooks, we were told, would herald the death of paper-based novels.
Sony’s PlayStation Portable is revelling in its status as this year’s must-have gadget. Gamers everywhere lust after its sleek lines and smooth curves — but beneath the hype, the PSP has suddenly found itself embroiled in a darker story. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe is trying to get a high court injunction against a number of British companies to stop them importing the PSP from outside Europe.
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/ 26 November 2004
First it was vintage heavy metal T-shirts, then came leg warmers and Lycra. Now old cellphones have become the retro fashion accessory to be seen with. Twenty years after Britain’s first cellphone call was made technology has leapt forward, but hipsters and homebodies alike are rejecting flashy new models in favour of tried-and-trusted phone favourites.