The accepted doctrine about how to create these annoying codes is failing our security, writes Oliver Burkeman.
Technology was supposed to make things simpler. This was the famous promise of those laughable 1960s predictions about life in the 21st century.
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/ 24 September 2011
Every email that isn’t garbage can be categorised as either "active" or "reference", writes <b>Oliver Burkeman</b>.
There’s nothing new in bulk buying and negotiating discounts. But Groupon does it in 47 countries for more than 70-million people.
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/ 29 January 2010
In this parlous climate for the traditional media, a journalist who gets too excited about a gadget such as the iPad is liable to attract scorn.
The gaffes, the gibberish, the gurning. Admit it: there’s a part of him you’re going to miss. Oliver Burkeman on Bush’s comic legacy.
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/ 30 October 2008
Rising fuel costs make electric golf carts an unusual alternative to cars.
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/ 17 October 2008
Oliver Burkeman speaks to Oliver Stone about his new movie, W about US president George W Bush.
One amusing way to waste five minutes on the internet is to visit the website TripAdvisor.com, which features thousands of travellers’ hotel reviews.
There are few places on the planet where the influence of five bright yellow residents of Springfield has yet to be felt, and there will be fewer still with the long-awaited arrival of the first Simpsons movie. Oliver Burkeman meets the creators of the series.