The Register® — Biting the hand that feeds IT

11th March 2007 Archive

Browse by publication date, or search the site.

  • Tucker the f**ker claims blogger book deals are 'easy'

    SXSW Er, if you can write

    The last thing a blogger wants to hear is that it takes talent – or at least hard work – to turn online ramblings into a career. And so SXSW attendees clenched their genitalia when debauched goat boy Tucker Max revealed that few bloggers have the right stuff to merit widespread attention. "The most important thing is having …

    Music and Media 11 Mar 2007, 02:02

  • Internet producers bank on Apple TV

    SXSW After phones, Steve Jobs saves television

    This will be the year the history books will record as the beginning of the end for the way we watch television. That was the prediction of Jay Adelson, CEO of Digg and internet tech TV outfit Revision3. Preaching to the choir at SXSW, Adelson said internet TV would render niche cable programming moribund once advertisers get …

    Music and Media 11 Mar 2007, 02:51

  • Scientists shun Web 2.0

    SXSW Catch 22.0

    Science publishers' efforts to have the research community sup the Web 2.0 Kool-Aid have failed, and scientists have given a resounding thumbs down to a gamut of crowd-tapping initiatives, showgoers at SXSW heard on Saturday. A panel of science web publishers said scientists had consistently shunned wikis, tagging, and social …

    Biology 11 Mar 2007, 20:01

  • Intel's anti-trust memos started vanishing from the top

    AMD vs Intel Chairman and CEO implicated in 'Tortellini Episode'

    Intel's top executives have been playing "Hide and Seek the Anti-trust E-mails," according to a fresh set of court documents released over the weekend. Chairman Craig Barrett, CEO Paul Otellini and sales chief Sean Maloney have appeared on a list of Intel employees thought to have deleted emails possibly relevant to AMD's anti- …

    Servers 11 Mar 2007, 21:48