Microsoft have clearly unleashed a 1st year GCSE Graphic Design student on their Windows logo and she has crapped out this supposedly minimalist (read: lazy) monstrosity:
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Disobeying The Three Laws
Uh-oh. I’ve just had a very nasty realisation. We’ve already disobeyed Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics and if Hollywood has taught us anything, doing that is a fast-track to global human annihilation. Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics are: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction,
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This week the guy in charge of The Bank of England, Mervyn King, said that inflation was significantly closer to the 2% target this month, having dropped from 4.2% in December 2011 to 3.6% in January 2012. While this looks like great progress in making the economy a lot more
Continue readingFacebook’s Secret Grand Plan
Various sites (CNet, TechRepublic) are saying that the Facebook IPO isn’t for mere mortals like you and I and not to even consider buying stock. When we finally get our chance, the venture capitalists, early investors and company employees will already have had their wallets vaccuumed clean and the price
Continue readingFacebook Files for IPO, Bitch!
As expected, Menlo Park-based Social Network, Facebook, has filed its S-1 form ahead of an Initial Public Offering in April. You can see the full form here, there are some interesting facts presented: As of Dec 31st 2011, Facebook had 845 million Monthly Active Users (MAUs). As of Dec 31st
Continue readingFacebook Filing for $100bn IPO This Week
Various sources are reporting that Social Network supergiant, Facebook, will file for an Initial Public Offering next week. Wall St. Journal (WSJ), the BBC, and others suggest that shares will be offered to raise $10 billion, and valuing the company at a cool $100bn. Compare that to Google’s 2004 IPO
Continue readingApple Releases 2012 Q1 Results
Apple have just released their 2012 1st Quarter results. You might want to sit down for this… Back in July I reported on Apple’s 2011 Q3 results. They were very good. Back in October, I completely forgot to report on Apple’s Q4 results, which saw revenues get diluted because people
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