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James Daunt: the bibliophile who means business | Observer profile

Source: Guardian Unlimited

Last week, according to several reports, hell froze over and the lion lay down with the lamb. On closer inspection, it transpired that the book chain Waterstones had announced it was to begin stocking Amazon's digital book-reading device, the K ...
Full article at: Guardian Unlimited More like this 5 hours ago, 6:06pm CDT

Cringely's NerdTV Launched

NerdTV is a new weekly online TV show from PBS.org technology columnist Robert X. Cringely. The first episode is an...
Read more Sep 6 2005, 11:44pm EST

Critiques of the ‘futurist’, ‘cornucopian’, abundance literature, by Dale Carrico and Gregor McDonald

Source: P2P Foundation

“The Future” conjured up by Diamandis and Kotler is less than a mirage, for what it offers as substance is nothing but escapism from the real present, what it offers as solutions are nothing but distractions from problems, what it offers as a championing ...
Full article at: P2P Foundation More like this 2 days ago, 3:15am CDT

Coming soon: Human-like computers

Source: Daily Nation

The year is 2035 and highly intelligent humanoid robots are roaming the streets, manning offices, cooking, doing the laundry, and running errands, freeing human beings to engage in more productive endeavours. Fitted and operated by a m ...
Full article at: Daily Nation More like this 6 days ago, 3:15pm CDT