Stories by: Paul McNamara

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    Social networks all over the map on reliability 24/02/2009 08:53:00

    That Twitter had more downtime last year (84 hours) than any of 15 social network sites measured by an uptime monitoring service should surprise no one: The site's "fail whale" is so famous it was just featured in the New York Times.
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    Twitter limits searches on site ... why? 17/01/2009 04:50:00

    Two Twitter questions have been nagging at me: Why on Earth would Twitter limit the number of searches a user may conduct -- a typical, relatively new user, such as me, not some piggy third-party app or bot?
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    Google has gone and redefined 'beta' 30/09/2008 10:56:00

    The question of why so many Google products are classified "beta" -- and classified thusly for so long -- has knocked around the tech press for some time. However, no one really seemed to know the answer, at least no one outside of Google.
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    Worst of the online retail lot for two years running 20/05/2008 09:25:15

    That's the uncomfortable verdict for PCMall and PCConnection rendered last week by the "ForeSee Results Top 100 Online Retail Satisfaction Index." Not only did those two outlets bring up the rear among computer and electronics sites, they brought up the rear, period.
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    Why is this called 'virtual kidnapping'? 05/05/2008 13:17:46

    The crime itself is horrific -- beyond comprehension in its cruelty -- so there's some hesitancy to complain about semantics. But this is a technology column and the underlying issue -- society's tendency to blame modern-day bad deeds on technology instead of the bad-deed doers -- is an important one.
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    This year's 25 geekiest 25th anniversaries 02/04/2008 10:01:58

    Woz, Word and War Games
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    Confessions of a caller-ID spoofer 15/02/2008 12:37:34

    He spoofed the HR director's work phone number, then the number of that guy's boss, before moving up to a vice president, and finally, the CEO. Says he had no choice, and that "this thing that I did is bad and should be outlawed."
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    Not buying Microsoft's MediaCart 18/01/2008 08:26:05

    The MediaCart consoles coming to a grocery carts in the US courtesy of Microsoft had better be sturdy and firmly attached or they are all but certain to suffer the same fate as that stomped-upon copier in "Office Space."
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    Five reasons 'virtual marriage' won't happen 15/11/2007 10:19:01

    Gartner analyst Adam Sarner insists that he's serious when he predicts that binding [[ArtId:939030612|"virtual marriages"]] will be a reality by 2015. He says such couples -- including those who have never met in person -- will enjoy the same property rights and legal responsibilities as the rest of us bound by matrimonial bliss.
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    Here's why .pdf spam went pffft 10/09/2007 12:17:15

    It's no secret that spammers have informal communications channels and freely share tricks of the trade on the Internet. But what happened in August is enough to make you suspect they have an organized trade union -- or even a government -- that allows what would otherwise be a scattered collection of freelance vermin to operate in surprising unison.
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    E-cards: I delete them all unopened ... You? 21/08/2007 08:00:25

    Send me an e-mail and chances are you'll get a reply. ... Send me an e-card, however, and don't hold your breath.
 
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