Rupert Murdoch

Rupert Murdoch ‘could use Sky data trove for political ends’

Thu 07/12/2017

Peers issue warning over media mogul’s bid to buy TV network Source: Rupert Murdoch ‘could use Sky data trove for political ends’

How Rupert Murdoch destroyed the Republican Party | The Washington Post

Tue 14/11/2017

The Fox News audience is old, white and in a cane-stomping rage at the way America is going. Source: How Rupert Murdoch destroyed the Republican Party – The Washington Post

Improving how cities are administrated with IT

Tue 16/02/2016

A project which should be copied in Europe, where often a lot of money is spent on systems which are poorly designed but, above all, the underlying bureaucratic procedures are obsolete and unfriendly for the [...]

Can you remember the name of the first spreadsheet? Browser?

Wed 25/01/2012

Talking to a friend recently during a walk in the mountains, none of us could remember the name of the first spreadsheet – sic transit gloria mundi.

Newtek Video Toaster 4000 1994 Video

Fri 01/04/2016

From a friend on Facebook: Digital Video editing on Amiga computers back in 1994. You might recognize in this promo young Will Wheaton from Star Trek or later… Big Bang Theory. Maxx of music, video [...]

EP Debate: should the freedom of panorama be introduced all over the EU?

Thu 02/07/2015

What is commercial exploitation of a picture of a public building? Magazine, postcard, website? The licensing procedure would be so cumbersome that the thought is just ridiculous. From the moment a building is visible in [...]

Simon Kuper in the FT: How to save the UK

Tue 25/02/2014

Simon Kuper in the FT: How to save the UK Simon Kuper makes 8 proposals to save the UK, among them: ‘Plonking the government in central Glasgow, where male life expectancy is 54, could transform [...]

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Rupert Murdoch ‘could use Sky data trove for political ends’

How Rupert Murdoch destroyed the Republican Party | The Washington Post