Organizer cancels Comdex 2004 – News – ZDNet: “Computer trade show Comdex, once the biggest event on the tech calendar, has been canceled this year, a victim of the growing interest in shows emphasizing consumer electronics and specialist IT gear. ” ——–
US chastity crusade gets cool response in secular Britain | csmonitor.com: “The government prefers the message offered by a domestic program called APAUSE (Added Power and Understanding in Sex Education) that counsels an ABC of good practice (Abstinence, Be faithful, use a Condom).One of its architects, John Tripp of Exeter University, says that while Britain ...
DVD Rewinder: “Some might say that the makers of the DVD Rewinder are scam artists, even despite their claims that the DVD Rewinder is for entertainment purposes only, but really, if people are buying them, can you blame them? I bought two to go with my centrifugal LP re-flattener and my cotton-tipped radial laserdisc demux ...
Mark Bernstein: Commentary: “Weblog comments incite duels. Duels are bad for society. We should all forego comments and return to carefully blogging responses — including responses we disagree with, but excluding responses we cannot tolerate.” It’s an interesting viewpoint, that is hard to disagree with on the face. Comments appear out of context with a ...
Techdirt has an interesting article going back and looking at some statements Jack Valenti had made about VCRs and compared them to his current statements about piracy and filesharing. ——–
Organizer cancels Comdex 2004
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