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January 29, 2010
Man in the News: Steve Jobs
...computer whose development he championed. This pet project was going to change computing for millions of people.The man was Bill Gates, and the product was the Tablet PC – a device that, while still on sale, has fallen into the limbo reserved...gadgets. This week, when Steve Jobs of Apple ended months of feverish speculation by unveiling his own company’s tablet machine – branded the iPad – the echoes were hard to ignore.Mr Gates has since left the business stage to pursue philanthropy...a high-ranking Apple development executive in the 1980s who later founded a rival personal computing company called Be Inc. “The whole product reflects Steve’s attention to detail and the drive for a minimalist approach – just enough... By Richard Waters
January 20, 2010
A species apart
...government's stance. The standard technique is to invoke nationalism as a conduit for dissatisfaction. Overall, the censorship machine has had only patchy success. All but the most sensitive information on absolute political taboos - such as the 1989 massacre...uneasy acceptance most Chinese feel towards this censorship regime. In a blog post, now erased, he said: "For the normal man on the street, the most crucial information is not secrets from Zhongnanhai [the residence of Communist party leaders... By Kathrin Hille and Richard Waters
January 19, 2010
The internet: A missing link
...s stance. The standard technique is to invoke nationalism as a conduit for dissatisfaction. Overall, the censorship machine has had only patchy success. All but the most sensitive information on absolute political taboos – such as the 1989 massacre...uneasy acceptance most Chinese feel towards this censorship regime. In a blog post, now erased, he said: “For the normal man on the street, the most crucial information is not secrets from Zhongnanhai [the residence of Communist party leaders] but... By Kathrin Hille
January 15, 2010
The story of the Brics
...turned conventional western wisdom on its head; and O’Neill hardly seemed an obvious champion of the concept. A large man with working-class Manchester roots, he does not exude the aura of any globetrotting elite. His office is decorated with...that Goldmans Sachs has used the concept to extend its global power, and thus turbo-charge its formidable profit-making machine. O’Neill denies this latter accusation. “I really believe in this idea of Brics, that this idea can make the world a better place... By Gillian Tett
December 23, 2009
Faith and finance: Of greed and creed
...boom,” says Andy Brookes, a former Bank of England economist and City financier who three weeks ago jumped off the money machine to become chief executive of the Anglican Diocese of London. “In the business context, that means serving your customers, not just yourself...degree of gearing, structured products and so on.” Sitting in a slick bar behind St Paul’s, Canon Giles Fraser, the man who organised the Lloyds carol service and oversees the cathedral’s relations with the City, is hopeful, too. “Have... By Patrick Jenkins
October 4, 2006
Personal view: Jeff Wacker, corporate futurist for EDS
...everything we do, are changing the man-machine relationship. And that in turn is changing...thing”, a paradigm shift from man-machine, where man requests the computer to do the things he wants, to machine-man, in which the computer operates... By Jeff Wacker
November 13, 2009
Style bloggers take centre stage
...editor of US Vogue magazine. One row back – a small step for man, a giant leap for fashionkind – is Burt Tansky, chief executive...suburban thrift shop to find treasures to transform on your sewing machine. The site combines traditional housemaker values with a dose... By Nicola Copping
August 13, 2009
A bloody fight for Afghan hearts and minds
...ve got impacts!” yelled one of the machine gunners. “Fire on it!” ordered Sgt...rifle. Cpl Andrew Gendron spotted a man dressed in black shooting an AK-47...fire and the man dropped. “I have a man with an RPG,” shouted Staff Sgt Timothy Funke...They thought it was just a little four-man team,” Sgt Paz said. “They didn...from the mud rooftop and with the heavy machine guns mounted on armoured vehicles parked... By Ann Scott Tyson in Mianposhteh, Afghanistan
August 14, 2009
Fighting a dirty and bloody war to win hearts and minds
...ve got impacts!" yelled one of the machine gunners. "Fire on it!" ordered Sgt...rifle. Corporal Andrew Gendronspotted a man dressed in black shooting an AK-47...fire and the man dropped. "I have a man with an RPG," shouted Staff Sgt Timothy...They thought it was just a little four-man team," Sgt Paz said. "They didn...from the mud rooftop and with the heavy machine guns mounted on armoured vehicles parked... By Ann Scott Tyson in Mianposhteh, Afghanistan
October 1, 2009
To feed a need
...Balram, a downtrodden Ganges villager who murders and robs a rich man to escape poverty’s clutches. But in Maheshkhunt...inventor of the “Gramateller”, or village automated teller machine. Founded by L. Kannan, a South Indian engineer, Vortex... By Joe Leahy