Andrew Orlowski

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  • Wikipedia founder admits to serious quality problems

    Encouraging signs from the Wikipedia project, where co-founder and überpedian Jimmy Wales has acknowledged there are real quality problems with the online work. Criticism of the project from within the inner sanctum has been very rare so far, although fellow co-founder Larry Sanger, who is no longer associated with the project, pleaded with the management…

  • The Blooker Prize: small pieces, partially digested

  • Six Things you need to know about Bubble 2.0

    We follow the money Web 2.0 Techno utopian types love their earthy metaphors. The web is a new planet that’s being “terraformed” before our eyes, one advertising consultant likes to say. Or the “web is a garden“, if you believe Sun Microsystem’s director of research. Even my overgrown garden doesn’t have something like this lurking…

  • ‘p2p is leagal its already bought its in the air’

    The following letter was sent from a K12 school account in a southern US state. It illustrates the problems facing both paid legal download services, such as Apple’s iTunes Music Store and Napster, and the RIAA’s attempt to combat the illegal download services. We’ve protected their identity, for reasons which should become obvious. when will…