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Head-to-head with the iPhone and the G1

A couple of weeks ago in The Observer, John Naughton reviewed the state of battle between Apple and Microsoft and revisited Umberto Eco’s 1994 analogy with the Catholic and Protestant religions. Eco saw the Apple Mac as “cheerful, friendly, conciliatory; … Continue reading

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Confessions of a Linux newbie

When I was preparing to go self-employed, one of the things to which I looked forward was breaking free from the shackles of corporate IT and being the master of my own computer setup. One consequence of this is that, … Continue reading

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