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The 10 Most Disappointing Technologies of the 2000s

I have just realized that FOIB and ianbell.com passed their 10-year anniversary some time in 2009 without me really marking the event.  During that time I’ve authored thousands of articles, missives, and comments that have been shared from my online pulpit and...

RIP HDMI: Misadventures with Shaw, Motorola PVRs, and HDCP

So, my Motorola DCT6412 Packed it in over the weekend (note to self: add ventilation to my entertainment console… plasma TVs, Receivers, PVRs, AppleTVs, and XBOX360s can generate lots of heat) and I swapped it with my cable company, Shaw Cable, for a newer...

Selling to Saddam..

http://www.fortune.com/fortune/investing/articles/0,15114,438836,00.html FIRST: MILITARY SUPPLIES Who Sold What to Iraq? The U.S. aims to hunt down companies that supplied Saddam. FORTUNE Sunday, March 30, 2003 By Nelson D. Schwartz When the first wave of American...

Clay Shirky: 3G is Wrong…

http://shirky.com/writings/permanet.html Permanet, Nearlynet, and Wireless Data First published March 28, 2003 on the “Networks, Economics, and Culture” mailing list. Subscribe to the mailing list. “The future always comes too fast and in the wrong...

Kevin Mitnick Finally Renews His HAM License

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncidR8&e=1&cidR8&u=/ap/ 20021226/ap_on_hi_te/fcc_hacker Ex-Computer Hacker Granted Radio License Thu Dec 26, 5:21 PM ET Add Technology – AP to My Yahoo! By DAVID HO, Associated Press Writer...