Archives: November 2008

Biggest turkeys of 2008

November 26, 2008
What has feathers, can't fly, and likes to stick its neck out at precisely the wrong moment? Cringely cries fowl by naming the biggest tech turkeys of the year.
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Schools, fools, and the tools of ignorance

November 24, 2008
If not for help from a handful of geeks, Connecticut school teacher Julie Amero would be in prison right now for crimes she didn't commit. What's wrong with this picture?
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Is Vista Capable? Maybe. Microsoft, not so much.

November 21, 2008
What do Microsoft and OJ have in common? Highly public court cases with lots of incriminating evidence. But no amount of lawyerly magic may be able to save Redmond from the public's verdict.
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Amazon behaving badly

November 19, 2008
The Net's No. 1 store has come under fire lately -- for weird listings, rude service, and censorship, among other crimes. Is it time to shop for a new online retailer?
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The once and future Geek King

November 17, 2008
Obama has yet to fill the position of the nation's CTO, despite plenty of help from Cringesters. Here are a few more suggestions from the land of the geeks.
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Geek Week: Microsoft wants friends, Verizon+Google ends?

November 14, 2008
Is Verizon dumping Google? Can Microsoft compete face to face with Facebook? If we can put a man on the moon, why not Joe the Plumber? Cringely has answers to all these silly questions.
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Windows 7: It's not you, it's us. Really.

November 12, 2008
Are journalists to blame for Vista's failure to catch on? Will Windows 7 suffer a similar fate? Cringely tosses more gasoline on the OS fire.
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Who will be king of the Geeks?

November 10, 2008
Very soon the nation will have its first chief technology officer. Whom should Obama appoint? Cringely shares some ideas.
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Is Yahoo dead?

November 07, 2008
Thanks to the DOJ, Google has backed out of its partnership with Yahoo -- leaving the No. 2 search company dangling helplessly over the jaws of Microsoft. Can it survive?
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Microsoft haters, Mac daddies, and Linux lovers

November 05, 2008
You think the presidential election got people hopping mad? Try talking operating systems. Cringely revisits why people love to hate Microsoft.
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