
Robert X. Cringely
Robert X. Cringely has been covering the foibles and follies of Silicon Valley since 1986. With a fedora on his head and a keyboard in his hands, he wrangles rumors, gathers gossip, and reports the stories the world's high-tech honchos don't want you to hear. In the mid 1990s a cataclysmic event caused two Cringelys to appear. Some speculate this was the result of a momentary rift in the space/time continuum when parallel universes converged, trapping both Cringelys on the same side of the rift. (This is known colloquially as the
"Evil Spock theory.") Another hypothesis holds the Cringelys are twins separated at birth who were mistakenly bestowed the same name due to a bug in the hospital's database software. A third school of thought posits that Cringely is in fact two highly talented journalists using the same name while writing for different publications. This theory has been largely discredited. Whatever the cause, one Cringely went on to
fame and fortune, writing a best-selling book and hosting several PBS series on technology. The other poor scrivener continues on the beat for InfoWorld.com, working tirelessly to "
comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable" in the world of high tech.
by Robert X. Cringely
What do Michael Arrington, Apple tablet rumor-mongers, alleged 'skank' Liskula Cohen, and Fox News' Glenn Beck have in common? They're all winners of my Golden Gobblers awards... more
The House of Murdoch and the House of Redmond may be teaming up to kneecap Google. Newspaper publishers might like that idea, but you shouldn't... more
Apple Tablets? Google Phones? CrunchPads? Don't expect to find any of those under the tree come Christmas. But that won't stop people from writing about them.... more
The Web is getting dumber by the minute -- and Google is largely to blame. We need smarter search engines, before it's too late... more
Jobs & Co. have filed for a patent on tech that embeds ads into operating systems and makes you prove you've watched them. This idea is so bad, Apple can't possibly be serious... more
AT&T's fight with Verizon over its "there's a map for that" ads is missing the point. If she wants any respect, Ma Bell needs to clean up her act... more
The residents of Cringeville weigh in on Rupert Murdoch's battle with Google, Windows 7, and spokestoons... more
Rupert Murdoch says he may make his sites invisible to Google and other news aggregators. Good luck with that, Sir Rupe... more
Google is putting all your account info on a single page, hoping to calm fears about its intentions. But Cringely isn't convinced... more
People can't get enough of Apple's aura of cool. But a bit more humility would make the company easier to live with... more
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