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Assange might be evicted
Published in News
Thursday, 09 February 2017 13:15

Assange might be evicted


Ecuador finding him an embarrassment

Julian Assange may soon be asked to leave the Ecuadorian embassy where he has been holed up to avoid questioning on Swedish sex charges since 2012.

Intel joins Trump on factory spin
Published in PC Hardware
Thursday, 09 February 2017 11:59

Intel joins Trump on factory spin


Reality out to lunch


This week US president Donald Trump and the Intel CEO Brian Krzanich got together to pretend that Chipzilla was bowing before his glorious orangeness’s demands to set up US factories.

Uber boss gives up on Trump
Published in News
Friday, 03 February 2017 12:20

Uber boss gives up on Trump


Bows to staff requests


Uber’s Travis Kalanick has bowed to his staff requests and left President Donald (Prince of Orange’s) Trump’s advisory council.

Trump loses shine for Intel CEO
Published in News
Thursday, 02 February 2017 13:34

Trump loses shine for Intel CEO


Can’t support travel ban


During the election, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich was closely associated with Donald (Prince of Orange) Trump and was set to run a fundraiser for him until the press found out.

Trump orders clamp down on H-1B workers
Published in News
Tuesday, 31 January 2017 11:39

Trump orders clamp down on H-1B workers


Silicon Valley must prove they can’t hire US workers


After solving the problem of terrorists coming into the US by using an executive order banning Muslims from entering the country from places where he does not have business dealings, Donald (Prince of Orange) Trump is doing something similar to Big Tech.

Trump abandons US-EU Data Shield agreement
Published in News
Friday, 27 January 2017 11:09

Trump abandons US-EU Data Shield agreement


Bye-Bye American cloud business

The US-EU Data Shield agreement which took years to negotiate and enabled US cloud companies to operate in Europe has been squashed by President Donald (Prince of Orange) Trump.

Trump to ban free and open internet
Published in News
Thursday, 26 January 2017 11:43

Trump to ban free and open internet


Must be ruled by the US telcos

Shy and retiring US president Donald (Prince of Orange) Trump is almost certain to hand over control of the internet to the US comms companies and abandon the net neutrality which has made the technology great again.

Foxconn faces problems setting up shop in US
Published in News
Wednesday, 25 January 2017 12:22

Foxconn faces problems setting up shop in US


Sharp co-operation is not done and dusted


While the press has made much of Foxconn’s plans to co-operate with Sharp to build a new panel plant in the US, the deal is so far from being done and dusted it is increasingly looking unlikely.

IBM continues to fire US workers and cut more jobs overseas
Published in News


Bows to Trump and yet ignores him completely


While some companies are spinning their US plant expansions in the hope of getting Donald (Prince of Orange) Trump off their backs, Biggish Blue is tearing a leaf from his PR playbook.

Trump calls for a return to snail mail
Published in News
Tuesday, 03 January 2017 11:50

Trump calls for a return to snail mail


Making America great again by getting rid of all those pesky computers 


US president elect Donald (Prince of Orange) Trump says he has a cunning plan to improve cyber-security – he wants to return to the pre-email days of the courier.