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The Forbidden City of Terry Gou

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:40:19 -0400

His complex in China turns out iPhones and PCs, powering the biggest exporter you've never heard of

Shut Up I Hack You

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:26:23 -0500

The story starts (I'm shortcutting here) with a kid insulting everyone on the #stopHipHop IRC channel. Most people there believed it was rather funny, but it got even more funny.

The Bill Gates Interview

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:37:02 -0500

A candid conversation with the sultan of software about outsmarting his rivals

Playboy, 1994

Wal-Mart's Data Center Remains Mystery

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 11:08:10 -0400

Taking a peek inside Wal-Mart's internet-dwarfing attack-hardened customer-tracking data bunker.

Why It's Better Not Being CEO

Sun, 21 May 2006 17:57:28 -0400

By Scott McNealy, former CEO of Sun Microsystems

Top 12 Things A Klingon Programmer Would Say

Sat, 03 Dec 2005 13:40:02 -0500

12. Specifications are for the weak and timid!

11. This machine is a piece of gagh! I need dual processors if I am to do battle with this code!

10. You cannot really appreciate Dilbert unless you've read it in the original Klingon.

Mighty Mouse

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:54:15 -0400

In 1980, Apple Computer asked a group of guys fresh from Stanford's product design program to take a $400 device and make it mass-producible, reliable and cheap.

A Tough Man For A Tough Job

Thu, 21 Jul 2005 14:28:39 -0400

Jack Tramiel has always whipped through the personal-computer market at microchip speed. Following his January exit from Commodore International, a company he had helped found, he lined up a low-cost computer-assembly line in the Far East and raised $75 million in capital. Last week Tramiel was right back on center stage, taking over the hemorrhaging Atari home-computer operation from Warner Communications.

Spawn of Atari

Thu, 21 Jul 2005 13:40:55 -0400

Before it crashed and burned, Atari created a fertile incubator for some of the sharpest scientists and programmers in the business. Their ripples continue to change the face of personal computing.

Why Does Windows Still Suck?

Fri, 08 Jul 2005 18:39:46 -0400

Are you using a PC? You probably have spyware. The McAfee site claims a whopping 91 percent of PCs are infected. As every Windows user knows, PCs are ever waging a losing battle with a stunningly vicious array of malware and worms and viruses, all aimed at exploiting one of about ten thousand security flaws and holes in Microsoft Windows.

Here, then, is my big obvious question: Why the hell do people put up with this?

How Microsoft Lost the API War

Thu, 30 Jun 2005 16:23:35 -0400

Microsoft's crown strategic jewel, the Windows API, is lost. The cornerstone of Microsoft's monopoly power and incredibly profitable Windows and Office franchises, which account for virtually all of Microsoft's income and covers up a huge array of unprofitable or marginally profitable product lines, the Windows API is no longer of much interest to developers. The goose that lays the golden eggs is not quite dead, but it does have a terminal disease, one that nobody noticed yet.

How to Succeed Writing Mac Software

Tue, 28 Jun 2005 12:31:52 -0400

Or, How to Make a Zillion Dollars and Not Lose Your Soul

By Wil Shipley, CEO, Delicious Monster Software

Follow my advice and I promise that you will be successful, happy, fulfilled, and drive a hot car.

Mac Users: The Least Creative People on the Planet

Tue, 28 Jun 2005 12:33:44 -0400

An entirely unsubstantiated stereotype has spread throughout the computer industry and inspired way too much smugness within the Mac community. What is this unfounded generalization which has been echoed by industry insiders and even such celebrities as Roger Ebert? "Mac users are more creative than PC users."

Bollocks. Folderol. Absolute nonsense.

Trojan Horse Warning

Sun, 26 Jun 2005 04:00:45 -0400

WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!

IF YOU RECEIVE A GIFT IN THE SHAPE OF A LARGE WOODEN HORSE DO NOT DOWNLOAD IT!!!! It is EXTREMELY DESTRUCTIVE and will overwrite your ENTIRE CITY!

How Do Computers Work?

Tue, 28 Jun 2005 20:12:49 -0400

OK, after semi-exhaustive searching around your site, I have to ask this nagging question. How the heck do computers work? I know, this sounds like a simple question. But I find it hard to fathom millions upon millions of 1's and 0's floating around my processor every second that it's turned on. How can a bunch of electrical currents run a highly complex game such as Quake2? I can't comprehend it. Please, make me understand!