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  1. Visit 'Inherent risks of a locked-down cyberspace' Richard Waters, Financial Times, April 24 2008 'Inherent risks of a locked-down cyberspace' Richard Waters, Financial Times, April 24 2008

    http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/580a14e2-1198-11dd-a93b-0000779fd2ac.html

    Jonathan Zittrain, professor of internet governance and regulation at Oxford University [argues that a preference for convenience and reliability] could be fateful for the future of the internet... The fundamental problem is both technological and… More

  2. Visit 'Nokia morphs itself from within' Darren Waters, BBC News, 27 February 2008 'Nokia morphs itself from within' Darren Waters, BBC News, 27 February 2008

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7266187.stm

    "We're not a cell phone company we're a software and services company as well," Anssi Vanjoki, executive vice president at Nokia... [Discusses partnership with Cambridge University and Morph concept phone.] "An enormous amount of the patents found… More

  3. Visit Starbucks Deal Brewed with AT&T Has Hints of Apple, Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS, 12 Feb 2008 Starbucks Deal Brewed with AT&T Has Hints of Apple, Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS, 12 Feb 2008

    http://db.tidbits.com/article/9458

    Analysis of possible deal between Apple, Starbucks and AT&T around instore WiFi and 3G iPhone. Discusses Starbucks becoming a second living room, focused on media downloads from in-store servers.

  4. Visit 'Designing What’s Right for Consumers' David Pogue, New York Times, February 7, 2008 'Designing What’s Right for Consumers' David Pogue, New York Times, February 7, 2008

    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/07/technology/personaltech/07pogue-email.html

    You might think that digital picture frames would not be especially hard to review. After all, what's so difficult? You plug it in, you turn it on. [Reviews design errors in wireless photo frames.] [Y]ou don't have to have an M.B.A. to understand … More

  5. Visit 'Wi-Fi in the real world' Nico Macdonald, The Register, 10/02/2004 'Wi-Fi in the real world' Nico Macdonald, The Register, 10/02/2004

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/02/10/wifi_in_the_real_world/

    Reporting on the realities of using WiFi in London, based on my itinerant activity during BT OpenZone's Wireless Broadband week. Concludes that "it's time to go beyond our shock that this technology works at all, and get practical about how we can… More

  6. Visit 'The original PowerBook' Jim Davies, Design Week, 14 November 2007 'The original PowerBook' Jim Davies, Design Week, 14 November 2007

    http://www.designweek.co.uk/Articles/136680/The+original+PowerBook.html

    A decade ago, the book was - apparently - on its last, musty old legs [but the commentators] couldn’t be further from the mark... [Impact of Amazon and AbeBooks.] We’re weaned on the paper book format, so we’re not only totally comfortable with it… More

  7. Visit Jeffrey Zeldman Presents : What Apple copied from Microsoft Jeffrey Zeldman Presents : What Apple copied from Microsoft

    http://www.zeldman.com/2007/07/25/what-apple-copied-from-microsoft/#comment-17896

  8. Visit Report: Ease of use issues with domestic electronic communications equipment, Ofcom, 17 July 2007 Report: Ease of use issues with domestic electronic communications equipment, Ofcom, 17 July 2007

    http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/tv/reports/easeofuse/

    A research audit by Mike George and Linda Lennard. Cites Bunnyfoot, Alan Newell, and Don Norman

  9. Visit 'Apple takes risks in bid to shake up the mobile market' Financial Times, June 25 2007 'Apple takes risks in bid to shake up the mobile market' Financial Times, June 25 2007

    http://www.ft.com/cms/s/13c627c4-233e-11dc-9e7e-000b5df10621.html

    The excitement around the iPhone stems from a simple fact: in spite of their increasing importance in our day-to-day lives, most mobile phones remain clunky, crammed with hard-to-use features, second-rate software and awkward keypads... With the i… More

  10. Visit 'Simplicity Is Highly Overrated' by Don Norman, uiGarden.net, 26 June 2007 'Simplicity Is Highly Overrated' by Don Norman, uiGarden.net, 26 June 2007

    http://www.uigarden.net/english/simplicity-is-highly-overrated

    [Reflections on a tour of South Korean retailers.] Why do we deliberately build things that confuse the people who use them? ¶ Answer: Because the people want the features. Because simplicity is a myth whose time has past, if it ever existed. [Dis… More

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