IBM Nixes Standards Shenanigans; Plus: Flying Lipstick-Wearing Pigs! (TechNewsWorld.com)
IBM has had enough of the silliness that goes on at some of the standards bodies it belongs to. So Big Blue now has a new policy: No shenanigans. Setting standards for hardware, software, communications protocols, document formats -- is a job that's way too important to be done in the dark, says IBM.
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Naomi Alderman: can online friendships be considered 'real'? (Guardian Unlimited)
Remember 1994? Blur's Girls & Boys was at the top of the charts, a new sitcom called Friends started to air and I spent a lot of time in the college computer room emailing my then boyfriend, and getting wildly excited when we found we were emailing at the same time. We'd exchange emails, rapidly click "check for mail" and, with only five minutes to wait between messages it was almost like ...
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