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John C. Dvorak Chat Rooms Are Dead! Long Live the Chat Room!
After almost 30 years in existence, have chat rooms been supplanted by the exploding social networks?

One Laptop per Child Doesn't Change the World
Does anyone but me see the OLPC XO-1 as an insulting "let them eat cake" sort of message to the world's poor?

Understanding IPTV
In the ideal IPTV scenario, anyone at any time can watch anything in the entire world that is deliverable over the Internet.

Why Social Networks Stink
On the whole, the social network is less about the social part and more about the sales pitch.

Should Google Buy Sprint?
Here are some of the hurdles Google will have to clear if it wants to assimilate a "real" company like Sprint.

The Problem with Eating Your Own Dog Food
Microsoft employees are expected to use Microsoft products at home and at work. So why don't the day-to-day annoyances in Windows ever get fixed?

In-Your-Face Advertising
One thing is certain: Web users don't want to pay for anything, ever. Sadly, the only way that equation works is with advertising.

The Google Phone Is Doomed
Google has signed up 34 companies for its Open Handset Alliance. I see them as a bunch of joiners for a whole lot of nonsense.

The Vista Death Watch
Much of this mess is due to Microsoft’s recent obsession with Google and online search. Now Microsoft wants to be in the advertising business because Google is in the advertising business. Meanwhile, it can’t do its real job.

Web Site Entropy
What is the point of a site getting so fancy that it becomes unusable?

Google OS: The Scenario
Microsoft's getting into the advertising business instead of fixing its operating system issues, so why shouldn't Google put its billions to use developing a free, better OS?