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50 things that are being killed by the internet
Posted by ShopinJA in Science & Technology on September 7th, 2009
The internet has wrought huge changes on our lives – both positive and negative – in the fifteen years since its use became widespread.
By Matthew Moore
Published: 7:00AM BST 04 Sep 2009
The web is changing the way we work, play and think Photo: REUTTERS
Tasks that once took days can be completed in seconds, while traditions and skills that emerged over centuries have been made all but redundant.
The internet is no respecter of reputations: innocent people have seen their lives ruined by viral clips distributed on the same World Wide Web used by activists to highlight injustices and bring down oppressive regimes
Below we have compiled - in no particular order - 50 things that are in the process of being killed off by the web, from products and business models to life experiences and habits. We’ve also thrown in a few things that have suffered the hands of other modern networking gadgets, specifically mobile phones and GPS systems.
Do you agree with our selections? What other examples can you think of? Please post your comments on the bottom of the story – we hope include the best suggestions in a fuller list.
1) The art of polite disagreement
While the inane spats of YouTube commencers may not be representative, the internet has certainly sharpened the tone of debate. The most raucous sections of the blogworld seem incapable of accepting sincerely held differences of opinion; all opponents must have “agendas”.
2) Fear that you are the only person unmoved by a celebrity’s death
Twitter has become a clearing-house for jokes about dead famous people. Tasteless, but an antidote to the “fans in mourning” mawkishness that otherwise predominates.
3) Listening to an album all the way through
The single is one of the unlikely beneficiaries of the internet – a development which can be looked at in two ways. There’s no longer any need to endure eight tracks of filler for a couple of decent tunes, but will “album albums” like Radiohead’s Amnesiac get the widespread hearing they deserve?
Microsoft’s BING
Posted by ShopinJA in Science & Technology on May 31st, 2009
BING - A better way to search from Microsoft. http://www.bing.com/
With google arguably being the most popular search engine in the world, other top companies have come to realise that to have a great web presence you need a great search engine, currently Yahoo and Microsoft’s search engine are OK, but that’s just it, they are not great, so they will always be over powered by the big mighty google. recently a new search engine was launched by the name of wolfram-alpha which looks to be a very promising search engine.
Not to be left in the dark, Microsoft was launched what hopes to be thier great search engine, Called BING.
