Stories by: Robert X. Cringely

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Did Uncle Sam try to kill Wikileaks? 16 March, 2010 10:04

I just received an email from Wikileaks editor Julian Assange that's pretty wild. It accuses the U.S. government ofdeliberately trying to take down the whistle-blower site PDF two years ago.
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Newegg: Get your fake Intel CPUs here 13 March, 2010 10:30

This story is just too wild to ignore: It seems Newegg has quite a bit of old egg on its face this week after it shipped customers "counterfeit" Intel CPUs that were more like movie props than actual working electronics.
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Spam? No thank you, m'am 30 January, 2010 08:53

I don't know about you, but beautiful Russian girls are just dying to meet me. They're all 26 years old, most of them are named Olga, and from their descriptions they sound totally hot. But first I have to buy a fantastic luxury timepiece, change my Facebook login, get a bucketful of knockoff prescriptions, and pick up that parcel waiting for me at UPS or DHL (even though I never ordered anything).
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Google's China problem (and ours) 16 January, 2010 07:15

Well, that was the biggest news bombshell to land in quite a while. Google reveals that it's been hacked by Chinese cyber attackers and says it will no longer play along with China's repressive Internet rules.
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The 10 dumbest tech moves of 2009 08 January, 2010 07:12

It's that time of year again -- time to look back and offer my 2009 awards for the most malicious, obnoxious, offensive, or nonsensical behavior in technology. The 10 winners this year include some of the best-known companies on the planet, as well as some obscure but worthy candidates.
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Google phone mania hits the heartland 22 December, 2009 08:18

Would you buy a gPhone? That's the question I posed last week, as rumors, news, and speculation about a new Google-branded Nexus One handset washed over the Webosphere. I got some interesting answers.
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It's Apple's world, we just click in it 05 November, 2009 11:00

Well, it finally happened. Digital versions of the Beatles' catalog are finally coming to Apple. It's just not the Apple you're thinking of.
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2009: The year your data died 02 November, 2009 10:21

For a while there it looked like 2009 would be remembered as the Year of the Dead Celebrity. But Michael, Farrah, Walter, Ed, and all the rest may have to move over. This is rapidly becoming the Year the Data Died.
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Twitter is dead 26 September, 2009 04:57

It is my sad news this morning to report the demise of the world's most famous microblog. Twitter, we hardly knew ye.
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'New' travel search rules just won't fly 31 August, 2009 07:19

The Obama administration clarified its rules about border searches of laptops and other digital gear. Bottom line: If you care about your data, leave the laptop at home.
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Apple vs. Google: This time it's personal 11 August, 2009 10:58

It's gloves-off time for two of Silicon Valley's darlings, and if they're not careful, one of them might get their hair mussed.