Category Archives: Computing and Internet

Facebook : minicrash et mégascandale

Avec l’introduction du numéro un des réseaux sociaux en Bourse et sa chute de 25% en trois jours, n’assiste-t-on pas de nouveau à une immense carambouille orchestrée par les banques ? Quand les vieux démons reprennent le monde de la … Continue reading

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Las obsesiones de Jobs

“Aquellos electrodomésticos me han hecho más ilusión que cualquier otro utensilio de alta tecnología en años”. Steve Jobs, alma de Apple, se refería así a la lavadora de su casa, que tardó ocho años en amueblar porque “solo se rodeaba … Continue reading

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Steve Jobs book reveals a genius – and a ‘hippie with BO’

He changed the world but he also had extremely smelly feet. He was simultaneously a genius, and a tyrant. His temper was legendary, but his foresight could be exceptional. And if he could change one thing, it would be to … Continue reading

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Steve Jobs, Apple’s Visionary, Dies at 56

Steven P. Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple who helped usher in the era of personal computers and then led a cultural transformation in the way music, movies and mobile communications were experienced in the digital age, died Wednesday. He … Continue reading

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Morreu Steve Jobs, fundador da Apple

“A morte é muito provavelmente a melhor invenção da vida”, afirmou Steve Jobs, em 2005, frente a uma plateia de estudantes da Universidade de Stanford, nos EUA. “Lembrar-me de que todos estaremos mortos em breve é a ferramenta mais importante … Continue reading

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Addio a Steve Jobs, il visionario dell’hi-tech

E’ uno scarno comunicato della sua azienda, la Apple di Cupertino, che dà la notizia attraverso l’Associated Press: “Steve Jobs è morto”. Il fondatore della Mela, l’uomo che ha “creato due volte” il marchio-simbolo della nostra èra digitale, all’età di … Continue reading

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Steve Jobs, l’emblématique patron d’Apple, est décédé

Steve Jobs, l’emblématique patron d’Apple, qui avait inventé, entre autres, l’iPod et l’iPhone, est mort mercredi à l’âge de 56 ans. «Nous sommes profondément attristés d’annoncer que Steve Jobs est décédé aujourd’hui», indique un bref communiqué du conseil d’administration. «Apple … Continue reading

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Muere Steve Jobs, fundador de Apple

El enigmático, reservado y visionario Steve Jobs, ha muerto hoy a los 56 años, ha anunciado Apple. Jobs era mucho más que el consejero delegado de Apple. Nunca antes una marca estuvo tan asociada a una persona. Su contribución al … Continue reading

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Sock puppets, twitterjacking and the art of digital fakery

In the 1970s, Italian philosopher Umberto Eco took a trip through the US. He stopped off at wax museums, Las Vegas and Disneyland and found a dense, semiotic landscape of fakes that trumped the relatively boring desert of the real. … Continue reading

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Les SMS ont-ils contaminé votre cerveau ?

Selon ABI Research, un cabinet d’études spécialisé dans les nouvelles technologies, il s’enverra plus de 7 000 milliards de SMS dans le monde au cours de l’année 2011. Etant donné que la population de la Terre aura, d’ici au 31 … Continue reading

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