Tag archive: Ian

Over the last two weeks, the discussions surrounding Apple and Google have me wondering whether both companies have completely lost their collective minds. The US government now has a series of investigations surrounding both firms, ranging from collusion between them, to Apple pulling Google Voice off the iPhone. To be clear, this is like trying to find out if the companies were working together closely as criminals, or whether Google… Read More

The Rebirth of Iomega Iomega was once a major power in the PC market. The manufacturer’s Iomega Click drive was, for a while, alone in the class of then high capacity portable storage (yes, once upon a time, 40MB was considered high capacity), but then thumb drives debuted and Iomega came close to dropping out of the market. EMC, the largest pure storage vendor in the business market recently bought the company though, and… Read More

Freedom of speech on the Internet has been a contentious beast. Can you say what you like? In some countries, definitely not. But Britain has a long, venerable tradition of free speech. Surelyit’s possibly to voice your opinions, however inflammatory they may be, there?   Apparently not, and the case revolves on a fan forum for the soccer team Sheffield Wednesday, which hasn’t been having a great season on the pitch.… Read More

Awarded in the most recent October 1, 2004 award cycle, Ian Bell becomes part of the annually recognized Microsoft MVP. Microsoft MVPs are recognized as a select group of consistently active and credible experts in worldwide technical communities and demonstrate technical passion and an enthusiasm to share their expertise about Microsoft products. “On behalf of Microsoft, I am pleased to recognize Ian Bell as one of our Most Valuable… Read More