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Monday, December 31, 2007

Someday, We’ll All Look Back on This and Laugh

According to last year’s looking-ahead-to-the-year- to-come lists, 2007 was to be “a year of hyperdisruption for the technology industry.” It was to be “a year of carnage.” But it was also to be “a year of great happiness and multiple blessings.” Above all, 2007 was to be “a busy year for technology.” Which, as you’ll see below, is pretty much how it turned out. What follows is Digital Daily’s abridged guide to the year in tech news–a fond reminiscence of what was, and our First Annual Year-End List For Year-End List Haters.

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Thursday, May 10, 2007

War Is Peace. Freedom Is Slavery. Ignorance Is Strength. DRM Is DCE.

You can’t put frosting on manure, but HBO’s Chief Technology Officer Bob Zitter isn’t above trying. Speaking at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association show in Las Vegas, Zitter said Digital Rights Management is a lousy name for a technology that allows consumers “to use content in ways they haven’t before.”

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John Paczkowski has been poking fun at the tech industry and the personalities that drive it since 1997. From 1999 to 2007, he wrote the award-winning tech news Web log Good Morning Silicon Valley for the San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley's daily newspaper. Read more »

Ethics Statement

Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.

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