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TWiT 181: I Am Not Spock

by Jonathan Downin in TechFebruary 9th, 2009 @ 3:11 am

Bill Gates releasing mosquitoes into the audience at the TED conference is the craziest thing I have heard all week.  I understand that he wanted to make a point and raise awareness about malaria, but that is FAR from the best way to do it.  As John C Dvorak put it, “That was a dick move.”

I have talked about it a lot in many posts recently, but the Kindle 2 is becoming more of a reality day by day.  Looks slick and really, really thin.

The topic of print media dying has been a popular talking point for more than two years now.  With the recent closing of EGM and many other closures, this seems to be becoming a reality.  I will be sad to see electronic versions really take over, but it may just be sentimentality as I almost never buy magazines anymore.  Is the Kindle a first step in the right direction or a sad signal of the inevitable coming death of physical print media?

Bill Gates stings TED, Nielsen reply all, newspapers choking, new Kindle, Guitar Hero kid, and more.

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