News analysis and background

Eight news stories 10.1

  Welcome back to the regular news spot for a new year. Things have understandably been quiet over the last couple of weeks, but now some important stories are emerging. […]

  Sony make ever more ridiculous press announcements. For Sir Howard Stringer to say that PS3 games are “infinitely more fun, demanding and exciting” than Wii games is very worrying. He […]

Eight news stories 13.12

It is time for a cull of lawyers. Following on from the Kym Worthy story last week. I am sure that some of them do some good sometimes, but in my […]

I couldn’t believe this. The contents are, basically, a pack of lies. This is just like their campaign against Apple. And they have breached so much owned copyright and trademarks that […]

Montreal, the new Hollywood?

  When I was young I studied economics, both at A level and as a part of my accountancy training. The Economist has been regular reading ever since and now […]

 A very slow news week. Or, more accurately, a one story week. Yet the Vivendi move was inevitable. Or something like it was. And there will be plenty more of […]