Matthew JC Powell

Recent articles by Matthew JC Powell

Under the Wire: Topping the Bill

Under the Wire: Topping the Bill

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: whoever first used the term “plot” to describe the storyline of a video game has a lot to answer for.
Matthew JC Powell Sep 8 2005, 3:37PM Software
Under the Wire: A toast to mediocrity

Under the Wire: A toast to mediocrity

What’s so great about toasters? I recently had a software vendor describe their product as “like a toaster for the internet”.
Matthew JC Powell Aug 31 2005, 10:00AM Software
Under the Wire: Rock on

Under the Wire: Rock on

A couple of weeks ago, I intimated in this column that, following the finalisation of Microsoft’s settlement with IBM, Bill Gates went home to shake a sofa in hopes of finding US$775 million wedged amongst the cushions. I have to admit, dear readers, that this is not entirely true.
Matthew JC Powell Aug 10 2005, 1:57PM Strategy
Under the Wire: Patronising the yartz

Under the Wire: Patronising the yartz

Some names have been changed in the following, in order to protect the innocent and the guilty.
Matthew JC Powell Jul 18 2005, 4:05PM Collaboration
Quark signs Scholastic

Quark signs Scholastic

Publishing software giant Quark has taken the first steps to regaining market share lost to rival Adobe InDesign, inking a new distribution deal with Scholastic Australia.
Matthew JC Powell Jul 14 2005, 2:42PM Software
Under the Wire: Star Wares

Under the Wire: Star Wares

Warning: this column contains spoilers.
Matthew JC Powell Jul 4 2005, 10:06AM Software
Under the Wire: The fabric of society

Under the Wire: The fabric of society

If you will allow me to be a bit serious for a moment, I’d like to use this column to draw your attention to a rapidly spreading blight on our national landscape.
Matthew JC Powell Jun 21 2005, 12:22PM Security
Under the Wire: This old hunker

Under the Wire: This old hunker

I need a new laptop. That’s what everyone keeps telling me. Everyone who’s seen my current laptop, anyway.
Matthew JC Powell Jun 1 2005, 11:19AM Strategy
Under the wire: Sign of the times

Under the wire: Sign of the times

In the couple of thousand years and several hundred conclaves they’ve had to work on it, the cardinals apparently haven’t quite got the knack of mixing the chemicals to make their ballot papers burn appropriately.
Matthew JC Powell May 26 2005, 11:24AM Strategy
Under the wire: Blanket security

Under the wire: Blanket security

My parents have signed up for DSL. This may not seem like a major, interesting talking point to you, but that’s because you don’t know my parents. If you knew my parents, you’d wonder why the news is not on the front page of this august journal.
Matthew JC Powell Apr 27 2005, 5:36PM Security
Under the wire: Playing with yourself

Under the wire: Playing with yourself

Red nine on black 10. Apparently there are moves afoot in the US, the Greatest Democracy On Earth™, to ban the Solitaire and Minesweeper games that come pre-installed on every machine running Windows. More specifically, lawmakers wish to ban the games from computers running Windows in government offices.
Matthew JC Powell Apr 18 2005, 5:22PM Software
Inductive reasoning

Inductive reasoning

Halls of Fame and the like are fraught with danger. Whosoever purports to decide who deserves immortality and who does not is bound to make the wrong decisions and, with them, enemies. The same is true in any field of endeavour.
Matthew JC Powell Mar 30 2005, 2:11PM Hardware

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