Mixed Signals

Bank Holiday. Ate bacon sandwiches, wrote science fiction, nursed head after weekend of birthday celebration.

May 31, 1997 by Rupert Goodwins

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"NEW PRICING PLAN FOR YOU!" screams my AOL mailbox, with an official looking ID claiming that even cheaper access is here.

May 24, 1997 by Rupert Goodwins

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Bank Holiday. Still time for a gossip with a pal, though, who informs me that the Motorola-based Iridium global satellite system has hit a few problems.

May 10, 1997 by Rupert Goodwins

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A press release appears on my desk. This is about a new Microsoft initiative for broadcasting Internet information to the home alongside the normal TV signal.

April 12, 1997 by Rupert Goodwins

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Last day of the hols. Swiz. Before I take my leave of the bucolic paradise on the edge of Plymouth where I've been catching the sun, I have another go at fixing my father's PC.

April 4, 1997 by Rupert Goodwins

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(Editor's Note: Due to nothing very much of interest happening in the computer industry this week, we are running a previously unpublished extract...

March 22, 1997 by Rupert Goodwins

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Get back to work after being rather ill last week (opinion is divided between the Camden Town Chicken Samosa infection route being the cause of my gastric distress, and the North London Water Poisoning Company) to find a new USR Pilot waiting for me! Hurrah!

March 15, 1997 by Rupert Goodwins

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Now here's a funny thing. While browsing through some American magazines, I spot that there's an American company called Monorail.

February 22, 1997 by Rupert Goodwins

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Three small flaws: one, the link software doesn't seem to work. I spend an hour getting COMMS ERROR messages from the watch, which is supposed to pick up data from flashing bars on the monitor.

February 15, 1997 by Rupert Goodwins

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Oh to be in Paris, now...

February 8, 1997 by Rupert Goodwins

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