Robert X. Cringely - Author

Stories by Robert X. Cringely

Article | 2/11/2009 2009: The year your data died

For a while there it looked like 2009 would be remembered as the Year of the Dead Celebrity. But Michael, Farrah, Walter, Ed, and all the rest may hav...

Article | 26/09/2009 Twitter is dead

It is my sad news this morning to report the demise of the world's most famous microblog. Twitter, we hardly knew ye.

Article | 11/08/2009 Apple vs. Google: This time it's personal

It's gloves-off time for two of Silicon Valley's darlings, and if they're not careful, one of them might get their hair mussed.

Article | 28/07/2009 4chan welcomes AT&T to the rogue Internet

How does that old Jim Croce song go?

Article | 23/07/2009 Does Yahoo still matter?

For a while there, I kinda forgot Yahoo existed. This week's news brings the company back with a vengeance.

Article | 25/06/2009 Sour Apple: Steve Jobs and snow jobs

Have you heard the news? Steve Jobs is back.

Article | 22/06/2009 Thinking about upgrading to IE8? Think twice

I find it's best to live by a few simple rules. I don't micturate into the wind. I don't mix tequila with red wine (not any more, anyway). I never get...

Article | 15/06/2009 Microsoft to tour Europe sans browsers

Ah, those wacky Europeans. They think nothing of stripping down and jumping into the Mediterranean in the altogether or, at most, those skimpy man sac...

Article | 11/06/2009 Facebook and Twitter name names

Tick, tick, tick, tick.

Article | 9/06/2009 China censorship

Don't look now, but China is messing with the Interwebs again.

Article | 12/05/2009 Facing the haters at Facebook

It turns out when you run the world's biggest social network, you inherit the world's biggest social problems. And so it goes with Facebook, which is ...

Article | 9/05/2009 Has Twitter replaced sex?

One of the many luminaries I follow on Twitter is PornStarTweet. (I make these sacrifices just for you, I hope you realize that.) Earlier Friday he/sh...

Article | 21/04/2009 Pirate Bay crew gets the hook

Despite big fines and prison time, the Pirate Bay four remain defiant. And even if Hollywood manages to sink these Bit Torrent trackers, there's an en...

Article | 17/03/2009 Escape from the Twittering masses

I'm thinking maybe this whole social media thing has gone too far. Maybe we don't really need to know what everyone we've ever encountered is doing ev...

Article | 13/03/2009 Google knows where you surfed last summer

Are those search ads starting to look a little too personal? Welcome to Google's new behavioral ad strategy. Better keep your nose clean.