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Microsoft's money
John Carr / January 20, 2001
Big business and techie libertarians dominate debate about the internet. The rest of us need to catch up
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anarchy.com
John Carr / June 20, 1999
The internet is a precious achievement. But as its reach extends into more of our lives, so does the fear that it is undermining national standards in everything from crime prevention to taxation. If...
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The net position
John Carr / April 20, 1997
The LSE was the venue for the recent Guardian-Fabian Society-Nexus conference on "The Future of the Centre Left." Normally on leaving such unashamedly revisionist events one would expect, and...
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The net position
John Carr / March 20, 1997
Charlene Blake, a school teacher from Springfield, Virginia, has used cyberspace to strike a blow for the consumer. She bought a 1992 Chrysler Dodge Caravan with ABS brakes which, when it was about a...
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The net position
John Carr / February 20, 1997
I'll be glad when it's over. The general election that is. We seem to be living through an electrified hiatus. The nervous tension, just waiting for the off, is threatening more cardiac arrests than...
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The net position
John Carr / January 20, 1997
If you join the European Union's forum on the information society you will never again have to turn on your machine and confront the depressing fact that no one has sent you any messages. Gone are...
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The net position
John Carr / December 20, 1996
Since our web site went live, there has been a marked increase in the amount of junk e-mail we have been receiving. Tut tut! The barbarians are everywhere. The sending of unsolicited e-mail is a...
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The net position
John Carr / November 20, 1996
Prospect has arrived on the internet, the first mainstream British political magazine to pitch its tent on the superhighway. And it's pretty, too. From now on you will be able to interrogate our...
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The net position
John Carr / October 20, 1996
On my annual holiday, as I was wandering through the Hennessy distillery in Cognac, I was impressed by how handsome and modern their facilities are and how bang-up-to-date their marketing seems to...
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The net position
John Carr / August 20, 1996
Microsoft has just put money into an upmarket new webzine. It's called Slate, as in "How's your latest project coming along?" "'s' late." Slate is an American political/current affairs magazine...
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