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Apple's behavior a throwback to 1984, Adobe CTO says
Apple's refusal to allow Flash on the iPhone hurts innovation and is "like 1984 in a lot of ways," Adobe Systems' CTO said on Wednesday, implying that Apple has become the "Big Brother" it rebelled against in its iconic TV ad from that year.
By James Niccolai | 06 May, 2010 06:58
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Amazon's 1984 Kindle credit: thank you, Big Brother!
There are things that should be left enough alone and Amazon's Orwellian removal of the book "Nineteen Eighty-Four" from Kindle e-readers is one of them. Orwell would have gotten a kick out of this, yet Amazon seems to miss the humor in it.
By David Coursey | 05 September, 2009 03:47
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