The pen that reads rather than writes
The Friday Personal Tech column in the FT’s Business Life section this week looks at portable scanners:
“Anyone in need of a digital version of paper documents knows how useful a scanner can be – but few people would ever describe one as cute or sexy. Until now, perhaps. Read more
James Crabtree writes in the Comment section of Friday’s Financial Times that the forthcoming UK election will be influenced more by old-style databases and email lists than new social media tools such as Twitter:
“On Monday, the BBC’s Richard Bacon invited a group of experts to talk about technology and British politics. The question he posed was simple: “Will this be the Twitter election?” Radio 5 Live’s bemused guests, including Iain Dale, the top Conservative blogger, grappled with the seemingly ridiculous notion that, come polling day, over-caffeinated Twitter enthusiasts could tip the balance between prime minister Gordon Brown and his Tory challenger David Cameron.” Read more
Legal Bullets Fly Over Call of Duty
Open warfare has broken out between Activision Blizzard and the two studio heads it fired this week responsible for its biggest hit -Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 .
Activision responded on Thursday to a lawsuit filed in a Los Angeles court by lawyers representing Jason West and Vince Zampella, president and chief executive respectively of the Infinity Ward studio, over their dismissal. Read more
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Richard Waters has headed the FT's San Francisco bureau since 2002 and covers Google and Microsoft, among other things. A former New York bureau chief for the FT, he is intrigued by Silicon Valley's unique financial and business culture, and is looking forward to covering his second Tech Bust.
Chris Nuttall has been online and messing around with computers for more than 20 years and since 2004 has reported from the FT's San Francisco bureau on semiconductors, video games, consumer electronics and all things interwebby.
Maija Palmer has been writing about technology for the FT since 1999 and is fascinated by cybercrime, privacy and all the other issues of the information society. Based in London, she covers European tech companies and hopes that they won't all get acquired by American rivals.
Robin Kwong is the FT's technology, media and telecoms page editor in London. Formerly he was the Taipei correspondent and wrote about the companies that manufacture the vast majority of the world's computers and gadgets. He is interested in the intricacies of the technology supply chain and how China is increasingly changing the tech landscape.
Tim Bradshaw is the FT's digital media correspondent, and has just moved from London to join our team in San Francisco. He has covered start-ups such as Twitter and Spotify, as well as the online ambitions of more established media companies, such as the BBC iPlayer. He also covers the advertising, marketing and video-game industries. Tim has been writing about technology, business and finance since 2003.
