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Question of software patents returns from the dead
By David Watson | Auckland | Friday, 25 June, 2010 | 9 Comments
The Friday FryUp's former writer, Juha Saarinen, didn't like it when it hit the internet last October, but Orcon's ad featuring amateur versions of Iggy Pop's The Passenger won a prestigious global advertising award this week, beating 1500 entries from around the world to win the Grand Prix Award for direct marketing at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival.
It's easy to conjure up visions of the crew from Orcon's advertising agency, Special Group, getting up on the stage at the French resort town to accept their award.
But that didn't happen – because, says Special Group creative director Tony Bradbourne, the boutique agency had too much work in progress back home and couldn't attend the festival.
It's somewhat ironic that the people who made an ad based on The Passenger didn't want to be passengers themselves and travel to the awards.
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Two of the most controversial issues Computerworld has covered this year are software patents and the ACTA treaty. This week has seen both raise their heads once more, with revelations that the proposed ban on software patents in New Zealand may end up not being as total as previously thought. And a global petition citing concern about ACTA has been signed by many prominent figures.
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Another hot topic in IT at the moment is cloud computing, and Computerworld's feature on that has attracted a lot of interest.
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And finally, Google's Android mobile OS is set for further penetration in New Zealand, with the release by Vodafone of three more handsets for the OS
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Comments
DO IT DAVID..... GO ON... YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO!
No, not get a perm like the alter ego character in the lotto ads, but use that DRY sense of humour some of us has seen, start up the chainsaw and cut loose, give these whingers what they want, some opinion!
David has a wonderfully wicked and ultimately dry sense of humour, and I am wondering why he's holding back?
Cut loose, finger loose and fancy free, give these guys a lashing of humour....
GO FOR IT
Posted by Anonymous at 6:53:55 on June 26, 2010
David has a wonderfully wicked and ultimately dry sense of humour, and I am wondering why he's holding back?
Cut loose, finger loose and fancy free, give these guys a lashing of humour....
GO FOR IT
Posted by Anonymous at 6:53:55 on June 26, 2010
chill out
Well, Juha has given up doing the Fry-up, so we'll see what it evolves into now, aye? Go have a white whine... oh, you lot already did.
Posted by born to be mild at 15:44:58 on June 25, 2010
Posted by born to be mild at 15:44:58 on June 25, 2010
BORING
What a sad disappointment this column has become.
Just a waste of space.
Posted by BORING at 15:25:32 on June 25, 2010
Just a waste of space.
Posted by BORING at 15:25:32 on June 25, 2010
Orcon iggy lag
Orcon had a bit of problem with lag when it came to jamming online. They should have looked up Stanford article called Musical Teleportation: Making Music Together Around the Globe, which woud have told them about the issues of space and time. http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/FeedEnclosure/itunes.stanford.edu.1292028861.01292028867.2842466588/enclosure.mp4
Oh I like the old format fryup, the new one is a bit plane and looks like the NZHeralds Tech universe, which comes out daily.
Posted by hellonearthis at 13:36:13 on June 25, 2010
Oh I like the old format fryup, the new one is a bit plane and looks like the NZHeralds Tech universe, which comes out daily.
Posted by hellonearthis at 13:36:13 on June 25, 2010
This is rubbish
If you can't make Fry up interesting - drop it. This is rubbish.
Posted by Anonymous at 12:35:57 on June 25, 2010
Posted by Anonymous at 12:35:57 on June 25, 2010
What's happened to Fry up?
The name is the same but the interest has gone. What was an entertaining read has changed to me wondering whether to unsubscribe.
Posted by Martin at 11:40:39 on June 25, 2010
Posted by Martin at 11:40:39 on June 25, 2010
What's happened to Fry up?
Ditto - we don't need a summary of CW articles. This is nonsense!
Posted by Anonymous at 13:30:15 on June 25, 2010
Posted by Anonymous at 13:30:15 on June 25, 2010
What's happened to Fry up?
Absolutely.
"Fry Up" has gone from 'must read' to 'why bother'
Posted by Anonymous at 17:48:24 on June 25, 2010
"Fry Up" has gone from 'must read' to 'why bother'
Posted by Anonymous at 17:48:24 on June 25, 2010
What's happened to Fry up?
Yeah - give us back some of Juha's quirkiness and occasional trenchancy.
Posted by jmacg at 12:13:21 on June 25, 2010
Posted by jmacg at 12:13:21 on June 25, 2010
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