This morning’s Observer column…

The trouble with IT is that there’s always someone whose business plan involves world domination. For a time, it was IBM. Then it was Microsoft – which hasn’t given up on the goal, by the way, but is beginning to realise that tiresome obstacles like the European Commission might scupper the plan. The latest contender for Supreme Ruler is Google, which until recently was a cheeky startup run by guys claiming the freehold of the Higher Moral Ground, but is now a grubby corporation just like the rest…