Werner lost in the Internet maze

Hmmm… On the basis of this trailer I’m not sure it’ll be worth the journey. It looks like famous-director-who-knows-nothing-about-the Net goes round talking to famous geeks who blind him with tech and say silly things.

Assorted links for Tuesday

Werner Herzog has made a documentary, Lo and behold, about the internet and its implications which premieres this week. He’s done an interview with TechCrunch about it.

The IBM PC – the machine that made personal computers acceptable to chartered accountants – was launched 35 years ago this month.

27,000 computers in London’s Metropolitan Police are still running Windows XP. Here are some reasons why.

Google plans to obliterate Flash from its Chrome browser from next month.

Joe Nye on the fragmentation of the Internet.