Tag: General-purpose computing
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iPad to Test Zittrain's "Future of the Internet" Thesis
Jonathan Zittrain famously argued in his book “The Future of the Internet, and How to Stop It” that we were headed for a future in which general purpose computers would be replaced by locked-down computing appliances. Apple’s new iPad will put Zittrain’s thesis to the test. The iPad, as announced, has aspects of both an…