The Internet (Formerly Known as Popular) Now Completely Over says Prince

Facebook, online banking and YouTube? Yawn. The Internet is so yesterday, according to pop music legend Prince, who in a recent interview characterized the World Wide Web as a big, fat, soon-to-pass fad.

"The internet's completely over... The internet's like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated," said Prince during a recent interview with U.K. newspaper The Daily Mirror. "Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good," he added. "They just fill your head with numbers and that can't be good for you." The interview was in anticipation to the release of his new album 20TEN (did he just fill our heads with more numbers?), which readers of the British publication will be able to get for free inside this Saturday's paper edition.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/techchron/detail?&entry_id=67294#ixzz0t0a83tbE



Here's a related story from the E-Secure-IT News Feed:

Is the Web outdated, or is it just Prince? (from CNet at 6-7-2010) The Internet has suffered a premature death--or at least that's what aging rocker Prince believes has happened. "The Internet [is] completely over," Prince told U.K. publication The Mirror, which published an interview with the music icon on Monday, the eve of the debut in that country of his latest CD, 20TEN. Perhaps not coincidentally the disc will be distributed in the pages of The Mirror. "The Internet [is] like MTV," Prince continued. "At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became ou... read more»

Related articles by Zemanta

• Internet is "completely over": Prince (seattlepi.com)


• Prince vs. The Internet (perezhilton.com)


• Prince Fail: 'The Internet's Completely Over' (blippitt.com)


• Prince Says Internet Is Over (idle.slashdot.org)


• Prince Rants and Raves About the Internet, iTunes and "Digital Gadgets" [Blockquote] (gizmodo.com)