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3D HDTV may not have consumer depth yet. - 06 Jan 2010
With the Consumer Electronic Show right around the corner – Tomorrow Jan 7th – there is a lot of talk that 3D HDTV’s for the consumer will be the next big thing in home entertainment. In fact there is quite a bit of speculation that nearly every major HDTV manufacturer will announce a 3D [...]
Read Full Post »Death watch over, burial begins. - 31 Oct 2007
Well it appears that my iPod has finally bit the dust. Having commented previously about the iPod Death Watch site, which uses statistics from their iPod repair center to estimate the average life left on your iPod, I thought it proper to give an update as to the accuracy of the site. [...]
Read Full Post »It is more than just a website. - 08 Aug 2007
A lot of people do not understand the power of online marketing, of good site design, and how to leverage all the Web 2.0 ideas to help your bottom line. This is a bit of a problem in more rural settings I find and a prime example is the unfortunate lack of development on [...]
Read Full Post »More Facebook but problems abound. - 26 Jul 2007
I have been resisting the desire to toss my hat into the recent facebook debates happening among the tech reporters and commentators (like myself) for a week or two now. Between the Apple iPhone and Facebook postings I have really had my fill of the two but after some careful consideration I wanted to [...]
Read Full Post »DRM Restricts rights of fair use and fair dealing. - 03 May 2007
In talking about my most recent postings about DRM, the DMCA, and their effects on intellectual property I started to consider why the MPAA and RIAA are so determined to force these kind of restrictions upon consumers.
The argument most often put forward by those organizations is that they need to protect the intellectual property of [...]
09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0 - 02 May 2007
Quietly over night, a revolt happened. It was not on the morning news, it was not covered by CNN, and no shots were fired, but it happened. In the over night hours Digg.com (a popular user submitted news site) received a torrent of postings about one thing and one thing only.
The thing they [...]
Puretracks fails again - 01 May 2007
I have previously blogged about Purtracks.com a Canadian online music store that does not support Apples Macintosh computers. Well their saga of being closely tied to the windows platform and not meeting customers needs continues on.
I recently attended the local theater to catch a flick where I was given a promotion card for 3 [...]
Disney changes mind - 10 Feb 2007
In a surprise move Disney has reversed its decision to close its hand drawn studios. The studios were closed in 2005 in favor of computer animated films, but after the Pixar acquisition in 2006 Disney would have had two separate groups attempting digitally rendered entertainment and I suspect the decision seemed futile considering [...]
Read Full Post »Dowloading works … just ask Gnarles Barkley - 03 Apr 2006
Legal downloading of songs from services like Apple’s iTunes, the rethought Napster and offers from the various music industry players are quickly becoming the standard by which the latest music is being distributed.
To many music listeners, and artists, providing a MP3 version of a single or album for legal download is not a trend but [...]
Movie Exec wises up on ticket sales - 02 Oct 2005
Well it seems that the movie industry has finally admitted what many movie goers have said for the better part of a year now. According to this LATimes article, Sony Pictures Vice Chairman Amy Pascal admitted that she believes that the failure of the summer box office season was not due to massive downloading, [...]
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