September 18, 2008
by sjvn01
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One of the perpetual pains of desktop Linux is dealing with DVDs and proprietary video and audio formats. Ubuntu, like the other Linuxes, have the same problem. Now, however, Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, has made it easier for Ubuntu … Continue reading
January 1, 2008
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How you know when your business has really been a flop? When, you drop it, and it’s only a week later that people realized that you’re no longer in it. That’s the case with Wal-Mart, which pulled out of online … Continue reading
December 27, 2007
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According to the Wall Street Journal, which is owned by News Corp., which also owns Fox, Fox is getting ready to rent movies to Apple’s iTunes users. This come as no great surprise since Apple has been planning on going … Continue reading
December 15, 2007
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Whether you like Microsoft one bit, you have to admit Microsoft is pretty darn bright at some thinygs–Excel, Windows XP SP 2, rolling over its competition–but when it comes to multimedia and DRM (Digital Rights Management), Microsoft is dumber than … Continue reading
April 30, 2007
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One advantage of the Apple TV is that if your DVDs are stored on a server you can watch any or all of them without ever bothering to put a DVD in your player again. The trick was, of course, … Continue reading
February 27, 2001
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As everyone who gives darn about music and technology knows, Napster offered the music industry a billion bucks over the next five years if they would, pretty please with sugar on top, not sue them out of existence. The music … Continue reading