May 14, 2006 | hardware, video
The New York Times has summarized the reasons to be cynical as high-definition DVD players hit the market. “Just contemplating the rise of a new DVD format is enough to make you feel played. What’s wrong with the original DVD format, anyway? It offers...
May 3, 2006 | business, video
The hot tech topic of the day is “viral videos,” a term invented to describe the links circulated by e-mail to short online movies. Out of nowhere, Chris Bliss’ juggling routine was viewed by 50 million people within 45 days – after languishing...
Apr 3, 2006 | audio, business, DRM, security, video
Sony is gearing up its marketing department behind Blu-Ray DVDs, its next-generation disc for high definition movies. Toshiba and its partners are lined up behind HD DVD, a different, incompatible format. Sony hopes that you’ll buy its Blu-Ray players and movies...
Nov 21, 2005 | software, video
Quicktime has a special place in my heart, along with America Online and RealPlayer, for its annoying and nonstandard installation routine. Here’s a blog that provides a pretty good summary of what it’s like to install the latest version.
Nov 2, 2005 | audio, DRM, video
There’s a lot of talk online today about the malicious software installed when you play a protected Sony CD. Here’s my first reaction to it a few days ago, and here’s an article in the Washington Post and one from PCPro, for example.Watching...
Oct 24, 2005 | audio, network, video
When XBox 360 is released in a few weeks, Microsoft will be doing two different promotions.The gamers will be told that the XBox 360 is the best gaming console yet, combining raw power and a huge video card with high definition output. Some new game will be promoted...
