Oct 11, 2004 | audio, business, video
This article from Wired Magazine is essential reading. We are watching the creation of an entirely new economic model for the media and entertainment industries, with far-reaching consequences for our world. Amazon, Netflix, and online music services are discovering...
Sep 15, 2004 | Adobe, photos, video
Not everyone would have predicted it a few years ago, but digital cameras have become a matter-of-fact item in many homes. Normal, non-tech people have learned to unload pictures from a memory card, view them on the computer, and print them on a color inkjet....
Jul 8, 2004 | file_sharing, security, video
Some things to make you go, hmmm . . . – Microsoft posts patch on July 2 for hole publicized on June 30 – Security hole found in Mozilla browser – Motion Picture Association of America says illegal movie downloading is cutting into box office and DVD...
May 20, 2004 | Apple, audio, video
A year ago I speculated that Apple would start to shift its emphasis away from the computer business and into consumer electronics. (Click here and scroll down to May 17, 2003.) Apple announced this week that it will split its product development into two parts,...
Feb 20, 2004 | DRM, video
After eight months of deliberation, a San Francisco federal judge ruled that popular DVD-copying software from 321 Studios has to be yanked off the market within seven days. Here’s an article with more details and a bit of the technical background. The ruling...
