A Beautifully Illustrated Mesage to RIAA / MPAA (PIC)
Here is a little user interface gem, and a great reminder for the RIAA/MPAA: “You can’t force people to follow directions they deem arbitrary.”
Archive for November, 2007
Leopard is the New Vista, and It’s Pissing Me Off (from Pc magazine)
dude’s got a lot of anger…a fun read (even for Apple fans).
“Apple marketing has the swinging pair of crabapples to actually print “Leopard Just Works” on its Web site. Hey, at least Microsoft reps have the decency to look a little abashed when you point out their product’s screwups.”
Report: EMI looking to slash funding for RIAA, IFPI
EMI is reportedly preparing to significantly cut its funding to trade groups like the RIAA and IFPI. If true, it may force the RIAA to reassess its commitment to its ongoing legal campaign against P2P users.
AT&T CEO outs 3G iPhone: “You’ll have it next year”
Of course the 3G iPhone is coming, that’s clearly in the evolution plan. As Jobs said himself, it’s only a matter of time until improved batteries allow for it. Still, when AT&T’s CEO Randall Stephenson says, “You’ll have it next year,”
World’s Crappiest Projector (from Target’s Toy Department) Reviewed
The Torpedo Entertainment Projector by Senario, a $169 LCD unit made in China. We’ll show you just how plum-awful a projector can be. We picked one up at a local Target store, put it on our test bench, and were shown a thing or two about projectors, video, plastic, and the difference between a toy and real product.
Comcast Using Malicious Hacker Techniques Against Own Customers
One of the nation’s largest telecommunications companies is using a controversial technique to cripple certain kinds of Internet traffic traveling across its networks, says a new report from the digital rigthts group the Electronic Frontier Foundation in San Francisco.
Wait… Orange Box is Cool on PS3?
Following one particularly negative preview, other consumer sites are saying EA UK’s PS3 port of The Orange Box is A-OK.
Linksys Tech Support and Phone Sex Hotline (Video, Seriously)
I hit Circuit City with my mom on Black Friday to pick up the greatest and cheapest router ever, the Linksys WRH54G. As far as I could tell, there was only a single flaw with the thing: the toll-free technical support number in the manual dialed to a promotional for a phone sex line.
Google Maps for mobile gains location-seeking abilities sans GPS
Google has updated its Google Maps for mobile to version 2.0, and with it comes a new feature called “My Location.” Now, the users of a variety of supported devices can find out exactly where they are with the push of a button, even if they don’t have GPS.
Hacker Uses Sony PlayStation 3 to Crack Passwords
“Nick Breese, a senior security consultant at Auckland-based Security-assessment.com, has come up with a way to drastically increase the processing capability of cracking passwords, using a PS3.”
The Pirate Bay Goes Web 2.0
“Anyway, The Pirate Bay has a new feature: click on an audio torrent and (in some cases) you
’ll get an option to view “detailed artist info”, which brings a neat list of albums and songs by that artist, a tag cloud of related artists, and an embedded Last.FM radio widget which lets you listen to the artist right on the spot. 2.0, baby!”
Asked for Your Password? Sue Microsoft.
Microsoft is succumbing to patent trolls today, as they’re being ordered to pay over $140 million for, get this, asking for two passwords. Why? asking users to “input two passwords during the process of activating newly installed software with the aim of deterring piracy.”
