While I’m not an advocate for online piracy, I understand why people illegally download music, videos and software online. Digital media can get quite expensive, especially when consumed in large quantities. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) has been heavily debated in Congress over the last few weeks with both sides taking heavy stands for [...]
The CEO of Netflix, Reed Hastings, sent out an email to subscribers earlier this week apologizing for his bungling of the DVD/streaming separation in pricing earlier this summer. Which was quickly followed by yet another bungling… the introduction of Qwikster. I never did subscribe to the DVDs-by-mail, but have definitely been a fan of the [...]
Well, it’s official – the popular file sharing program known as LimeWire has been shut down. U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York accused LimeWire of apparently facilitating the transfer of illegal downloads – well duh! Honestly, I’m not sure how any company like LimeWire had any type of sustainable business model [...]
Netflix announced it’s third quarter 2010 earnings today, with the company claiming more than 16.9 million customers – representing a growth of 52% over last year’s numbers. The company gained almost 2 million in net subscriber changes during the third quarter this year compared to 510,000 customers during the same quarter last year. Revenue for [...]
Feel left out? I know I did when I tried to tune into Apple’s “Back to the Mac” event streaming live from Cupertino, California on apple.com and saw this screen: Available shortly? Please check back soon? At the bottom of the page, there was another note in small type that said, “Streaming video requires Safari [...]
Facebook recently changed the look of its chat system. In my opinion, they screwed it up and now I’m annoyed by a chat system filled with bugs. Hopefully, they’ll fix these little problems so I can get on with my virtual life on Facebook.
Today, Microsoft launched the Windows Phone 7 in New York. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer introduced the new smartphone with launch partner AT&T, which will make the first phone available starting November 8.
Lately, I’ve found myself watching/listening to various old episodes of Call For Help and The Screen Savers on YouTube that originally aired on the now defunct cable channel TechTV. Back in the late 1990′s when ZDTV (the precursor to TechTV) first went on the air, I couldn’t help but absorb all of the good information [...]
I’ve been using computers for more than 25 years, so I’ve seen lots of innovations in that period of time. I’ve worked with a host of computer connection technologies – everything from networks to SCSI. But when USB (Universal Serial Bus) came out in the mid-1990′s, the game began to change. USB has to be [...]