This story brought to mind something my grandmother used to say: "People in hell want ice water." The implication, of course, is that they're not gonna get it.
This story brought to mind something my grandmother used to say: "People in hell want ice water." The implication, of course, is that they're not gonna get it.
Last week Apple CEO suggested that if record labels started charging more than $0.99 per song on his service and others, it would be indicative of pure greed. Not one to want to prove Jobs wrong, Warner Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. fired back. �To have only one price point is not fair to […]
Yahoo! admits it provided information to the Chinese government that resulted in the jailing of a journalist. Yahoo Inc. chief Jerry Yang said his company was complying with local laws when information on an Internet user was passed to Chinese police in a move leading to the jailing of a mainland journalist. Yang, speaking at […]
Rio-brand digital audio players will be no more. I've owned a Rio Karma for more than a year and it's a great audio player -- it produces much better sound than the popular Apple Ipod. When my Karma eventually dies, I hope that something comes on the market that has as good sound quality and […]
I don't have one, and have no intention of getting one. Sorry, but I just don't spend so much time in my car that I feel the need to avoid commercials by getting one of them. Having said that, I found this to be somewhat hysterical. XM Radio came out with the MyFi which can […]
I've got the coverage of the space shuttle Discovery's return on the TV and the whole thing strikes me as odd. (Their first landing window is officially a no-go -- they'll orbit the Earth again.) The first space shuttle took flight in 1981, when I was 9-years-old. I don't think we even had our first […]
There's really little I enjoy more than sitting down in a coffee shop or Panera Bread store, pulling out my laptop and surfing the Web while I eat lunch. If you want to get me in your restaurant, give me free Wi-Fi. Continental Airlines understands this, which is why it offers free Wi-Fi access to […]
It looks like those sneaky senators are trying to get the despicable broadcast flag into law by hiding it in an appropriations bill. To paraphrase Peter Sellers in "Murder by Death": "Broadcast flag like television set on honeymoon -- unnecessary."
Wired News has an interview with Rep. Dick Boucher (D-Va.) on his efforts to return fair-use rights to the public. WN: Fair use is all well and good, but isn't the entertainment industry saying, "You can use this stuff, but we are not obligated to present it to you in a form that is easy […]