Entertainment… Time Warner’s Bandwidth Caps 11 Apr 2009 PC Magazine has a write-up about TWC's proposed bandwidth caps, which I briefly mentioned here. According to PC Mag, TWC will offer a super-rock-bottom class of services with 768kbps down/128kbps…
Law… Fun with the AP 9 Apr 2009 Following up on yesterday's post about the AP and its "mad as hell" posturing, we are beginning to see some of the lunacy involved with its new approach. TechCrunch, which…
Law… Misappropriation and the AP 8 Apr 2009 In my last post, about Blockbuster, I cheekily suggested that I shouldn't link to the story, because it was on MSNBC, but was an AP story. I said that because…
Entertainment… Blockbuster Over? 7 Apr 2009 So sayeth MSNBC. Well, actually, so sayeth AP, so maybe I shouldn't link this story... (more on that in my next post). (Link. Via Gizmodo, via via via...) In any…
Software… IE8 19 Mar 2009 Microsoft has taken Internet Explorer 8 out of beta and it's rather "eh," even though it is a big improvement over IE7. I'm not sure why IE7 had such problems,…
Entertainment… New Shuffle 11 Mar 2009 I'm not sure why Apple product releases always get top billing. Okay, actually, I know why. It's because a lot of people own them. And they're really gleamy. But they're…
Entertainment… This is where we’re going… 4 Mar 2009 CNET (and, as of 9:06a central, a few others) are talking about ZillionTV (link here or here), which purports to stream television shows and movies to you, without the need…
Technology… Boring 3 Mar 2009 Apple has "updated" the non-portable Mac line. In a word? Boring. In another word? Over-priced. Movin' along...
Gizmos… PearC 9 Feb 2009 Awesome. A German company is following in PsyStar's footsteps and is selling Mac clones. (Link.) According to the Ars Technica article, PearC thinks that Germany's laws regarding enforceability of EULAs…
Technology… Blackberry Storm 20 Nov 200828 Mar 2019 I don't suppose I can resist talking a little about what everyone else seems to be talking about. In the world of super-duper phones, there's the iPhone, BlackBerry devices, and…
