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- Barnes & Noble ebook reader named the QUE, coming 7 January
- It will be interesting to see . . . If they can keep the price down, or will they blow themselves out of the water by making it more expensive than everything else out there . . .Hard to price higher than the Kindle DXNo matter what features you put...
- Tags: E-books, Digital media, Que, e-book, Barnes & Noble Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- How much do desktops matter?
- How much do desktops matter?The desktop/laptop will be around longer than that.Laptops continue to grow more prevalent than desktops, but a workstation computer will be a very long standing fixture in the lives of those in the developed world. No one is going to write term papers on a...
- Tags: Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, mobile world, desktop, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-06-19
- Wal-mart's Father's Day deals: $128 Blu-ray player, $398 37-inch LCD HDTV
- Wal-mart's Father's Day deals: $128 Blu-ray player, $398 37-inch LCD HDTVNo to bluerayI will not have blue ray in my home until they get rid of the draconian DRM. No way will I have it.Blu-ray is on its way out anyway, don't botherI own both HD-DVD and Blu-ray players....
- Tags: HD DVD, Blu-ray, Digital rights management (DRM), DVD, Consumer electronics, Digital media, LCD, HDTV, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-11
- Global piracy on the rise
- Global piracy on the riseWhat's a loss?Does the loss include dropping your prices to be more inline with the economy of the country you're selling in? Did the drop in piracy coincide with a drop in prices or an increase in enforcement? Or both? Is the BSA...
- Tags: software key, piracy, software
- Discussion threads 2009-05-12
- 6 music services compared: Who can bust the iTunes monopoly?
- 6 music services compared: Who can bust the iTunes monopoly?RE: 6 music services compared: Who can bust the iTunes monopoly?AHHH, Lala is only available to US residents.You really sold me on it as well Ed. :-(Only services I can access are iTunes(I presume, I wouldn't touch it) eMusic, and Amie...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple iTunes, iTunes monopoly, music service
- Discussion threads 2009-04-24
- Seagate's "random freeze" problem: worse than reported?
- Seagate's "random freeze" problem: worse than reported?IMHO...Seagate Quality Control has been in the bucket for about 2 years now. Maybe 3.I've owned nothing but Seagate since 1998. Never had a drive failure, then starting about 3 years ago (around the time of the 7200.7 series), they started dropping...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Seagate Technology LLC
- Discussion threads 2008-12-04
- Low cost is king
- Low cost is kingI have most of the gear to go with blu-ray... i just refuse to pay for it.So money is the big deal. Why pay for something thats slightly better when i have can use something thats easily transportable use in any device now , takes up...
- Tags: Sales strategy, advertisement, online advertising, Apple Inc., sales, Low-cost
- Discussion threads 2008-10-21
- Apple wins royalty rate showdown
- Apple wins royalty rate showdownhigher Rate?the Real price for a song should about 25 cents (this will make it more competive agains "free") but guess the RIAA's members just want more money no matter what. that is why the RIAA must be shutdown as it is the most anti-consumer criminal...
- Tags: Apple wins royalty rate showdown, RIAA, royalty rate showdown, piracy, Apple Wins, music, showdown, MPAA, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Microsoft pressed SHIFT-DEL on epic fail Gates/Seinfeld ads
- Microsoft pressed SHIFT-DEL on epic fail Gates/Seinfeld adsTwo old farts pushing an outdated OS, that's a winner...I can't believe Microsoft thought this was a good marketing strategy by bringing one old comedian and one old nerd to brand to an upcoming generation of computer users and buyers. These commercials were...
- Tags: Microsoft AD, Microsoft Corp., advertisement, Gates/Seinfeld, Gates/Seinfeld ad, Shift-Del
- Discussion threads 2008-09-18
- Netflix's set-top box: Is it really a game changer?
- Netflix's set-top box: Is it really a game changer?This is going to push ISP's even further over the edge...NTyet another boxThis is just another set top box in a growing stack of set top boxes. Pretty soon, my set top boxes will tower over my not-insignificant television. Netflix,...
- Tags: TV & Home Theater, Digital rights management (DRM), TVs, Consumer electronics, AppleTV, game, NetFlix Inc., set-top, set-top box, TV, Akimbo, digital-rights management, Microsoft Corp., DVD, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-20
- CES: Big thinkers and disruptive technologies
- The Consumer Electronics Show about the size of 36 football fields and exhausting, and so are the names of some of the conference sessions. I attended "Big Thinkers and Disruptive Technologies: Today's Thought Leaders and Tomorrow's Technologies," with panelists Dave Habiger, CEO of Sonic Solutions; Levy Gerzberg, CEO of Zoran;...
- Tags: Facebook, Specification, Photograph, Sonic Solutions, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Open Source, Security, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2008-01-09
- My road map for CES 2008
- I covered my first CES in 1979, when I was working as a junior editor for a large consumer magazine. Back then, my beat was toys for my generation, young male boomers - car stereos, home audio, gadgets, and the fierce format war between VHS and Betamax. ...
- Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Digital-rights Management, Microsoft Windows Vista, Blu-ray, News, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Hd Dvd, Digital Media, Security, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-01-07
- Better late than never: DRM (in music) dies
- Better late than never: DRM in music diesWell we wont call it dead until...all of their catalog is DRM Free.Amazon and Walmart = fantasticAmazon, used it a LOT thoroughly enjoyed being able to fill in missing points in my collection to the tune of about 300 DRM free songs. ...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Music sale, digital-rights management, music
- Discussion threads 2008-01-04
- Wal-Mart opens video rental door for Apple
- Wal-Mart opens video rental door for AppleWhose is going to support the bandwidth ...requirements for GOOD QUALITY video ??RE: Wal-Mart opens video rental door for AppleSpelling boo-boo in the last paragraph, you have lightening where you meant lightning.First and foremost, it is not Apple's goal to become the movie rental...
- Tags: Digital media, Apple Inc., video rental door, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-01-02
- Coming soon: iTunes movie rentals
- Coming soon: iTunes movie rentalsFinal death knell for Block Buster...This has been coming for a long time. DVD rentals via mail is pretty nice, but nothing can compete with instant gratification. Kudos' to Apple and the genius of Steve Jobs. Apple these days always seems to be one step ahead...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Digital music, Digital media, solid state disk, Kudos, media content, Apple Inc., DVD, Apple iTunes, NetFlix Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-12-27
- Flash H.264 support and new pricing/availability for Flash Media Server 3
- There are a couple of news announcements tonight by Adobe that are worth highlighting. They revolve around the video/media side of the Flash Player, something that Silverlight 1.0 focuses on and which has become ever more important in recent months as the explosion of rich media continues to reverberate through...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Media Server, Competition, Macromedia Flash Player, Video, Microsoft Corp., Pricing Strategy, H.264, Announcement, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2007-12-03
- Warner Music Group boss: We went to war with consumers, and the consumers won
- The boss of Warner Music Group has made a staggering admission - the music industry itself has to shoulder at least some of the blame for the rise in popularity of file-sharing. Edgar Bronfman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Warner Music Group, told the audience at...
- Tags: File-sharing, Warner Music Group Corp., Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2007-11-15
- Radiohead's DRM experiment
- Radiohead's DRM experimentBut you didn't give money to RadioheadFair enough if you were just sampling and found you didn't like it, but what are the odds you'd pay to a band you DID like? That, of course, is the million dollar question. Clearly, MOST aren't paying of their...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, digital-rights management, Radiohead, music, ComScore Networks Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-07
- Apple dropping iTunes Plus tracks to 99 cents
- Apple dropping iTunes Plus tracks to 99 centsCompetition - ain't it great?Why is Amazon a treat to iTunes? Because unlike all the others that tries to compete, they did not ignore iTunes users with their service. They mad it really simple to add Amazon DRM-Free songs to iTunes/iPods at a...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple iTunes, Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-16
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