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University music tax: sharing and caring?

University music tax: sharing and caring?Would a"blanket speeding ticket fine" be okay?Just a couple hundred dollars you have to pay your local municipality every year to cover any actual speeding you did but at which you weren't caught. I mean, essentially everyone breaks speed limits, at least once in...

Tags: Taxes, music tax

Discussion threads 2008-12-09

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News to know: iPhone; Win 7 upgrade answers; Psystar; SOA; Google

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Finally, some answers to Windows 7 upgrade questions Dion Hinchcliffe: Are the iPhone and social networks making...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Psystar, Photograph, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-26

Microsoft and PC makers introduce Windows 7 offers for consumers

Can't wait to see theseThe local Best Buy is having a midnight launch. I'm probably going to go and geek out for a bit.RE: Microsoft and PC makers introduce Windows 7 offers for consumersWish I could afford the upgrades.Been laid off and on for 6 years now.Could not renew my...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), way thing, Linux, U.S. Department of Defense, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Win7, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

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

Analyst: non-exclusive iPhone could dominate world

Spreading the joyI had Verizon for years. Very good coverage, excellent service, but the control they insist upon over apps and such makes Apple's app store look like a Linux convention. I've read within these hallowed pages speculation that Verizon was where Apple first tried to set the iPhone but...

Tags: Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, ATT, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple Inc., GSM, phone

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Altec Lansing Mix iMT800

Back in the 1980s, when portable audio was synonymous with "cassette tapes," boom boxes were a mainstay of music culture. While luggable, battery-powered speaker systems still exist today, they tend to be somewhat dainty iPod speakers. Altec Lansing's $300 Mix iMT800, meanwhile, aims to mix and match the best of...

Tags: Engineering, Digital music, Digital media, Altec Lansing, battery, Apple iPod, Apple iPhone

Product reviews 2009-09-18

Thieves: Beware the iPhone

For those smart enough to buy a real smartphone[i]Apple?s ingenious Find my iPhone feature[/i]LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!! There are many programs out there that don't require you to pay an annual Apple tax and came out [b]long[/b] before Apple even thought about including this type of functionality. Oops, I guess you can't get...

Tags: Smart phones, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, smug

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

An open letter to the RIAA: Illegal file sharing problem solved?

I think I'll skip......governments collecting and paying royalties. Its called tolling and every business in the world would like to access governments' ability to use force to collect money for them.What would be the outcome of such a scheme? Whenever "artists" (and I use the word loosely given...

Tags: Taxes, Vertical industries, Free trade, Peer to peer (P2P), RIAA, government, file sharing problem, tax, open letter, file-sharing

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

Iomega's NAS: Is the mainstream ready for network storage?

Is the average household ready for a network-attached storage device? Iomega, an EMC company, sees an opportunity when it comes to mainstream consumers and a storage device that allows all of the PCs in a home to connect to the same storage drive. This week, the company...

Tags: NAS, Iomega Corp., Network, Network Storage, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-08-28

Let me say it again: Stop sharing music!

They're being bankrupted because they choose......to be bankrupted. I believe both defendants are being offered manageable settlements to this day. Only their "principles" prevent them from doing so.When you don't like the price......of a product, that doesn't give you the right to steal it. Gee, I want a Ferrari...

Tags: Ferrari, RIAA

Discussion threads 2009-08-17

The Dixie Chicks of the health reform debate

On the other hand...While he might have messed with the heads of the Birkenstock set, he also might have more than compensated by drawing in other people. Personally, I've been turned off by stores touting "natural" foods as the answer to every question, but after hearing the boss speak...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Advertising & Promotion, Whole Foods, Mackey, health care, Singer Natalie Maines

Discussion threads 2009-08-14

Shock Horror 'Social Media': Who Will Save/Train the Children?

Parents with Save / Train, that's what they are there for.for many parents today, this is new to them since the older you get, the less change you want to see. At a younger age, you're more inclined to adapt. Another thing is, more parents are getting home...

Tags: Save/Train, social media, Horror

Discussion threads 2009-08-12

Court upholds RealDVD injunction; supports outdated laws and Hollywood business model

RE: Court upholds RealDVD injunction; supports outdated laws and Hollywood Just shows you who the government actually works for.So what's new? [NT].broken systemWe have a broken judicial system that repeatedly favors the rich and the powerful at the expense of the citizens.Judge acknowledges system is brokenNo mavericks in the court,....

Tags: Strategy, Digital Millenium Copyright Act, business model, agreement, MPAA, DVD

Discussion threads 2009-08-12

Is Web image theft a problem? Solution providers say yes

Screw it!Let's just pull the friggin' plug.I'm so tired of this crap. Really, I am.I kinda feel the same way.By the time the lawyers, big corporations, and the politicians get down with the Internet, it won't be worth the powder to blow it to Hell. It was originally designed...

Tags: Channel management, INTERNET, Web

Discussion threads 2009-08-07

Downloading content illegally vs. getting away with it

I have mentioned a few times before my somewhat controversial view on Internet piracy - the end-user downloading (and uploading, to some extent) of mostly videos, music files, software - and the issues which surround it. As this generation of students are the forerunners of the technological age, born into...

Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., RIAA, Licence, RapidShare, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-08-03

Windows 7 first look: More than just "Vista, fixed"

Windows 7 first look: More than just "Vista, fixed"I look forward to your next reviewI am far more interested in the differences between versions than an overview. We've been hearing about Windows 7 features for months, now it would be nice to know exactly which features will be present on...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Media Center PCs, Operating systems, IT Deployment, Windows 7 First look, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

Another "death of the PC post" - but I think it's true

Another "death of the PC post" - but I think it's trueThe PC as originally designed is already dead...... we just changed the meaning. When PC were first designed, they were stand-alone entities. Now if you were to ask 100 random PC users if they are connected to the internet,...

Tags: Desktops, Corporate communications, PC, video

Discussion threads 2009-07-16

Rumor mill: Netflix would be a good fit for Amazon, but...

Options traders are betting that Amazon will buy Netflix and the idea makes a lot of sense. According to Bloomberg, Netflix shares jumped on speculation that Amazon will buy the company. The rumor at this point seems pretty thin and some analysts doubt the move because of...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Options Trader, Video On Demand (VoD), Sales Strategy, Tv & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sales, Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-13

Data and software both want to be shared

Data and software both want to be sharedOnly if it is I who decides what to shareas I would imagine there is data that you posess that you has no desire to let me or the world see, as it would finacially devestate you, or something similar.I would not like...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Music Piracy, software, OpenSource, open source

Discussion threads 2009-06-16

Email of the day: How should I respond?

Email of the day: How should I respond?A brief response..."Before issuing an apoplogy, perhaps you could provide a better solution for keeping YouTube viable while it is loosing 150+ million dollars a year."Simply put, unless the author of the letter is a billionare willing to fund free YouTube usage him/herself,...

Tags: Corporate communications, YouTube Inc., video, e-mail

Discussion threads 2009-06-15