Category: Technology
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Yesterday’s Post Magazine reprinted an article from The Guardian (Listen now, pay never) about “free” music: From the newspaper on the train to the magazine thrust in your hand as you leave the station, from the targeted ads that accompany your browsing to the ad breaks that punctuate your TV viewing, advertising-supported content is nothing…
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It’s progress of a sort, but it’s no use to those us who live outside the UK. The BBC is going to start selling downloads of shows through the UK iTunes store. Which means that if you forgot to watch a show, and you forgot to record it, and you couldn’t be bothered to watch…
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Spike’s column in BC Magazine this week muses on one possible reason why HD-DVD & Blu-Ray have failed to take off: And, to be honest, my suspicions are that the general public either doesn’t give a shit about the increased quality offered by HD DVDs or doesn’t want to invest the money in new players,…
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Some people get very excited about announcements from Apple. I don’t. The truth is that I am not going to rush out and buy any of these fine gadgets, and anyway Hong Kong doesn’t appear to feature in Apple’s plans (we still don’t have the iTunes store or the iPhone) – so although the new…
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Danny Baker’s podcasts (which I mentioned before) have come to a sudden halt. They started on Wippit on an occasional basis back in March, and became regular in May. Then in September they started charging £2 per week, but technical problems with the downloads from Wippit caused them to suspend it almost immediately. They did…
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New Scientist reports that Nokia are going to launch a new phone which will be able to translate menus from Chinese to English. IF YOU think you are ordering ice cream from a foreign menu, you don’t want to end up asking for a plate of sheep’s eyes by mistake. A cameraphone Nokia plans to…
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Today is the day when digital terrestrial TV (DTT) comes to Hong Kong. But only in some parts of Hong Kong (apparently covering 50% of the population, but excluding most of the New Territories). And only if your building has the right equipment installed. And only if you have the right type of set-top box.…
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Astonishing advice in Friday’s SCMP (Get ready to opt out of junk phone calls, faxes): Hongkongers will be able to block annoying advertising text messages, prerecorded phone calls and promotional faxes from next year but there is still no quick-fix solution for junk e-mail. The enacting of the second phase of the Unsolicited Electronic Messages…
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Business Week report that Blu-Ray may have the upper hand in its battle with HD-DVD (Next-Gen DVDs: Advantage, Sony): It’s a fight with more plot twists and intrigue than a Hollywood thriller. For two years now, rival camps have been battling over which new DVD format will prevail: Blu-ray, which is backed by Sony and…
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It’s always interesting when ‘science fiction’ turns into reality (‘Aggressive but safe’ SUV wins robotic street race): A sports utility vehicle with a mind of its own was declared the winner of DARPA’s urban robot car race on Sunday. It travelled autonomously through traffic for six hours and 60 miles (100 kilometres) around a ghost…
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