Category: Technology
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Following on from the discussion about the BB Box, and how to get video from a computer to a TV, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that it is possible to put about an hour of high-definition video on to a CD and play it on a DVD player (I think it has to be…
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I found this article (The Importance Of Zero In Destroying The Scarcity Myth Of Economics) and the subsequent debate about how to earn revenue from recorded music, quite fascinating: So, for example, basic economics tells you that a free market will push prices towards their marginal costs. If their marginal costs are zero (as is…
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This letter (DVD Drama – subscription required) in the Sunday Morning Post caught my eye: My family tries to abide by the laws. We buy our movies at reputable stores and buy reputable DVD players at reputable stores. Our latest purchase was an LG system from Fortress in South Horizons. We bought our latest slew…
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I came across this strange story today via the Windows Secrets newsletter (WSN): There’s a good chance that you’ve already heard something about Julie [Amero]. She’s perhaps better known as the Connecticut substitute schoolteacher who’s been convicted of "child endangerment." She now faces a sentence of up to 40 years in prison because porn pop-ups…
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Steve Jobs has suggested that record companies should drop DRM (Digital Rights Management) and simply sell downloaded music in an unprotected form. This would allow users of iPods to download from anywhere, and also users of other MP3 players to buy from the iTunes store (which still hasn’t launched in Hong Kong). I am using…
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A few weeks ago, I was browsing in a computer shop and was intrigued to see a Slingbox on sale. As I understand it, the idea is that you hook it up to your TV antenna and cable box, and can then you can use a PC anywhere in the world (or your mobile phone)…
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Some good advice from Spike – Research before you shop for high tech items: Basically, if you go shopping for this kind of stuff in HK and you haven’t done your research first, most shops will fuck you up, down and sideways – sometimes on purpose and sometimes because the people working in this shop…
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The reaction to the iPhone anouncement has been predictable, I suppose. It must have been the most widely-reported "technology" story of the last several months, and generally the coverage has been very positive, though some have been more sceptical – The Guardian suggested that it’s not as clever as Steve thinks: Imagine you are on…
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The BBC has made an interesting announcement: Hundreds of episodes of BBC programmes will be made available for free on a file-sharing network for the first time, the corporation has announced. The move follows a deal between the commercial arm of the organisation, BBC Worldwide, and technology firm Azureus. The agreement means that users of…
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This is an intriguing story on the BBC website (Physics promises an end to plugs and cables for your laptop): The tangle of cables and plugs needed to recharge today’s electronic gadgets could soon be a thing of the past. US researchers have outlined a relatively simple system that could deliver power to devices such…
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