Oct 5, 2008 | audio, DRM, file_sharing, law
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has put together a fascinating article summarizing the history and effect of the RIAA’s five-year battle against online music sharing. The conclusion is compelling: every single move made by the recording industry has...
Sep 29, 2008 | Apple, audio, Google, mail, mobile, phone, SBS
T-Mobile introduced the first cell phone based on Google’s Android operating system to much fanfare a few days ago. Although Android has some interesting features and much promise, I don’t expect to see anyone holding the T-Mobile G1 in Sonoma County for a...
Sep 22, 2008 | audio, computers, DRM, video
A few final thoughts about file formats for audio and video and how that affects a Vista Media Center Extender. This is the place where strong people are humbled and the whole project can be brought down with screams of frustration. I can only touch on a few of the...
Sep 22, 2008 | audio, computers, hardware, photos, video, Vista
Running a Vista Media Center Extender in the living room requires a computer in the house running Vista Home Premium or Vista Ultimate. Your home computer can send your photos and music to the living room without working very hard, so it’s quite possible to use...
Sep 18, 2008 | audio, hardware, HP, network, photos, software, video, Vista
HP has been creating devices for years to bring Windows Media Center to the living room. There are two new Vista Media Center Extenders being marketed under the “MediaSmart” name that have some very interesting features. The HP MediaSmart Connect is...
Sep 17, 2008 | Apple, audio, hardware, Microsoft, network, photos, software, video, Vista, WinXP
Since the market for living room computers never developed, Microsoft decided to focus on “extenders,” a different way to deliver media to your television. Huge numbers of people already have a computer in the house running Windows Vista Home Premium,...
