Archive for June, 2008
So – - Where is the Outrage!?
The internet is full of Anti-MPAA rhetoric. Just like their music industry cohorts, the movie industry is busy protecting a business model that will not exist in 5 years. Worse, the MPAA is seeking to ensure that future home entertainment is delivered only through a protected/encrypted path. Why the consumer electronics industry goes along with [...]
Monorail Red – A Close-up View
Don’t forget to check the homepage for updates. For those who want a look at Monorail Red, but can’t make a trip out to California, here is a YouTube Video to hold you over. The Monorail is still undergoing testing and is said to be too hot for visitors to the park. See a previous [...]
Buy a Piece of the Kingdom
I am not one to give someone free advertising, but when I came across these sites I thought it might be of interest to others. There are two Ebay stores that sell surplus Disney World items. Have you ever wanted to own door numbers from the Grand Floridian Resort and Spa? Well, wait no longer [...]
Is the Deal Being Made in the Smoke Filled Back Room? – The MPAA Meets with the FCC Behind Our Backs!
The MPAA has had two high level meetings with Commissioners of the FCC behind the backs of the American people. Such closed door meetings are permitted so long as they are disclosed. Single party back room meetings are generally disfavored in the American court system – but then this is not taking place in a [...]
Monorail Red Too Hot for Customers – Monorail Blue is Doing Test Runs
Miceage is reporting that Monorail Red at Disneyland is still not going to be up and running for guests anytime soon. Apparently there is a fundamental design problem that prevents airflow in the cars – leading to very hot rides. The previous Monorail had windows that would open wide permitting the Southern California air to [...]
NVIDIA Dictates Advertised Video Card Pricing
Did you wonder why your GeForce purchasing experience may have changed? Have you wondered why you might have seen all cards priced the same or not priced at all? According to this DIGG story, it is all about Nvidia’s “UMAP.” You may recall how this policy was used by the record labels to control the [...]
Revelations – Planet of the Battlestar Galactica
Spoilers for those who have not viewed the latest episode. Well, here we go again. There seems to be very little originality in any of the “twists” introduced by the writers of Battlestar Galactica. The original aspect I suppose is limited to the series’ soap opera qualities – which I can’t appreciate. OK – for [...]
Yahoo! & Microsoft – No Deal; Yahoo & Google – Deal
In true Deal or No Deal Fashion, Yahoo announces talks with Microsoft have failed. However, Yahoo and Google will be dealing in the future. Looks like Icahn has lost his gambit, unless he wants to do a TWA style deal. SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 12, 2008 — Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, today announced [...]
Walmart – The Music Label Assassin
Walmart announced that it will begin change the way it carries music CDs. Essentially, Walmart is demanding reduced prices and is telling the labels it won’t peddle their back catalog. A previous article detailed why the major labels have been so vicious in their defense of their catalog of music – they want to force [...]
HD-PVR – Quick Impressions
Update: 7/16/08 – It looks like this quick impression review was right. Extremetech, in their article here, has pretty much the same conclusion. Hopefully the potential of this device will be brought out with BeyondTV. Update: 6/12/08 BeyondTV has brought their webpage www.snapstream.com/hdpvr online. It is intended to bring new HDPVR users into the BeyondTV [...]
