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Episode #5 - Linux vs. Windows with guest Ron Cleeton?
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News
- :: Interviews : Digging Distributed Journalism: Digg.com - It used to be that the visionaries sat down and predicted the next revolution before it happened. That's old school. Now, the revolution happens as the visionaries are dreaming it up. Take for example distributed journalism, the phrase coined by Dan Gillmor. As media visionary Dan Gillmor was hunkered down at his keyboard in the fall of 2004, describing the revolution of "distributed journalism" in his book, We the Media, Kevin Rose and Jay Adelson were out making it happen with Digg.com.
- French open-source plan draws ire - Business - International Herald Tribune - Apparently the french government wants reign in DRM rights in such a way that it effectively undermines the fundamental principles of open-source software.
- Slashdot | After Brief Respite Music Industry Slump Deepens - Carl Bialik from the WSJ writes "Sales picked up for the record labels late last year, but 2005 has been bleak. The Wall Street Journal ticks off evidence: 'During the crucial Thanksgiving week, for instance, the top 10 albums sold 40% fewer copies than the top 10 albums the same week in 2004. ... Sales of individual digital tracks on services like Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes Music Store have increased -- but not nearly enough to offset the slide in CD sales. According to an estimate from SoundScan?, overall sales of recorded music are down about 4.5%, if one considers 10 individual tracks the equivalent of an album.' The WSJ also lists familiar reasons for the decline -- 'online piracy, CD burning, high prices and competition for consumer dollars from videogames and DVDs?' -- while adding, 'Lately, people in the music industry have said the same basic issues have been intensified by the growing popularity of pricey gadgets like Apple's iPod and Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360, as well as the rising prices for games that go with the new platform.'"
- More artists take a stand against DRM - The battle between artists and Sony BMG over the use of Digital Rights Management (DRM) copy protection on audio CDs? just got even more interesting as some more artists have decided to act.
Interesting Tid-Bit
Links
- Company Names - A list of company names and how they came up with the names
- Ultimate Boot CD on USB Key - Handy, Fast way to use the Ultimate Boot CD we all like.
- iTunes Signature Maker - iTunes Signature Maker (iTSM) analyzes your music collection and creates a short audio signature to represent who you are and what you listen to. After it checks your system configuration and asks you a few simple questions, iTSM will spend a few minutes analyzing your collection and generating the audio signature.
- XP Codec Pack - Easy way to get support for DIVX, XVID, etc.. Includes Media Player Classic.
- Best Buy Gouges iPod Accessory Buyers - The company charges between 20%-50% above MSRP on many accessories. With low margin in selling actual iPods, high margin accessories gouge the uninformed consumer.
- TorrentFlux - Wikipedia:BitTorrent or Wikipedia:BitTornado - Neat way to do bittorrent using PHP - MYSQL server.
- Late fees return at some Blockbusters - Blockbuster stores in several states are quietly resuming late fees for customers who keep movies too long, rejecting the video-rental chain's national advertising of "No Late Fees".
- PHPWebsite - Nice website CMS with Wikipedia:Podcast Feed Module with Wikipedia:ITunes code already in it.
Review
- Palm LifeDrive
- Features
- Organizer 64Meg by 4Gig Drive by Compact Flash
- WIFI – Bluetooth – IR - USB
- Internet – WEB - Email
- Music – Pod Casts – Pocket Tunes
- Video - http://tcpmp.corecodec.org/about
- The Core Pocket Media Player - DIVX – XVID– ETC.
- VNC – SSH – SMB
- Negatives
- Little bit bulky
- Battery Life
- Only a 4 GIG drive
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