Archive for January 26, 2009
Streaming music: even better than the real thing? (Guardian Unlimited)
January 26, 2009 | 
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Is the download dead? Apple clearly doesn't think so; its announcement earlier this month that music on iTunes will drop its jacket of DRM (digital rights management) may feel overdue, but it's an implicit insistence that it thinks people will keep buying songs to "own" - even if all they actually "acquire" are invisible variations in magnetoresistance on a hard drive. But with computing ... Read the rest of this entry »
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Google’s inauguration searches show a changing Internet (ARNnet)
People weren't just sitting back and watching President Barack Obama's inauguration last week. Read the rest of this entry »
Google’s inauguration searches show a changing Internet (ARNnet)
People weren't just sitting back and watching President Barack Obama's inauguration last week. Read the rest of this entry »
Buggy BlackBerry Storm Draws Ire of Early Adopters (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News)
The BlackBerry Storm was supposed to be the proverbial iPhone killer . . . or at least it was supposed to give BlackBerry users another reason not to ditch their faithful mobile device for a shiny new Apple iPhone. Read the rest of this entry »
First Look: NPR Mobile iPhone application (MacNN)
Even if you're a regular National Public Radio (NPR) listener, there's a chance you won't catch your favorite shows during the day. Many NPR stations offer podcasts, but if you're not keen on manually hunting for files and loading them onto a media player, you can let a program like the NPR Mobile iPhone app do the work for you.... Read the rest of this entry »
Lightweight Linux-ready RDBMS rev’d (Linux Devices)
— Jan. 15, 2009 — Enea announced the availability of a new version of its lightweight, Linux-ready Polyhedra SQL RDBMS (relational database management system). Read the rest of this entry »
Blockbuster names a general for its digital entertainment brigade (InternetRetailer.com)
Blockbuster Inc. is locked in a rapidly escalating arms race with Amazon.com Inc. and Netflix Inc. over preeminence in delivering movies, TV shows and other digital content directly to consumers. Blockbuster now has a new leader for its forces in that battle. Read the rest of this entry »
Streaming music: even better than the real thing? (Guardian Unlimited)
Is the download dead? Apple clearly doesn't think so; its announcement earlier this month that music on iTunes will drop its jacket of DRM (digital rights management) may feel overdue, but it's an implicit insistence that it thinks people will keep buying songs to "own" - even if all they actually "acquire" are invisible variations in magnetoresistance on a hard drive. But with computing ... Read the rest of this entry »
DIY embedded Linux service gets automated (Linux Devices)
— Jan. 15, 2009 — [Updated: 12:30PM] -- Timesys has launched a version of its LinuxLink embedded Linux development subscription service that offers a new build engine and web-services-based automation. Read the rest of this entry »
News and views on Linux on the desktop … (Desktop Linux)
IBM pushes "Microsoft alternative" desktop — Dec. 04, 2008 — IBM announced the availability of a "Microsoft alternative" virtual desktop that uses virtualization technology from Virtual Bridges and incorporates Canonical's Ubuntu Linux and IBM's Lotus applications. Read the rest of this entry »