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Steve Jobs, DRM, and Congress’ New Fair Use Bill

March 11, 2007 By 1 Comment

About a month ago, Steve Jobs made headlines by publishing his thoughts on music memo. In it, he argued for selling content that was free from digital rights management (DRM) – technology that restricts users from using digital content as they’d like under the guise of preventing copyright infringement.

I like Apple, but I’m not a raving fan who believes they can do no wrong, like some. I love my iPod Nano, and have considered purchasing an iBook in the past… but I never felt like they are a company that can do not wrong – especially when they sued bloggers (and lost). [Read more...]

Filed Under: DRM, Legal, Trends, Web 2.0

Will Sony Recoup Its Insane Losses on the PS3 Anytime Soon?

November 6, 2006 By Leave a Comment

iTWire has some interesting thoughts on what the video game market will be like this holiday season. Like everyone else, they’re predicting a shortage and cite ridiculous prices on ebay for Playstation 3 presales. They mention final prices are going for as high as $2000 – BusinessWeek cites one that went for $3250 + shipping! Right now, the steady bidding seems to price the machines at between $1000-1400. Given the last minute bidding frenzy that seems to come with any eBay auction, it wouldn’t surprise me that they’re going for $2000… $3250 is a bit harder to imagine. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Trends, Video Games

Blu Ray vs HD DVD: Which is Better?

November 5, 2006 By 3 Comments

The Nov 2006 issue of Computer Shopper describes the face off between HD DVD and Blu Ray as a successor to the standard DVD. Their conclusion? Wait and see which ends up on top.

Here are the pros and cons of each as I see them: [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gadgets, Trends

PhotoPlus Expo 2006 Highlights

November 5, 2006 By Leave a Comment

For those of you interested in camera gear, the 2006 PhotoPlus Expo at the Javits Center in NYC is happening this weekend. I went up Thursday to check out the exhibit hall.

The well attended event had a number of seminars you could pay to attend, keynotes, and a large expo hall. There was no shortage of camera gear, though I didn’t see some of the notable brands like Panasonic, Samsung, or Olympus. Nikon was heavily promoting their latest DSLR, the D80, while Leica was doing the same for their new digital camera, the M8. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events, Photography

Web 2.0 = Ajax, Adsense, and Arrogance

August 27, 2006 By Leave a Comment

Guy Kawasaki recently posted this video of the Churchill Club’s look at “Startup Success.” Panelists include the CEOs from Personal News Network, LinkedIn, JotSpot, Jajah, and Photobucket.

The CEO of JotSpot, Joe Kraus, formerly founded and sold Excite.com quoted a VC at Mobius Venture Capital when he defined Web 2.0 as “Ajax, Adsense, and Arrogance,” which I thought was pretty funny. He then when on to discuss how the Web 2.0 boom is different from the dotcoms of the 90s – mainly that access to cheap labor and hardware drive down costs so it feels like a “return to entrepreneurship” and a “return to doing it for the love of it.” [Read more...]

Filed Under: Trends, Web 2.0
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