Check out Wired’s list of the gadgets of the year. My votes go to the Treo 600, the Minolta DiMAGE Xi, and the Danger Color Hiptop (even with T-Mobile’s mismanagement of it)
Category: Technology
You’ve Got TiVo
Now you can program your TiVo via AOL: America Online is launching another feature tomorrow. This one’s aimed at users of TiVo, the digital video recorder for television. AOL members with TiVo boxes will be able to program them via AOL by typing in the keyword “TV Listings,” clicking on the show they want to… Continue reading You’ve Got TiVo
How Innovation Can Save Entertainment
Here’s a topic that I often write about: the state of the music industry, especially with regard to file sharing. How to Save the World has a good article examining how the entertainment industry can adapt to the wild world of P2P file sharing. Here’s a snippet: At the same time consumers have become increasingly… Continue reading How Innovation Can Save Entertainment
KaZaA Lite K++ Edition
It’s time to give up KaZaA Lite for the K++ Edition. (I hope none of you are still using plain kaZaA!) K++ adds the following to KaZaA Lite’s features: Disallow others from seeing the files on your hard drive. ‘Search More’ an unlimited number of times. Download from up to 40 sources at once. Cheat… Continue reading KaZaA Lite K++ Edition
Amazon vs. iTunes?
The online music space is really heating up now. It’s being reported that Amazon is entering the online music downloading fray. Leave it to Apple to innovate, show others how to design/implement something properly, then stand by as others dominate the market. I know who I’m betting on to win this scuffle. It starts with… Continue reading Amazon vs. iTunes?
P2P Networks Fight Back
I knew it wouldn’t take very long for the RIAA‘s tracking plan to be thwarted. See how in Wired’s article – Giving Sharers Ears Without Faces
The RIAA Will Track You Down
Here’s how the RIAA plans to track filesharers. I wonder how long it will take someone to come up with a way to mask IP addresses from Kazaa? 10 minutes? ( There’s no stopping what can’t be stopped. No killing what can’t be killed.)
Treo 600 Review
PC Magazine has a full review of the Treo 600. Like I stated before, this looks like the best ‘smart phone’ made so far. I can’t wait to get my hands on one.
The Next TiVo?
Check out the ONEbox. This looks like a well designed media center. But it’s not cheap. The base unit sells for $1,000. From Gizmodo’s write-up: New digital entertainment PC called the ONEbox Media Center that combines a progressive scan DVD player, a digital video recorder, an MP3 jukebox, and a 6-in-1 memory card reader for… Continue reading The Next TiVo?
NewsMonster
I’ve been trying to find a good RSS reader/news reader, and it looks like I just found the one. Sifry has a great synopsis of NewMonster’s features. The killer feature, IMO, is that it incorporates many of Technorati’s tools. You can download NewsMonster here.