“Government” of Myanmar turns off internet to the country. What horrors are taking place now?
AT&T amends Terms of Usage to silence criticism by plan holders. - Update: AT&T update their terms… to stop the backlash.
Recent iPhone update ruins phones that have been unlocked, and maybe damages others too? Said update from Apple might also be […]
Archive for September, 2007
Amazon MP3 store - best I’ve seen yet - Amazomg?
Published September 26th, 2007 in IT Industry, Music and News. 0 CommentsAmazon has just launched their MP3 store into public BETA, and after spending a few minutes looking around, and then downloading some music, I’m convinced it’s the best store I’ve seen yet.
Highlights
-DRM free
-256KB MP3s (variable and constant rate)
-Browser based… I don’t care for an application needed to buy music, especially when iTunes is using 84MB […]
The Pirate Bay sues Big Media
Published September 23rd, 2007 in IT Industry, Movies, Music and Recommended Reading. 0 CommentsThe Pirate Bay are a large bittorrent tracker. That means they provide tracking data so you can download bittorrent files, which are streamed from other people’s computers. They made a documentary recently about their experience with the Swedish police and the US government.
In a nutshell, by Swedish law they are providing nothing more than […]
Your flights have been confirmed.
Tue, Dec 11 08:25 PM to
10:05 PM
Helsinki, Finland (HEL) to
Frankfurt, Germany (FRA)
Stop - Change planes in Frankfurt, Germany (FRA)
Tue, Dec 11 11:30 PM to
06:25 AM
Arrive on Thu, Dec 13
Frankfurt, Germany (FRA) to
Sydney, Australia (SYD)
Thu, Dec 13 07:35 AM to
12:35 PM
Sydney, Australia (SYD) to
Auckland, New Zealand (AKL)
Sweet goodness. My mother dearest and […]
Trent Reznor says:
“…Has anyone seen the price [of music] come down? Okay, well, you know what that means — STEAL IT. Steal away. Steal and steal and steal some more and give it to all your friends and keep on stealin’. Because one way or another these mother****ers will get it through their head that […]
Most polluted places in the world
Published September 17th, 2007 in News and Recommended Reading. 0 CommentsBefore you think, Toronto! or New York city! try this article on for size.
Norilsk, Russia — This city above the Arctic Circle contains the world’s largest metal smelting complex and, therefore, some of the world’s worst smog. “There is so much pollution going into the air from this place that there is no living piece […]
MediaDefender illegal video warriors, hacked
Published September 17th, 2007 in IT Industry and News. 0 CommentsMediaDefender offer their services to studios and record labels. Their services are methods of disrupting illegal video sharing, such as uploading bogus torrents and torrents filled with advertising (to attempt to regain lost revenue). Not surprisingly some of their practices have been shouted down by the bittorrent community, but it seems there’s traction to some […]
I found this article quite interesting. It’s about Bioware, the company who makes Knights of the Old Republic, among other games. Knights is an RPG game, with a load of conversation. How a game with this much conversation and changeable morality based plot lines is actually planned out and written, is something that has intrigued […]
Before those not interested in video games write this off… hear this! Things are happening in this video game industry that have not happened before… wierd and wonderful things. It’s not going to be long, my friends, until Peter Molyneux’s vision of games being as accepted an artform as movies and books becomes reality.
Take a […]
I was half way through a long and amusing tale about living in Finland when my browser ate all the pies, and I lost it. I’m so fed up with my current web platform… this Joomla and Wordpress union. It’s not doing it for me anymore. I need something easier and smarter. That’s part of […]
