Category: Technology

This article leads you to at first think that content producers are failing to actually copyright their product – perhaps allowing it to slip into public domain or something. Actually, it seems to be Macrovision touting for business. They obviously don’t think that they’re getting their wretched technology onto enough CDs and DVDs. If a…

Yes – everyone who cares knows by now that Apple’s launched the new iPod Nano. Looks lovely and everything, although I’m not sure about value for money since at £139 for the 2GB model, it’s half the size of the equivalent iPod Mini it’s replacing. But what I do appreciate about Apple is that Steve…

I spent a bit of time deciding whether or not I’d install the new PSP update that takes the firmware to 2.0. It adds a proper browser, but takes away all the homebrew stuff that’s possible at the moment. In the end I had to bite the bullet and download it – every game from…

I was pretty rubbish on Saturday, and only made this event by the skin of my teeth – not an easy achievement given the state of London transport in the aftermath of recent events. Anyway, it was well worth going to, and there was the usual problem of deciding which events to see – the…

“Moblogging” – another horrible word. But I do love the underlying technology. So now, using my new Flickr account which gives me an email address that I can email photos from my phone to. Of course, I also spent an age getting my moderately new Orange SPV to email via Gmail. I’m still a little…

The other day I was in Borders in Oxford Street having a bit of a wander after work looking at books and so on, when I had a look at my mobile phone and realised that I’d been sent a midi file of Krafty by New Order. I’m on a few junk text message lists,…

All the phone companies are pushing this at the moment, and Orange is among them. Somehow, I haven’t yet felt compelled to upgrade, or be lured by the prospect of perhaps seeing who I’m calling (but probably not, since they won’t have a phone. And in any case, isn’t one of the best things about…

I can’t claim ownership of this but it makes me chuckle. Next time a friend or colleague is wowing you with their new state of the art mobile phone fresh from the box, pick it up, weigh it in your hand and comment on how light it is. But then add sagely, that of course…

The news was abuzz was the story that Dixons is no longer going to be selling VCRs once its current stock has run out. This strikes me as a very suspicious move on their part, and I’m not sure what to make of it. A couple of things spring to mind. 1) The margin on…

Two things worrying about this story. 1) That DRM could be stymied before it’s got off the ground (and with the Chinese government backing it, cheap radios are going to be much more plentfiul far quicker than DAB radios have been) 2) That it could stop Shortwave radio transmissions completely. That would be terribly sad.…

Woo. With the advent of an OS X version of Skype I was finally able to communicate with my brother using this VOIP application. I’ve got to say that it worked pretty well. It probably helps that we both have broadband, but the quality is massively better than that offered by the regular telephone. Just…

I love DAB. In many respects it’s great. But there are things wrong with it…

Their time has yet to come. There’s Sky+, but it’s quite expensive and tied to a Sky subscription. Freeview does now have a 7 day EPG which is an essential part of the mix, but the boxes are unsubsided so still pricey. So they need to come down in price (you can buy a VCR…