Technology
Recording industry conceding defeat to MP3?
International Herald Tribune reports that in the ongoing recording industry meet there is a hot talk about all the major labels ditching DRM in favour of MP3’s interoperability.
Hard to believe! Is the heat too much to bear?
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Siliconeware in Kitchen
NYTimes has this useful assessment of Siliconware in Kitchen - where do they belong and where not.
“The universally appealing qualities of silicone are its heat resistance; its flexibility, which allows you to fold it, flatten it and squish it into a drawer; its ease of washing; and its ability to go from oven or [...]
Waking up to a nano revolution : CNR Rao
Hindustan Times has this op-ed by C.N.R. Rao, Chairman of Scientific Advisory Board to PM of India. He opens with the statement;
We missed the semiconductor revolution in the early 1950s. We had just gained independence. But with nanoscience and technology, we can certainly be on an equal footing with the rest of the world.
There [...]
Piracy will get you ten years while child pornography only seven
The Inquirer reports the details of the current draft of new DMCA awaiting legislation.(Piracy worse than child pornography).
“For example assaulting a police officer will get you five years, downloading child porn will get you seven years, assaulting without a weapon will get you ten years and aggravated assault six years.
So in [...]
BBC’s new experiments with content and distribution
Guardian reports that BBC website is in for a major revamp, shortly. BBC unveils radical revamp of website.
Great! In the copyright dominated world, BBC stands out and the present administration is experimenting various strategies for sharing contents - in as many ways as possible. I am fully aware that most of these BBC’s efforts will [...]
Microsoft to allow pirates Vista to run without frills
Microsoft says it will allow pirated versions of its next OS incarnation Vista to run, but will not let the jazzy 3-D graphic features operate unless its license authenticity if verified after ringing home.
“Those who are not running genuine Windows will not be able to take advantage of the Windows Aero user experience,” a Microsoft [...]
Scientists Don’t Want to become Desktop Publishers
David K Lynch, who himself was former section editor of Journal of Optical Society of America is angry that publishing houses are more and more pushing scientists to do the work of typesetting. In a letter to the editor of Physics Today titled Scientists Dont Want New Careers in Desktop Publishing (Physics Today 20 March [...]
Google Page Creator - Knee-jerk review
I had a chance to spend 15 min with with Google Page Creator. (My test page is here).
And I am disappointed. Unlike other services by Google which had at least an iota of nerdness, this is sooo dummy-ish. The templates and the layout remind me very much about the idiot proof Microsoft Front [...]
YahooMail bans “Allah”
Yahoo! has banned using the string “Allah” in their email systems.
Now I challenge Yahoo! to try the same with all the hindu gods!
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Whom does Mr. John Dvorak quotes in him PC Magazine article?
I read John Dvorak’s today article Will Apple Adopt Windows with great suspicion from the very beginning. Quoting a psychology professor to prove his premonition that apple is secretly dumping OSx in favour of Windows sounded strange. Why should… of all things in this world, Steve Jobs sholud secretly hatch a suicidal [...]