Mac, Tech, Music, Photography: My World.

Microsoft DRM: The Director General of the BBC Writes...

Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:36 PM EDT

Ever since hearing of the BBC's plans to lock none Windows users out of accessing content they've already paid for, by crippling their proposed 'iPlayer' on-demand 7 day replay service, with Microsoft's DRM, I've written back and forth with the Director General of the BBC, Mark T …

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microsoft, drm, bbc, mark-thompson, windows, linux, mac, technology

A happy home: One month without Windows

Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:20 AM EDT

Tired of all the usual problems which are part and parcel of the Windows experience, my parents finally gave in to my insistence that they'd be a lot happier (and spend a lot less time on the phone to me, their glorified free tech support) if they switched to Mac.

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technology, newbie, mac, apple, windows, mom-and-dad, vista, os-x

Adobe says no way to Vista updates

Seeded on Wed Mar 21, 2007 9:36 AM EDT ()

The real cost of Vista ownership keeps mounting and now Adobe has said, if you want to use Photoshop and have it run smoothly, you'll need to buy Photoshop from new, once CS3 eventually ships.

technology, adobe, microsoft, vista, windows

10 Films to see before you die. [No Spoilers]

Tue Mar 20, 2007 2:28 PM EDT

Cinema has overtaken music as the reference point for much of the pop culture in modern life.

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arts, movies, film, top-10, of-all-time, must-see, cult-classics, cinema, dvd, jesus

Stop Microsoft from buying the BBC

Thu Feb 1, 2007 7:18 AM EST

This is a link to a very dry and probably boring to some consultation paper, which the BBC has opened up to us, the license fee payers, on how to best proceed with a new on-demand, internet based content delivery system.

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technology, bbc, microsoft, drm, on-demand, consultation, sonos, linux, windows, unix

Apple Mac 4th quarter results up 31%

Seeded on Thu Jan 18, 2007 12:28 PM EST (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW))

Despite there having been no update to the Mac line of Apple products in some time, fourth quarter results show an impressive 31% growth versus a 3% growth in PC sales.

technology, apple, mac, share, growth

Racism in the Big Brother house.

Seeded on Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:10 AM EST (BBC News)

Bollywood mega-star Shilpa Shetty is being racially abused by her fellow reality TV show contestants on the currently running UK version of Celebrity Big Brother - according to an early day motion brought to the house of commons by MP Keith Vaz, who said, "broadcasters need to ta …

entertainment, shilpa-shetty, this-house, ed-balls, i, daily-politics, celebrity-big-brother, hertfordshire-police, mr-blair, chancellor-gordon-brown

Racist ballerina Simone Clarke stars in London ballet

Seeded on Sun Jan 14, 2007 1:57 AM EST (BBC News)

For those outside the UK, the BNP is a racist organization which masquerades as a legitimate political force to incite hatred in ethnically mixed areas of the country.

arts, simone-clarke, le-pen, lee-billingham, judy-chan, but-i, richard-barnbrook, jean-marie-le-pens, mr-griffins, are-ms-clarkes

Is this the most terrifying video you'll ever see?

Seeded on Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:34 AM EST (YouTube)

Random thoughts on general knowledge, from the honest citizens of the most powerful nation on earth.

us-news, america, stupid, terrifying, map-reading, school, no-marks, education

iPhone makes the OS wars even more irrelevant

Thu Jan 11, 2007 4:28 AM EST

Dominance is not the same as popularity. OS X is popular because it works properly. Windows is dominant because it can run on anything, no matter what the cost to the user experience cheep hardware has.

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technology, iphone, windows, osx, apple, microsoft, zen

Macworld Expo reaction: iDisappointed

Seeded on Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:27 AM EST (Macworld)

I want an iPhone so bad, I'd sell my limbs just to look at one through a pair of broken binoculars. BUT! This is MAC world expo, not Apple world expo. They should at least have given us something by way of a closer look at Leopard.

technology, iphone, apple-tv, power-guides, new-mac, airport-extreme, bonus-cd-rom, apple-tv8212-i8217-ve, special-event, free-trial-issue

Buying a new computer in the sales? Torn between an Apple Mac and a Vista ready PC?

Sat Dec 30, 2006 6:00 PM EST

Microsoft's much anticipated update to the Windows operating system, was never going to meet it's already twice delayed release date of Jan. 2007, if any of the things which needed doing to make it genuinely better than Windows XP where ever going to get done.

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technology, vista, mac, apple, windows, newbie, christmas, sales

DIY developers to make Xbox games

Seeded on Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:11 AM EST (BBC News)

Microsoft has made tools available which will allow hobbyists and students to create games for the Xbox 360.

technology, xbox, microsoft, games

Eddie Van Halen confirms David Lee Roth's return.

Seeded on Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:28 AM EST ()

Ever since the American rock group Van Halen disbanded in the 1980's there's been rumors of a reunion, false starts, in fighting and general all round silliness from all involved.

entertainment, roth, van, halen, hell, froze, over, alcoholism, spandex, hip

Microsoft lock out Mac Office

Seeded on Tue Dec 5, 2006 1:02 PM EST ()

Microsoft is calling their new office file format "Microsoft Office Open XML", but Office for Mac users will find them far from "open". In fact, they can't read them.

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Science forgive them, they know not what they do.

Thu Nov 23, 2006 8:44 AM EST

Let us suppose that the theoretical Higgs field can be proven to exist, once the particle accelerator at CERN successfully measures the effect of the Bosen on the photons we can already observe and it records the data released during a particle collision - and that dark matter ca …

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science, god, theoretical, particle, physics, cern, dark, matter, religion

The endless nightmare: NTL's Indian call centers

Mon Nov 20, 2006 6:58 AM EST

I'm one of those all too rare breed of Englishman who speaks a foreign language, norwegian, fairly well - certainly well enough to be understood in polite conversation.

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business, ntl, india, call, center, pathetic, lies

Next Scheduled roundtable podcast

Thu Nov 16, 2006 6:38 PM EST

Meet me on Skype, by adding wereadthevine to your contacts list or visit the podcast / blog We read the Vine The next (and first) scheduled meeting will take place on:

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Microsoft Zune doesn't work and it never will.

Thu Nov 16, 2006 12:14 PM EST

For those who've been living in a tech news free zone for the past 6 months, here's a quick recap on what the Zune actually is, what it represents for the future of legal music downloads and why it is ultimately doomed to failure.

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technology, zune, ipod, apple, microsoft, incompatible, drm, clowns

Calling all Newsvine Podcasters

Tue Nov 14, 2006 1:37 PM EST

If you would like to join me on a semi-regular basis to take part in a Podcast, discussing the stories from newsvine which you have posted or commented on please click the link below for further details, or contact me using my profile details on newsvine.com

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podcast, tech, news, skype, community

BBC set to ditch the iPod, Linux and Mac OS.

Sun Oct 29, 2006 2:51 PM EST

In a planned revamp of their on-line streaming media content the BBC is set to make it impossible for users of the Mac OS X and Linux variant operating systems, as well as hand held devices such as the Apple iPod, to play it's audio and video streams.

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technology, bbc, windows, microsoft, linux, mac, apple, drm, sonos

Resolution Independence confirmed for OS X Leopard

Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:18 PM EDT

From this article on Apple's developer pages, the next generation of Apple operating system, named Leopard, will - as was widely anticipated previous to being confirmed - include resolution independent display graphics.

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technology, apple, resolution, independence, leopard, mac, osx

Rockers Genesis plan reunion tour

Seeded on Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:03 PM EDT (BBC News)

Tiring of his career writing sickly sweet songs for Disney, Phil Collins has rejoined guitarist Mike (and the mechanics) Rutherford and keyboardist Tony Banks to reform Genesis for a world tour and other "long term plans".

entertainment, phil-gabriel, peter-gabriel, rutherford, invisible-touch, genesis, school

Windows virus bites Apple iPods

Seeded on Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:06 AM EDT (BBC News)

Apple said the virus got on to the gadgets via a Windows PC in the manufacturing line of one company that makes iPods.

technology, virus, spyware, infected, apple, onboard, ipods, mcdonalds-japan

Justgiving - Get well Soon Hamster

Seeded on Sat Sep 23, 2006 6:46 AM EDT (justgiving.com)

The popular Top Gear host Richard Hammond suffered a 300 miles per hour crash in a jet engine powered car this week. Today, just 30 hours after the worlds fastest car crash, he sat up in bed and asked what happened.

richard, hammond, top, gear

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