Archive for the 'digital media' Category

Logitech’s scary monsters (and how we can get rid of them)

Every once in a while I bump into one of Logitech’s unholly offspring.
Last time was when I discovered that Wired gave 8 of 10 to the hideous Harmony One universal remote control. This kind of device is the ultimate  symptom of a grave illness that plagues most of our home appliances: the feature cancer.
I won’t [...]

Canal+ announces “Le Cube”, a revolutionary HDTV set-top box.

French subscription-based channel Canal+ and Canal Sat are launching a brand new set-top box for HDTV, IPTV and VOD named “Le Cube“.
The box and the user experience has been designed by Yves Behar at fuseproject (designers of Jawbone, OLPC among other great products).

The genius of Amazon’s Kindle e-book

Apart from the nice looking e-ink display and the apprently correct design (though not awesome, the keyboard is really tacky) what really is genius in Amazon’s Kindle resides in this discreet excerpt from Amazon’s sale pitch:
Unlike WiFi, you don’t have to find a hotspot. Amazon pays for Kindle’s wireless connectivity so you will never see [...]

Law, Cash & Rock’n'Roll

Jammie Thomas, a 30-year-old single mother of two, has been ordered to pay $222,000 to the RIAA for sharing 24 tunes on Kazaa.
It’s absolutely outrageous, and I simply don’t understand how artists can silently let the RIAA sue their freakin’ fans!
Influent music artists trully have the responsibility to end this mess. They can’t hide any [...]