Author: Carrie

  • Debbie does HD-DVD; no porn on your PS3

    The battle for next-generation DVD is over, and HD-DVD is the winner: Sony is refusing to work with adult films who might want to put porn on Blu-Ray. It’s VHS versus Betamax all over again, with the no-porn format (Betamax) getting a sound spanking from the pro-porn one (VHS). Everybody knows that when it comes…

  • Zune: welcome to the stupid

    Remember Zune’s DRM-crippled wireless sharing system? Apparently the record labels have crippled it further. According to Engadget: It appears Sony Music and Universal Music Group are marking certain artists of theirs as “prohibited” for sharing, meaning that just because you’ve paid for a song, and even managed to find another Zune user on the planet…

  • Get a brain! Morans*

    This is wonderful: Amazon user reviews of Orwell’s 1984. “If you like reading about old people think they are beating the system by saving a PAPERWEIGHT, then by all means…” “You might like this book if you are interested in predicting the future and you can read lots of difficult words and know what they…

  • “Let’s shoot the messenger!” say record labels

    It’s not exactly a shock, but in the next few weeks the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) is going to change the focus of its anti-piracy activities. Instead of suing the people who actually trade songs illegally, the IFPI wants to sue ISPs. It’s a bit like suing the Royal Mail over chain…

  • Podcastic

    I spent a bit of time blathering yesterday for .net magazine’s inaugural podcast, which should appear on Monday (22nd January). It’s hosted by Paul Boag of boagworld.com and in addition to a clearly cold-ridden me, it also features people who actually know what they’re talking about: .net ed Dan Oliver and web experts Andy Budd…

  • FFS: 1&1 email’s borked again

    Big delays on the email front again. This is getting beyond a joke.

  • Celebrity Big Brother: the final word

    “Big Brother is not racist, says BNP”.

  • Things what I have bought and are good

    The Road, by Cormac McCarthy. Bleak! Lost Planet: Extreme Condition for the Xbox 360. Fun! On The Wealth of Nations, by PJ O’Rourke. Witty!

  • Lovely

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  • Slimming world

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