Make Your Movie at Walgreens

Technology | October 29th, 2007

It looks like Walgreen’s will be getting into the movie-burning business using something called Qflix.. The iPod has taught consumers that the movie is not the media; in fact, movies can be represented as digital files on a computer without any media involved whatsoever. The digital movie burning kiosk is an ideal technology to bridge the gap between the media age and the era of digital delivery.

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Pocket Workstations

Technology, Virtualization | October 27th, 2007

The PC is emerging as a cheap fixed-price machine that is tending towards $100 or less. As such, there will be computers everywhere and they will be really cheap to upgrade and replace. While this is certainly going to drive the convergence market (IPTV, PVR, gaming console, etc.), it will make consumers think differently about computers.

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When Good Software Goes Bad

Software | October 19th, 2007

While new versions of your software should be getting incrementally better, sometimes the next version just seems to get worse. Why is this? Jeff Atwood argues that good software can spoil as a result of feature creep adding enough new features to generate revenue. Does this mean that all commercial software will inevitably spoil?

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Serving At Home

Technology | October 16th, 2007

With Windows Home Server, Microsoft has found a product that meets a compelling need in the marketplace. This is reminiscent of the kind of traction Windows Media Center enjoyed when it first came out. The advent of digital media in the home has made a server the next piece of hardware everyone is going to need. Not only does Home Server meet this niche, it provides a full compliment of network technology for your home.

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Taking Away My Virtual Desktop

Technology | October 12th, 2007

Evidently, the process of protecting intellectual property is now a business in and of itself. Companies like IP Innovation, LLC are able to sustain themselves on patents and intellectual property litigation. As it turns out, the virtual desktop metaphore was established in the U.S. Parent No. 5,072,412 and open source products like Linux are in violation. IP Innovation seeks to recoup damages, which basically means they want to pocket some cash since they have no computer operating system products to speak of.

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