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Comment Funny you should ask... (Score 1) 258

by __aaitqo8496 (#26433993) Attached to: Microsoft Tag, Smartphone-Scannable Barcodes

...because I outlined potential uses 5 days earlier.

Probably my favorite idea is a type of scavenger hunt with clues that are decoded from Free Text tags posted around the city. Find a tag, decode the clue, leading you to the next tag, etc.

The other great use would be integration of a tag into your address book, so that if you want to transfer your contact info, just let someone snap your vCard tag off your phone screen.
Music

New Royalty Rates Could Kill Internet Radio 273

Posted by Zonk from the one-of-my-favorite-things-about-the-internet dept.
FlatCatInASlatVat writes "Kurt Hanson's Radio Internet Newsletter has an analysis of the new royalty rates for Internet Radio announced by the US Copyright Office. The decision is likely to put most internet radio stations out of business by making the cost of broadcasting much higher than revenues. From the article: 'The Copyright Royalty Board is rejecting all of the arguments made by Webcasters and instead adopting the "per play" rate proposal put forth by SoundExchange (a digital music fee collection body created by the RIAA)...[The] math suggests that the royalty rate decision — for the performance alone, not even including composers' royalties! — is in the in the ballpark of 100% or more of total revenues.'"

Comment what abou LCOS? (Score 2, Interesting) 98

by __aaitqo8496 (#15788853) Attached to: Recommendations for a 50" (or Larger) Display?
another technology out there that you didn't mention was LCOS. it's similar to a DLP in size. sony is just about to release thier a2000 series which will sport 1080p resolution and 1080p inputs (thereby satisfying your request for more than 768 vertical resolution). there are tons of input types, so you shouldn't have to worry about getting the video to it.

the 50" should be available in the next week or so. they have a 55 and 60 inch projected to launch in the near future. there are a few reviews available with a quick google search, but for the most part, people are waiting (and anxious) to see this new model.

Microsoft Talks Daily With Your Computer 686

Posted by samzenpus from the what-could-go-wrong dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft Corp. acknowledged Wednesday that it needs to better inform users that its tool for determining whether a computer is running a pirated copy of Windows also quietly checks in daily with the software maker. The company said the undisclosed daily check is a safety measure designed to allow the tool, called Windows Genuine Advantage, to quickly shut down in case of a malfunction." The EULA is suppose to disclose this daily call-in feature. Lauren Weinstein, who is co-founder of People for Internet Responsibility, was one of the first people to notice the daily communications to Microsoft. Report from Yahoo.com"

Why Web 2.0 Will End Your Privacy 233

Posted by timothy from the hot-local-girls-want-to-meet-you dept.
An anonymous reader writes "This is a pretty good insight into some of the dangers of social networking and website customisation -- marketing and loss of privacy. When marketeers know who your friends are and what you are all into, it makes their advertising a lot more effective. From the article: "Why are the companies worth so much money? Why is MySpace worth over half a billion dollars without a proper revenue model? Why is Digg allegedly pitched at over $20m (at the last count) without any idea of where money is going to be pulled from? The answer is - data. Information. Marketing. Every detail about you and me. That is where the money is."

The Pirate Bay Is Back Online 934

Posted by timothy from the have-those-responsible-been-sacked? dept.
Many readers have submitted news that The Pirate Bay is back online, operating for now as "The Police Bay." Writes one anonymous submitter: "Pirate Bay got new hardware, moved the servers abroad and used recent backups. So the only bad side-effect of this police raid is that hundreds of clients of the ISP PRQ still have not got their servers back from the police. When the police did the raid on Wednesday, they took Pirate Bay from Bankgirot's secure server room. Then they also took all the servers in PRQ colocation facility STH3, effectively disabling a lot of small companies. The connection between PRQ and TPB? - Same owners, nothing more, this is beginning to become a huge scandal in Sweden with coverage on TV and all newspapers 4 days in a row."
Games

Journal Journal: pc games

Journal by __aaitqo8496

i just want to say, that if you're looking to try a new, cool game, battlefield 1942 is definately on my list of shizzle games right now. the combination of quasi-objective team play with the use of classes, multiple weapons, and multiple vehicles truly makes it a great game. it's damn close to reality for a lot of things too. i've never had an experience like i've had playing battlefield 1942. it's defo worth the $40. the good news is that if you've got a geforce 2 or better vid card, the ga
User Journal

Journal Journal: i've got the best blog!

Journal by __aaitqo8496

why is it that we all feel the need to blog? is there something inherantly human about sharing our experinces with the world? what makes a blog a good blog? and what makes the world listen. more importantly, who cares?

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