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Comment: Re:Goodbye Netflix (Score 1) 540

by Egatlov (#21903886) Attached to: HD Monitor Causes DRM Issues with Netflix
So in essence, you're taking the other extreme... Punishing a company with you wallet based on a fishy sounding unverified internet story (which you probably didn't even read, since it's slashdotted). Good show!

I've been very happy with netflix, and see the streaming video they've begun to provide as an added bonus to the mail DVD's. Until they treat *ME* wrong, or at least someone I personally know, they've got my monthly fee.

MIT Plans To Convert Cell Phone Users Into Podcasters 90

Posted by Zonk
from the i-already-talk-too-much dept.
robyn217 writes "A new research project at MIT's Media Lab, entitled RadioActive, aims to turn every cell phone or PDA carrying member of the public into a podcaster, and every mobile device into a virtual podcasting studio. The project defines a large-scale asynchronous audio messaging system in which voice messages can be threaded like text in a discussion forum (like on Slashdot) as a method of 'discussion-on-demand.'"

The AT&T Whistleblower's Evidence 405

Posted by Zonk
from the what-he-knew dept.
hdtv writes "Wired News has published the details of NSA wiretap and revealed former AT&T technician Mark Klein as the main whistleblower, specifically covering the evidence he presented when he came forward." From the article: "In this recently surfaced statement, Klein details his discovery of an alleged surveillance operation in an AT&T office in San Francisco, and offers his interpretation of company documents that he believes support his case. For its part, AT&T is asking a federal judge to keep those documents out of court, and to order the EFF to return them to the company."

Chip Power Breakthrough Reported by Startup 174

Posted by ScuttleMonkey
from the processor-still-suit dept.
Carl Bialik from WSJ writes "The Wall Street Journal reports that a tiny Silicon Valley firm, Multigig, is proposing a novel way to synchronize the operations of computer chips, addressing power-consumption problems facing the semiconductor industry. From the article: 'John Wood, a British engineer who founded Multigig in 2000, devised an approach that involves sending electrical signals around square loop structures, said Haris Basit, Multigig's chief operating officer. The regular rotation works like the tick of a conventional clock, while most of the electrical power is recycled, he said. The technology can achieve 75% power savings over conventional clocking approaches, the company says.'"

Napster Going Back to Free Downloads 260

Posted by Zonk
from the download-like-its-1999 dept.
conq writes "BusinessWeek reports on Napster's latest move to allow the download of free music. This time the service will be supported by online ads." From the article: "With Napster's new free service, 'we'll be able to help millions of people get out of the world of 30-second clips and of having to buy individual songs,' Gorog says. 'I don't think there's anything better we could do to turn people onto the pleasures of unlimited, legal access to music.'"

Bush Admin. Appoints Civil-Liberties Officer 292

Posted by Zonk
from the can't-make-things-worse-right dept.
Zephyros writes "The WSJ reports that the Bush administration has appointed a Civil Liberties Protection Officer in order to assuage the public's privacy concerns. From the article: 'As the son of a U.S. aid worker stationed in Guatemala during the 1970s civil war, Alex Joel recalls being unable to tell the good guys from the bad as both armed soldiers and civilians alike would order his family out of their car to search it. Those first-hand brushes with totalitarianism, says Mr. [Alex] Joel, have led him to take the rights of individuals very seriously.' It remains to be seen how effective he will be, but at least they're recognizing the concern."

A great nation is any mob of people which produces at least one honest man a century.