Archive for February, 2007


BitTorrent Video Store Set to Fail

BitTorrent recently joined the ranks of companies trying to rent and sell legal movies and shows online. On Monday, the 26th of January, the service became available to the public, but, unfortunately, it doesn’t look too promising.
The plan is to offer movie rentals, which after purchase suffer from a 30 day download window before [...]

Who Said Pirated HD Movies Wouldn’t be Downloaded?

Back when the first HD disc formats appeared, there were quite a few in the tech industry who declared that no one in their right mind would want to download a high definition movie off of BitTorrent. Well, they were wrong. As the popularity of HD-DVD and Blu-Ray increases in traditional [...]

The iPhone Battle is Over

 

Six weeks ago, Apple, Inc. announced at the MacWorld Expo that they would be releasing a revolutionary new phone: the iPhone. That same day, Cisco Systems, who already had a product released under the very same name, filed suit against Apple for trademark infringement. The issue has now been settled, and neither [...]

The First Commercial HD-DVD Ripper is out

 

A few days ago, the developers over at SlySoft released the very first commercial HD-DVD ripper, named AnyDVD HD. The application would allow users to circumvent and strip out the digital rights management policies that have shackled the format since its release. AnyDVD HD will remove all of the content protection contained on the disc, [...]

Create the Perfect Feed with Yahoo! Pipes

If you have ever wanted to just browse to a single page and see all of the news from all of the sources you like best, then Yahoo! Pipes is for you. Pipes is brilliant in its simplicity in that anyone can log on and create their own feed network that will [...]