Archive for July, 2008

400GB Blu-ray disc?

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Long ago, before the HD-DVD and Blu-ray formats were even on the market, I predicted Blu-ray would be the eventual format winner.  It seemed like a no-brainer as the Playstation 3 was going to ship with a Blu-ray drive.  Those with long memories may recall that the Playstation 2 helped ...

UK file pirates to face the music

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

It was announced today that British ISPs will begin sending out warning letters to their customers who share copyrighted files on the Internet. Besides the privacy concerns with this, it's doubtful that it will stem the tide of online piracy. Pirates have always been about ten steps ahead ...

Roadside America

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

Roadside America is a guide to offbeat tourist attractions, which you can search by attraction name, town, or state.  Visitors to the site can add their own info and photos about local oddities.  I was a bit disappointed to find that there are very few listings for the Indianapolis area ...