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Bill Thompson is the commentator on the BBC technology radioshow “GoDigital”, his weekly “column” is available on the BBC website, and on Bill Thompson’s weblog.
I highly recommends “GoDigital”, and the best of all, it’s also Podcasted.
BBC NEWS | Technology | The rootkit of all evil?
Sony really messed up when they introduced the XCP copy protection, without telling anybody about it. The XCP scheme messes with the registry and has other nasty tricks up it’s sleeves.
Oh well, as a Mac user there’s no problem, as with other copy-protection schemes, the XCP scheme only affects Wintel PCs. Anyway, on most Wintel PCs the copy protection schemes, I’ve seen, like on the Missy Elliott album THIS IS NOT A TEST!, has been quite simple to bypass: simply browse the CD using Explorer, then you can RIP it, it will fail if you just try to RIP it. I discovered this by chance.
GP2X – Handheld Linux Game System
The GP2X is a Linux powered portable gaming console.
Check out the community site and the offical site – GP2X.co.uk
There’s also a Wikipedia article on the GP2X.
If you order from GP2X.co.uk, this is what’s in the box.
GP2X console (With 64M Internal Storage)
USB Cable for PC connection (With 2.0 Support)
Preloaded Linux with Media player (MP3, Divx, WMA etc.)
CD with Games, Utilities, MP3 player, Movie player
2 * AA batteries
SDK – Make your own games!
Full User Manual
How to Guide/ Movie Samples/ Game Ports included
Very promissing indeed, and great with the SDK included in the box – ready for homebrewing.
If you’re bored with the white colour of the PowerBook logo, here’s a step-by-step guide, in pictures, of how to change it:
gallery – how to change the colour of the PowerBook logo
I’m tempted to try it, but I think I’ll wait until the warranty expires 😉 Mine should, ofcourse, be iPod shuffle greeen.
Ars Technica – The PC Enthusiast’s Resource
Ars Technica is a fountain of IT related news, comments, reviews and columns.
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
I did of course need a link to tuaw. Lots of interesting and quite well researched articles, that goes beyond the web “white-noise” hype that surrounds Apple.
Unbeliveable. Yesterday there were two, very badly researched, technology related reports on the Danish Public Service networks.
First the story on Google offering search for cheap airfares, now the announcement of a WiFi enabled “cell-phone” that can place calls using Skype.
It’s very strange…
Everytime Google comes up with a new service, it’s reported, witout any comments or journalism, by the mainstream Danish Public Service media, but now I feel it’s turning into a problem, with the press surrounding the new travel search service, that Google reportedly is introducing.
The PowerBook, and especially the newest version from January 2005, looks like an altar to the Mighty Apple. When you shine a strong light from behind the screen – the Sun is an excellent candidate – the Apple logo shines very clearly, as shown in the picture. And what happens when the screen isn’t backlit, and you shine light from behind? Well it gets downright eerie, with the Apple logo oscillating in a fuzzy haze – it looks really cool. This MUST be by design, or am I seeing things?
I just became aware of NASA’s World Wind software. World Wind is, in many respects, similar to Google Earth, the difference between the two being more in philosophy, than anything else.