Archives for the "MP3" tag
2005 Predictions
Another year, another round of predictions. As is now becoming customary on TNL.net, it’s time to project out the future year. As always, I’ll revisit those predictions at the end of the year. Voice Over IP VoIP experienced tremendous growth in 2004 but it was just the beginning. This year, much more will happen in that space. Cable [...]
Tags: Broadband, Cable TV, Europe, IBM, Linux, MP3, Media, Microsoft, Music, Oracle, United States, VOIP, Wireless, XML, content management, open source
In Analysis
HP LightScribe: More info
I’ve been getting a lot of feedback regarding LightScribe, the new technology for writing labels on CDs and DVDs. First of all, a correction to the previous entry: In that entry, I said that LightScribe was a silk screening technology. Steve Loughran, who worked on the technology, points out that It has been likened silk screening, but [...]
In Technology
RIAA lost the war
A new survey just highlighted that three quarters of teens feel that file sharing should be legal. This pretty much caps any chance for the music industry to survive under their current model. The issue here is that if kids are perceiving file sharing as something that should be legal, they will probably not grow out [...]
Sony to Introduce Media-centric Gaming Box
EE Times and IGN report on the introduction of a new gaming console by Sony. Not, it’s not the much vaunted PS3, which is still supposedly on track for 2005 but something much more interesting (at least to me): a PS2 gaming box that also includes a progressive DVD player and recorder, a 120Gb Hard [...]
Tags: Broadband, MP3, Microsoft, Sony, Video
In Business, Media, Technology
1984 Redux
It seems I may have struck a nerve with my talks about AAC and it seems that everyone sees it as a question of theft vs. paying for content. To me, the issue is not about theft. For starters, I do not use file sharing networks. Yes, I did check Napster when it was around [...]
In Business, Media, Technology
Where Are the Digital Rights?
I’ve been getting considerable amounts of email from mac fanatics about yesterday’s piece on the new Apple music store. As a result, I’d like to expand on the subject (as I have to a few people via email today). The problem that I have is not with Apple in particular but with the approach they are [...]
In Politics, Technology
