March 16th, 2011
The Zune is dead. Or so the rumours go. What do you mean you’ve never heard of it? You know, the Zune: Microsoft’s iPod “killer”, the device that would drive a stake through the heart of Apple’s cash cow and see MS claim its rightful place as the dominant player in the “modern Walkman” market. [...]
November 10th, 2010
Last August, when Oasis imploded like they were always destined to do, most people focussed on what band leader and chief songwriter Noel Gallagher was going to do next. So far, not much. And it’s possibly quite telling that the rest of Oasis – Liam Gallagher, Gem Archer, Andy Bell and Chris Sharrock – didn’t [...]
November 8th, 2010
According to the editor of an American cookery magazine, copyright doesn’t exist on the web. Which was news to me. And probably to you as well. Here’s the back story in brief: writer Monica Gaudio discovered that an article of hers (“A Tale of Two Tarts”) had been republished in “Cooks Source” magazine, with her [...]
April 17th, 2008
You’re a thief. And so am I. Well, more than likely you are anyway because in the UK it is technically illegal to format shift; that is, take your CDs and put them onto your iPod as you’re effectively copying the music and duplicating copyrighted material. Naughty. Naughty. So, we’re all off to chokey then. [...]