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Like most of you, I'm sure, I understand the hamster-wheel nature of the business we're in and how the relentless march of technology brings with it both good and bad. I wrestle with this on a regular basis, and while I at least can claim not to be a gadget-of-the-moment-shilling-fool like some...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 08-23-2009
Wal-Mart pulls an MSN, reverses cancellation of DRM servers

In case you’re not up on this issue, Wal-Mart briefly foisted their own WMA-based music service on the world and then proceeded to take it offline. The problem, of course, is that since Wal-Mart sold DRM-protected music via this service, users who purchased that music would need to occasionally connect...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-10-2008
Amazon launches On Demand video service

Amazon PR : Amazon.com today announced that customers can now instantly watch ad-free movies and television shows on Macs or PCs with Amazon Video On Demand, Amazon's digital video service offering thousands of movies and television shows. Previously, customers could only download titles and watch...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-03-2008
Picasa 3 (beta) and Picasa Web Albums update

As promised, Google has released a beta version of Picasa 3 for Windows today, and updated its Picasa Web Albums online service. Picasa 3 (beta) Find, organize and share your photos. Picasa is a free software download from Google that helps you: Locate and organize all the photos on your computer. Edit...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-02-2008
Photosynth comes out of the lab

Microsoft has taken its Photosynth Live Labs project ( previous site ) public: We’re pleased to announce the first full release of Photosynth, available now at photosynth.com . Photosynth takes a collection of regular photographs and reconstructs the scene or object in a 3-D environment. ...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 08-20-2008
The Lessons From the Kindle’s Success

As I've often noted here, I love the Kindle. I realize it's still too expensive, but it's an amazing eBook reader, with daily newspapers and other periodicals that are automatically downloaded to the device, a pervasive wireless network and device-based online store, and the best collection...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 08-13-2008
Xbox 360 and Netflix Team Up

Looks like Netflix customers are going to have another avenue for enjoying movie content this fall: An exciting new home theater experience is coming to living rooms this holiday season. At E3, Microsoft and Netflix, the world's largest online movie rental service, today unveiled an exclusive partnership...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-14-2008
RealNetworks goes DRM-free

So RealNetwork announced this morning that it is just the latest online music service to offer DRM-free MP3 tracks. What's interesting about this is the press they're getting: Apparently no one realizes that the Rhapsody subscriptions still use DRM. Anyhoo, here are a few links: Taking the Wraps...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-30-2008
(More) High quality Vista wallpapers

I while back, I wrote about Hamad Darwish and the high-quality Windows Vista wallpapers he had made, both those that are included with the OS and many more that are similar but not included with Vista. (You can find the complete collection here .) But wait, there's more. It turns out that some of...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-22-2008
Apple sells over 5 billion songs via iTunes Store

From Apple PR : Apple today announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded over five billion songs from the iTunes Store ( www.itunes.com ). iTunes is the number one music retailer in the US and features the largest music catalog with over eight million songs. Also, iTunes customers are now...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-19-2008

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