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Last night, I downloaded some music from Amazon for the first time and I was both irritated and pleasantly surprised by the experience. I'd gone to Amazon because I'm not an iPod owner and wanted to get some DRM-free music for playing via a DLNA media server and also my Palm Pre. (I know this is a tech site but just
I read this article over at Home Cinema Choice and despaired. Despite being based on the same technology, the 3D specs used by Samsung and Panasonic aren't compatible....unless you wear them upside down. What were they thinking? And why couldn't someone have simply picked up the phone and said, "Hey guys, what way round are you doing your 3D glasses?"
The USA is the worst country in the world for relaying spam, according to Sophos' latest report on spam. The US was responsible for 13.1%, followed by Brazil and India at 7.3% and 6.8% respectively, with the UK, Russia and Italy tied in 7th place. In a further twist, China has completely disappeared from the top 12 and now relays
The IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) has published its annual review of the music industry and there's some pretty interesting stuff. The headline figure is that music sales fell 7.2% in 2009, mainly in USA and Japan but many other countries, such as Australia and the UK, saw growth. Overall, the industry was worth US$ 17billion. The larger
The news that Hewlett-Packard has bought Palm has rocked the tech world and has even been covered by some of the mainstream media (BBC). It's possibly second only to the next-gen iPhone debacle. But all of this has been adequately covered elsewhere. I'm a long-time Palm owner. I started out with a Palm III, buying it in Heathrow's duty-free shop
I've just watched Pixels by Patrick Jean over on YouTube and it's fabulous. If you remember the early days of computer games, if you spent all your quarters on Pacman, and it was "just one more game" of Space Invaders, you will love this as the 8-bit monsters take out New York. And wait for the credits and the closing
[This is a summary of a ComputerActive article which appeared in the 1st-14th April edition but isn't yet online.] There are lots of nefarious characters on the internet trying to extort money from unsuspecting victims. Here are the top ten con tricks and how to not get caught. Most Geek News Central readers will be wise to most of these