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Today Disney announced that they are closing their online web movie service on December 31. This service allowed consumers to watch any Disney or Pixar movie that were available. I have to admit I have never used the service and I don’t know anyone who does. However after reading its limitation I am not surprise it failed. The videos couldn’t
Music service MOG, which is quickly becoming a real competitor for Rdio, Spotify, Last.FM and others, has finally launched their service in the land down under. Australian music fans will now have access to all of the MOG library and, if they have Telstra, they get a nice bonus thrown in. This is MOG's first move outside of the U.S.
Are you hungry? Domino's Pizza is currently offering a 50% discount on all orders placed either online or through their mobile app. The big discount is a thank-you to their customers for placing one billion dollars in online orders between April 2011 and April 2012. "Domino’s Pizza is giving its customers the thanks they deserve, as it celebrates – for the
The history of advancing technology is long littered with accusations of copyright infringement along with charges of outright thievery. The problem seems to stem from ever-changing definitions of what comprises a song, a performance, or a book. Back in the days when the player piano was invented, musicians themselves seemed to define a song as a live performance. Hence, the
This week the Department of Commerce issued a proposal to create an on line trusted identity system. According to the Commerce Department it would encourage a greater trust in providing information online to individuals by businesses and visa versa. There would be multiple partners in this program, they are as follows:The Individual--to be issued digital identities to complete transactions. The Non-Person Entity (NPE)‚such as organizations and services who would require authentication. The Identity Provider‚who is responsible for the processes involved in enrolling subjects (individuals and NPEs) in the system. The Attribute Provider‚who oversees the processes involved in creating, validating, and keeping up the attributes associated with identities, such as age. The Relying Party‚who makes transaction decisions based on the receipt of a subject's credentials. The Trustmark‚ some kind of image, logo, badge, or seal that authenticates participation in the Identity Ecosystem. And finally, the Governance Authority, which oversees and maintains the Ecosystem Framework.
Stories about Zediva have been kicking around the internet for the past few days. It's an interesting story and an even more interesting concept. The company's founder explained that concept to Rotten Tomatoes as this: "We don’t rent digital copies of a movie," he said. "Our users rent a physical DVD, along with a DVD player, from us for a
For some time we’ve been hearing about the virtues of cloud-based computing. Certain functions seem to lend themselves to the cloud. Online word processing, spreadsheets, etc. can seem to make sense in some situations, such as collaborating with others. In everyday use scenarios, does the cloud really make sense in more traditional private computer-use situations? I contend that it does