iTunes Plus DRM-free, not free of annoying glitches – Engadget True words, I myself experienced -and still do- problems on downloading certain songs for upgrading my library. If they load they are creepingly slow and after a minute they time out. However, of an overall count of 65 songs that I upgraded 9 seem to be a problem. It may … Read More
New Music on iTunes – now DRM-free!!
It’s been announced a while ago but as of today I started using iTunes Plus. iTunes Plus offers music and videos in better sound quality and without DRM at a slightly increased price (1,29 € per song in Germany, 1,99 € per video, albums prices remain). This is possible because music publisher EMI agreed to offer his music catalog for … Read More
Official Zooomr Blog : Lauching Zooomr Mark III
Official Zooomr Blog : Lauching Zooomr Mark III Ok, we had this situation already a few weeks ago but now this is -hopefully- for real (;-)):Kris Tate ist in the process of bringing the next generation of the Photo-Sharing Service “Zooomr” which is called “Mark III” on-line. If you wanna know more about it see the blog entry. It might … Read More
Information Wars or Give me your data and I tell them who you are
O’Reilly Radar > Google and Privacy Well, the age of information has pretty much begun and informations are of more value (even commercially) than they have ever been before. We used to say: “Knowledge is power” but that implies not only the possession of knowledge but also the access control to knowledge and the distribution of knowledge (usually performed by … Read More
Deadliest School Shooting in US History: Tragedy at Virginia Tech – International – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News
Deadliest School Shooting in US History: Tragedy at Virginia Tech – International – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News Needless to say that I’m deeply disturbed by the events that took place at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg. Our thoughts are with the victims and their families. I just watch CNN at this very moment, they’re saying that students honor the victims on Facebook, … Read More
Zooomr | Mark III – updated
Zooomr | Mark III Desperately waiting for the release of the third version of Zooomr, the coolest photosharing service I’m familiar with. Zooomr should be up again tomorrow with tons of new features, an open api and thus completely fullfilling more expectation than you might ever have. You’ll even be able to sell your photos online “and keep 90 % … Read More
Episodic Gaming – Sam'n'Max and Dreamfall Chapters
I just listened to a Podcast available over at Gamasutra (Link to source) where Dan Connors (CEO of Telltale Games) talks on how the idea of episodic gaming works out for Telltale and it recent releases of episodes from the Sam and Max Season 1.I find this very interesting since episodic gaming especially in my special favourite genre of adventure … Read More
Zelda on the Wii or How story-based Gaming should be
Well, I was really excited about the Wii altogether. When I first got it I loved the Controller, the many different ways it can be used. It’s a hell of an entertainment product. That said, it is merely considered a party console by a lot of people. Many of the games are much more fun if you play with (or … Read More
Official Google Blog: From Gmail with <3
Official Google Blog: From Gmail with <3 After years of elitism and stuff GoogleMail (or GMail) has finally opened the service to all of you. Just go to www.gmail.com and get your GMail Account. I’m using it for about two years now and I don’t regret switching. Give it a try, I can’t imagine what you would miss with your … Read More
I'm with Wii…
Yes, I finally did it. I had thought about it prior to christmas but it was sold out back then and so I had to wait. But on Monday I got my brand new Nintendo Wii!!!!I’m pretty connected with Nintendo. The first gaming concole my mother bought for us was the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System). I played “Super Mario Brothers” … Read More
windows alternatives / kubuntu odyssee
Well, I’m working with linux. It’s been probably 10 years since the first encounter and 8 or 9 years since I put up my first linux-only machine back at my parents’. Since then I always had a linux box at home. My main machine however always ran Windows (sometimes different versions in parallel) and my Desktop was always MS-dominated.Then I … Read More