Linux on PS3…That’s what I’m talking about

I knew, as we all did, that it was only a matter of a few hours after release before someone got Linux on a PS3, and we all know that someone did. However, I was surprised to learn two things:1. That no PS3 has yet burst into flames (it is a Sony product after all)2. [...]

Nielsen study: video use on iPods very low

Nielsen did a study and found that a “shockingly” low number of people watch any kind of video content on their video iPods (although it is more accurate to call it a video enabled iPod but I will let that go). They may be shocked. Apple may be shocked, but I’m not shocked. I don’t [...]

PS3 or BS3

I don’t care about game consoles. Almost a year ago, I was complaining about the Xbox 360 hype, and admittedly maybe I was a little harsh especially in light of the debacle to be that is the PS3. The obsession with high-end gaming really eludes me, and why anyone would spend $600 for a game [...]

FreeNAS–It’s a Free NAS

The latest thing I’ve been playing with in the Seanco labs is an incredible NAS solution built on BSD which is completely free. Well, I should say the software is free. You need to provide the hardware and of course the drives. If you’re looking for a network attached storage solution that is extremely flexible, [...]

Not to jump on the anti-DRM bandwagon, but….

…DRM is bad…mmmkay. Not that I’m opposed to content providers protecting their intellectual property, but incidents like the Sony rootkit earlier this year show that it can go horribly awry, and it sounds like Windows Vista with the multiple levels of so called anti-piracy technology built in will make even more of a mess of [...]

Zune..Yes it’s a Microsoft product

If you had any doubt that the Zune was a Microsoft product (the ads cleverly don’t say Microsoft anywhere), here is the proof.

Dashing

I never thought it would happen. For a few years I’ve pooh-pooh’d smartphones–made of fun of blackberry users, comparing them to crack addicts, but lately I’ve been hankering for a mobile device with decent browser capabilities and the ability to view text files (I gotta have my todo.txt with me at all times). My RAZR [...]