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Holiday Gift Guide: Hackintoshable Dell Mini 10v {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Nov 25th 2009 11:28PM Two things.. the court case was about reselling machines with leopard hacked on it, NOT about installing it on your own system.
Second, Charli mentioned that atom is no longer supported, but that is already been worked around. Just no blogs have covered it yet.
Blu-ray releases on November 10th 2009 {Engadget HD}
Nov 10th 2009 2:49PM UFC: Ultimate 100 Greatest Fights on Bluray is out today, exclusive to best buy for the first month. It's 1800 minutes long and contains 100 full fights. I mention it because it's a cool 6 disc set with a gold box set and a booklet.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/UFC%3A+The+Ultimate+100+Greatest+Fights+-+Blu-ray+Disc/9570412.p?id=2056230&skuId=9570412&st=ultimate%20100%20greatest%20fights&lp=2&cp=1
Quick QuickTime Q&A {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Nov 6th 2009 9:07PM Thanks for the links.
My main point is that at some level it's about money.
The standard copyright law covers music too, but iTunes has the built in ability to rip CDs and play them on your iPod. However I don't believe the DMCA relates to music because you don't have to break an encryption to rip cds. DMCA only covers breaking encryption.
Whether or not it is your legal right to backup movies for 'fair use' on other devices is also a question. I believe it's my personal right and that it's fair -assuming that I purchased the movie and that it's for my personal use, but that doesn't mean that it's my LEGAL right. Lobbyist have gotten in and made lots of ridiculous laws. I mean the available penalties for breaking DMCA far outweigh those for driving drunk.
Also keep in mind that having a digital copy of a movie is not illegal. There are many legal methods to obtaining such a thing, like recording it off broadcast via an eyetv. And reformatting that digital copy into a format for use on an iPod also isn't illegal under DMCA, as long as you're not breaking an encryption to do it.
Of course INAL and you don't have to agree with my opinions. You're welcome to pay over and over again for the same content - and be subject to the whims of companies going out of business or changing policies so that you can no longer gain access to the content you licensed. Personally I purchase the best copy I can on physical media, do with it what I want in my own house, and I never share anything with anyone.
Quick QuickTime Q&A {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Nov 6th 2009 1:01PM Two things.. First I wish this post had actually covered what is missing from Pro in X. As someone ABOUT to upgrade, I don't want to wait to find out what they got rid of. If there's another post I missed someone please enlighten me.
Two.. You're missing the whole point to this. This is bigger than apple just removing some features and people whining about it. They are trying to hinder the ability to rip and copy movies so that you'll have to buy them from iTunes. They even admit it in their description of the upgrade saying that it 'enhances security.' Why do I need enhanced security of my family videos.
There has to be a business reason behind it. Moves like this from Apple are ALWAYS about controlling their marketplace and making more money. If they make it more difficult (for the non-video professional) to manipulate video and make it super convenient to purchase movies it will convert to more sales.
Apple pitching "all you can watch for $30 a month" TV to networks {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Nov 2nd 2009 5:53PM It's probably the beginning of the end for all-you-can-eat internet. If Apple does this they're basically taking money away from Cable providers, who are often also your internet provider. So if customer's jump the cable tv ship and swim over to the internet-only island and get their tv from apple, they're going to want to earn a piece of that action.
Either they'll:
A) fight against net-neutrality so they can filter and cap bandwidth coming from apple and other tv providers (hulu). Maybe tier price, which in effect would mean end user customers would then pay for the programming twice, $30 a month to apple plus an increase in the cost of internet to, say, cox.
B) just generally hike up the price of internet but include basic cable with it for "free."
C) offer the service themselves and try to compete on a price/quality standpoint.
D) start charging per kb for traffic, like cell phones charge per call. Also meaning that they'll still make money on the shows you watch.
E) something drastic like go out of business / have to reduce the quality of service / or just hike up the price without giving free cable / or have more tiered pricing that doesn't break net neutrality - like more bandwidth options.
No matter how you look at it the cable company internet provider will still figure out a way to make money on the tv that you watch.
BluFocus gets BDA official stamp as the first U.S. movie player testing center {Engadget HD}
Oct 15th 2009 6:11PM Congrats! I use them my bd testing!
Breaking News: September 25 for MMS on the iPhone {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Sep 3rd 2009 6:34PM No there is a faster network as well. On the network the "S" referred to a faster modem which was supposed to double the speed of the data.
Remember the data transfer tests that were done in the 1 or 2 markets that supposedly had the faster network in place? If I had time I'd find a link to that.
Breaking News: September 25 for MMS on the iPhone {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Sep 3rd 2009 4:41PM No word on turning on the S part of the 3GS on their network...
World's dumbest crooks: the saga continues {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Sep 1st 2009 7:52PM INAL but I think it's illegal to purchase or own stolen property. If they sold it to someone then there are two victims. The person who has it now will have it confiscated and lose their 'investment.' If they know the person they bought it from they could be considered an accessory to grand theft and burglary.
I hope they find them and nail them to the wall. Apple might turn out to be the safest computer to own because eventually anyone who steals one will get caught. If you're robbed at gunpoint just offer them your iphone as well or stash it in whatever they're taking.
Switched On: Toshiba and the Blu-ray Trojan Horse {Engadget}
Aug 19th 2009 9:14PM Actually in response to borland502, MY parents ARE interested in HDTV and I think you're short sighted to think that an older generation isn't. OR to be more honest, my parents are interested in flat screen tv's, which inevitably are HDTV's. Affording it is another thing, but most older couples I've talked to would like to have a tv to hang on the wall. You have to remember that back in the 60's they were promised such a thing as being 'the future' and it is super sexy, even to a 60 year old.
Maybe my dad, the super conservative minister, is more hip than your dad - but after seeing me buy a Blu-ray player last black friday, unbeknownst to me, went back to best buy later that day to get one for himself. Why? Cause it was one sale for $200 bucks.
I also believe that an older generation can much easier deal with playing a bluray disc than downloading a movie. I think you're much more likely to get traction in the seniors on physical media than watching hulu.
ok ... yeah.. that's all I got.
