To day, I would like to take a peek at a technology that has been living in the shadows for some time. While HDTV and digital broadcast over-the-air have been getting some attention lately (especially with the January 17, 2009 deadline looming), digital radio broadcast have not been getting any significant media attention in the U.S.A. One of the reasons for the lack of attention might be that the digital radio standard chosen by the FCC has been met with some serious criticism . The two arguments

There are quite a few indications that the hopes for an industry backed, ad-supported music exchange were - at the least - too early. Maybe it's a scam, maybe it is just a test-balloon, but in a world of iTunes hating music companies, this scheme did make some sense... tag: qtrax , iPod , music

Maybe, maybe: there are signs on the horizon that the content industry will finally come to grips with the harsh reality that their old models just do not work anymore the way they used to: enter Qtrax , a free, ad-supported P2P network that claims to have the blessings from a bunch of major labels, including Sony/BMG and EMI. Qtrax will lauch tonight , so soon we will know more. Overall, this might be a sign that the RIAA monopoly is finally understanding that suing their customers is not a good

For years I have been playing around with all kinds of computer based TV and multi-media solutions and toys: Windows MCE in its various editions from 2004 to Vista, early versions of MythTV and proprietary stuff. Until now none of these where really at a point where they were actually useful for a family room: While Windows did have a reasonable UI from the start, the fact that it recorded to a highly proprietary format with nasty DRM implication was a deal-killer right from the start. Some of the