willswideweb

Stuff wot I’m reading:

• HD DVD and Blu-Ray Cracked (Again)
  
  from Gizmodo
• BitTorrent to offer movies legally, using Microsoft’s…
  
  from Guardian Unlimited: Technology blog
• How Would ASIMO Do on *Dancing with the Stars*?
  
  from Gizmodo
• IPTV will kill the video store
  
  from All Tech.co.uk news, reviews and features
• PlayStation 3 the key to Blu-ray format triumph -…
  
  from PC Pro news
• Vista’s UK pricing is to help pay EU fine
  
  from the INQUIRER
• What would happen to Apple if Jobs stepped down?
  
  from MacUser news
• Yahoo to sing the news
  
  from the INQUIRER
• Emotion robots learn from people
  
  from BBC News | Technology | World Edition
• Geezer uncovers Windows XP “wallpaper”
  
  from the INQUIRER

Stuff wot I’m reading:

• Cameraphones Banned from the Oscars, Especially the…
  
  from Gizmodo
• Windows Vista: 75% of Reviews Mention OS X
  
  from CrunchGear
• Is “3X DVD” HD DVD’s secret weapon against Blu-ray?
  
  from Engadget
• Ballmer blames pirates for poor Vista sales
  
  from the INQUIRER
• Computer games ‘burn up calories’
  
  from BBC News | Technology | World Edition
• Global TV comes to the Mac
  
  from MacUser news
• YouTube clip implicates 100mph biker
  
  from PC Advisor News
• MPAA nicked my software
  
  from the INQUIRER
• US Bill to ban Wikipedia
  
  from the INQUIRER
• USB-powered hay-fever mask from Japan
  
  from All Tech.co.uk news, reviews and features

Stuff wot I’m reading:

• British web surfers opt for .uk
  
  from PC Advisor News
• Wi-Fi access in hotels too expensive
  
  from All Tech.co.uk news, reviews and features
• Digital photo frame plays MP3s, video, does laundry
  
  from Digital World Tokyo
• Hackers discover HD DVD and Blu-ray “processing key”…
  
  from Engadget
• Punters should be allowed to return online music
  
  from the INQUIRER
• Google broke copyright law
  
  from the INQUIRER
• Internet plan for MTV video clips
  
  from BBC News | Technology | World Edition
• Government allocates £5 million to fight copyright…
  
  from MacUser news
• WSJ: Google sold ads to alleged pirates
  
  from PC Advisor News
• Dell laptop blamed for destroying home
  
  from PC Advisor News

Stuff wot I’m reading:

• Source: Microsoft Zune Phone In the Works
  
  from CrunchGear
• Hackers ‘hammering away’ at Vista
  
  from All Tech.co.uk news, reviews and features
• Blu-ray Gaining Ground on HD DVD
  
  from Gizmodo
• Dell developing handheld games console
  
  from The Register
• My son won’t tell me the password
  
  from Web User : Internet & Technology News
• Apple deal drives Creative income, revenues skyward
  
  from The Register
• Half want reality TV restrictions
  
  from Web User : Internet & Technology News
• Tagging ‘takes off for web users’
  
  from BBC News | Technology | World Edition
• IE ripe for attack, despite Microsoft claims
  
  from The Register
• Microsoft’s Zune boss quits
  
  from PC Advisor News

Stuff wot I’m reading:

• Google Video integrates YouTube content
  
  from PC Advisor News
• Dual hi-def player not recommended
  
  from Guardian Unlimited: Technology blog
• ‘Sir Cliff cost us copyright battle’ - Motown boss
  
  from The Register
• Criminals ‘may overwhelm the web’
  
  from BBC News | Technology | World Edition
• Hackers set sights on Vista
  
  from Web User : Internet & Technology News
• Man sells his entire life on eBay
  
  from All Tech.co.uk news, reviews and features
• Fox sues YouTube over leaks of flagship shows
  
  from PC Pro news
• Forbes 25 web celebs: God bless America
  
  from Guardian Unlimited: Technology blog
• Public service YouTube proposed
  
  from the INQUIRER
• Americans think downloading no big deal
  
  from Reuters: Technology

Stuff wot I’m reading:

• Slayer of HD–DVD DRM speaks
  
  from the INQUIRER
• Macs finally get twin digital TV tuners
  
  from All Tech.co.uk news, reviews and features
• Europe’s war on iTunes
  
  from All Tech.co.uk news, reviews and features
• HD Wii on hold
  
  from T3 - Live RSS Feed
• One in five fail Windows validation checks
  
  from The Register
• Ringtones irk more than screechy blackboards
  
  from All Tech.co.uk news, reviews and features
• You could be the next Crazy Frog
  
  from The Register
• Firms helped to make PCs greener
  
  from BBC News | Technology | World Edition
• Mystery musician rescues peer-to-peer campaigner
  
  from MacUser news
• Yanks spend more time with computer than spouses
  
  from the INQUIRER

Stuff wot I’m reading:

• Chat Up the Ladies With Your Zune
  
  from Gizmodo
• Zune coming to UK in ‘two to three months’
  
  from All Tech.co.uk news, reviews and features
• Unsigned act makes history with chart entry
  
  from MacUser news
• Bill v Steve? Bill uses too many big words
  
  from Guardian Unlimited: Technology blog
• First HD DVD movie now on BitTorrent
  
  from Guardian Unlimited: Technology blog
• Apple tackles iPhone interface hacks
  
  from PC Pro news
• Journalist suffers bloggers’ ire
  
  from Guardian Unlimited Technology
• ‘iPhone can’t make calls’ - shock report on the best…
  
  from The Test Bed
• Cisco has barely used iPhone name
  
  from the INQUIRER
• iPhone: It’s a Newton! Sort of!
  
  from PC World: Techlog

Stuff wot I’m reading:

• Porn boost for HD DVD
  
  from PC Advisor News
• 10 flaws so far in Apple bug month
  
  from PC Advisor News
• CES: New charge for “premium” bandwidth?
  
  from PC Advisor News
• The three reasons why AMD acquired ATI
  
  from the INQUIRER
• Google plans street advertising presence
  
  from Engadget
• Blu-ray: Betamaxxx 2?
  
  from Gizmodo
• GOOGLE: What if Google looked like Yahoo?
• Teens charged with breaking into school computer
  
  from The Register
• Is Google Falsely Flagging Harmless Sites?
  
  from PC World: Latest Technology News
• Top Five Reasons Why the iPhone Sucks
  
  from Gizmodo

Stuff wot I’m reading:

• Windows Mobile 5 Already Does What the iPhone Does
  
  from Gizmodo
• Apple, iPhone and trademarks: it’s still confusing
  
  from Guardian Unlimited: Technology blog
• BUZZMETER: Web 2.0 hits saturation
  
  from Valleywag
• Playskool and Creative give birth to a healthy baby…
  
  from Engadget
• Wiki ordered to remove link to drug documents
  
  from The Register
• HD DVD and Blu-Ray encryption branded obsolete
  
  from the INQUIRER
• MACWORLD: When did Steve start showing vaporware?
  
  from Valleywag
• Warner pitches adhesive to bring HD DVD, Blu-ray Disc…
  
  from The Register
• First Apple TV hands-on pics!
  
  from Engadget
• Microsoft confirms Zune will play games by July 2008
  
  from Engadget

Stuff wot I’m reading:

• Chip & PIN terminal can’t play Doom, but Tetris runs…
  
  from Engadget
• Amazon’s 30-day price drop refund
  
  from The Test Bed
• YouTube stung by $125,000 per day fine
  
  from the INQUIRER
• New Apple software leaked
  
  from T3 - Live RSS Feed
• Studio to end Blu-ray, HD DVD war with dual-format…
  
  from The Register
• Paris Hilton says no to sex doll honour
  
  from The Register
• ITV plans free online TV service
  
  from Web User : Internet & Technology News
• Adobe returns Premiere to the Mac
  
  from MacUser news
• Saddam mobile phone death film man arrested
  
  from the INQUIRER
• Dreams Do Come True! LG’s Makes World’s First Blu-ray/HD…
  
  from Gizmodo

Stuff wot I’m reading, in between bored games and drinking:

• Firefox man loses faith in Google
  
  from the INQUIRER
• How hackers are using Google to pwn your site
  
  from Guardian Unlimited: Technology blog
• Jobs’ options ‘involved in stock scandal’
  
  from Guardian Unlimited: Technology blog
• Breaking: HD-DVD Encryption Cracked
  
  from CrunchGear
• Replacement Wii straps arrive
  
  from Engadget
• Google tips are bad for users
  
  from Guardian Unlimited: Technology blog
• Microsoft claims it invented RSS
  
  from the INQUIRER
• This Week in HD DVD and Blu-ray
  
  from Gizmodo
• Stop calling everything blogs!
  
  from the INQUIRER
• Vista Already Has Flaws Including “Inability to Commit”…
  
  from CrunchGear
• In the UK, mono is the new stereo….
  
  from Guardian Unlimited: Technology blog
• HD disk format wars are over
  
  from the INQUIRER
• Apple Cellphone Thingy Update: It’s “iMobile”…Nyaaat
  
  from Gizmodo
• Ways PR Agents Piss Off Journalists, and a Few Companies…
  
  from CrunchGear
• Vista security spec ‘longest suicide note in history’
  
  from the INQUIRER
• Wikipedia plans search engine to fight Google
  
  from Guardian Unlimited: Technology blog
• PS3s being traded for Wiis
  
  from Guardian Unlimited: Technology blog
• Apple lawyers get shirty with iBuzz
  
  from the INQUIRER
• Rumor: Mac Pro/Apple Supporting Blu-ray
  
  from Gizmodo
• Coveted Pearl lifts RIM
  
  from the INQUIRER

Stuff wot I’m reading:

• Media Companies’ YouTube Rival Gets a Little Shakier
  
  from Digital World - A consumer electronics blog from
• UK Windows Vista price leaked online
  
  from PC Advisor News
• XBox360 HD-DVD drive on a PC
  
  from The Test Bed
• Month of Apple bugs planned for January
  
  from The Register
• New clothing keeps tabs on where you are
  
  from Absolute Gadget
• Mouse rage syndrome identified
  
  from the INQUIRER
• Flip answer to MySpace
  
  from Guardian Unlimited: Technology blog
• 12-year Old Gets Pr0n-Filled Zune For the Holidays
  
  from Gizmodo
• Amimon Wireless HD: Good as HDMI, Coming in 2007?
  
  from Gizmodo
• Man using neighbour’s wi-fi faces jail
  
  from the INQUIRER

Stuff wot I’m reading:

• Nintendo faces Wii Remote wrist-strap class action…
  
  from The Register
• BBC moves to file-sharing sites
  
  from BBC News | Technology | World Edition
• Thank You For Smoking…At Your Desk
  
  from CrunchGear
• Sony BMG settles case over anti-piracy software
  
  from Reuters: Technology
• *Giggle* A Boob Radio
  
  from Gizmodo
• Sharp brings its own blue lasers to the party
  
  from Engadget
• Linking to copyrighted material could get you sued
  
  from the INQUIRER
• Amazon set to flood digital music market
  
  from The Register
• USB Pole Dancer: On Video, It’s an Even Worse Idea
  
  from Gizmodo
• Animal sacrifices now available over the Internet
  
  from the INQUIRER

Looking at the two drive heads - which would you say would be the more expensive technology?

HD DVD:

Blu-ray:

The one with TWO lasers perhaps?

Stuff wot I’m reading:

• Sony to take on iTunes in video downloads
  
  from PC Advisor News
• USB Humping Dog on sale here now!
  
  from Digital World Tokyo
• Google and Orange Readying GPhone?
  
  from CrunchGear
• Skype to launch Web TV service
  
  from Reuters: Technology
• Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” is You
  
  from Reuters: Technology
• Google releases customised IE 7
  
  from PC Advisor News
• Have they no shame!!! Part deux
  
  from Absolute Gadget
• Blu-ray / HD DVD stalemate boosting interest in combo…
  
  from Engadget
• Wii Transfer: Cheap, Easy
  
  from Gizmodo
• Bill Gates Hates DRM: Not Quite Enough
  
  from Gizmodo