Ted Ritzer: NetMediaNet content worth watchingnixMoneyMachine-Sticking it to the Status Quo!- January 6, 2004 nixMoneyMachine-sticking it to the status quo! this new category, came about as a direct result of my disgust with a recent headline about Microsoft releasing a product which has been called an iPod Killer! Fuck it, I have had with this kind of BS, where monopolies that don't have an innovative fiber in their being, watch the market and wade in after an innovator like Apple creates it out of nothing, and then ends up losing it, just because of the monoolie's sheer size and money..http://blogs.salon.com/0001455/categories/netradio/2004/01/06.html#a3840 (Untitled)- January 6, 2004 Michael Moore endorses file-sharing of his movies. Here's a wild video of Michael Moore at a Q&A session, being asked if he minds people on file-sharing networks passing around rips of his movies. His answer, in a nutshell: "Share away!"... ... ... I don't agree with copyright laws and I don't have a problem with people downloading the movie and sharing it...as long as they're not trying to make a profit off my labor... ... I make these movies and books and TV shows because I want things to.http://blogs.salon.com/0001455/categories/netradio/2004/01/06.html#a3837 (Untitled)- January 6, 2004 Memo to the New Head of the MPAA. Trading movies digitally still isn't easy, but Hollywood has a lot less time to act than it thinks. Here's some advice to help it avoid the fate of the music industry. By Wired magazine's Chris Anderson. Wired Newshttp://blogs.salon.com/0001455/categories/netradio/2004/01/06.html#a3835 (Untitled)- January 6, 2004 Mac Founders Push for New Ideas. The crew that put together the first Mac is celebrating its 20th birthday, but some are disappointed over the apparent lack of innovation in personal computers. By Daniel Terdiman. Wired Newshttp://blogs.salon.com/0001455/categories/netradio/2004/01/06.html#a3834 (Untitled)- January 6, 2004 Fun in Davos. My goal this year is to have fun in Davos. This will be my fourth World Economic Forum Annual Meeting and the third time that I will be attending it in Davos, Switzerland. (One year, it was in New York.) This year's meeting will be January 21-25. The meetings are always very interesting and I meet lots of people, but I don't usually have much of what I would call "fun". I don't know enough people and I get a little tired of meeting important person after important person who...http://blogs.salon.com/0001455/categories/netradio/2004/01/06.html#a3830 (Untitled)- January 6, 2004 Smiling makes you happy. An interesting theory that facial expressions affect blood-flow to the brain and are not just results of emotions. The assertion is that these blood-flows affect our emotions. So SMILE! :-) Zajonc, R. B., Emotion and Facial Efference: A Theory Reclaimed, Scince, 1985, 288, 15-2 He also asserted that elation follows the smile, not the opposite. The blood flow changes caused by contracting the facial muscles in the smile alter cerebral blood flow and cause an emotional..http://blogs.salon.com/0001455/categories/netradio/2004/01/06.html#a3829 (Untitled)- January 6, 2004 You remind me of those people who said they'd never get cell phones. I remember when everyone shouted into their cell phones and thought that their batteries drained faster when they made long distance phones. I remember when people (who now have cell phones) swore to me that they'd never have a cell phone. I remember when cell phones looked more like military radios. I think it's fine to gripe about technology, but I would warn those people who swear they'll never use a technology. Technology.http://blogs.salon.com/0001455/categories/netradio/2004/01/06.html#a3828 (Untitled)- January 6, 2004 I gotta say that this title, about a Microsoft iPod Killer for me is depressing, in that wherever there is a market created by a true innovator like Apple, that Microsoft is able to through its sheer size and market dominance, steal that market away from the ture innovator! Think Mac vs Windows, think Internet browser, Mosaic then Netscape. The only ray of hope I can see on the horizon is Open Source Business Models, that create new opportunities for innovators! Microsoft's iPod-Killer:...http://blogs.salon.com/0001455/categories/netradio/2004/01/06.html#a3827 (Untitled)- January 6, 2004 Global broadband keeps climbing. Broadband technology is fast becoming one of the quickest growing technologies in history, analysts suggest. BBC News Technology UK Editionhttp://blogs.salon.com/0001455/categories/netradio/2004/01/06.html#a3825 (Untitled)- January 6, 2004 IT Giants Return Home For the Money. Broadband, wireless, digital content and PCs turned home entertainment hubs have tech heavyweights at CES taking a fresh look at the consumer market. internetnews.comhttp://blogs.salon.com/0001455/categories/netradio/2004/01/06.html#a3822 |