arstechnica.com — Give thanks for some of the best developments of 2007, including: the impending death of DRM, gaming's big mainstream break-out, volunteerism in the open source world, a big disrupter in the mobile phone world, and more.
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macparrotNov 23, 2007
I remember what my neighbors names are. Many of us stood outside on Thanksgiving day and shot the breeze while our kids ran around like maniacs. Maybe it's you or where you live.
macparrotNov 23, 2007
Random childish comments (of which I'm guilty of on...occasion) is what the problem is with digg. I'm not blind to other tech and frankly if I didn't already have an iPod Classic, I would seriously consider the new Creative Zens. 2.5-inch widescreen resolution (I'm sure I didn't define that right) with specs that meet or beat the nano makes it very attractive. The only tech from Apple that I buy on a regular occasion are the Macs if only because I prefer the OS and have neither the time nor patience to put together a Hackintosh. Check my previous comments. You'll find I'm not the atypical Mac fanboy that so many love to accuse me of being. I say nice things about the Xbox, MS Office for the Mac, and other products that Apple either doesn't make or doesn't have the same quality. I still wouldn't consider the Zune, mostly because it doesn't work with the platform I prefer and the Zune Marketplace points racket in essense gives a free loan to MS for however long you don't use the points you are forced to buy for content other than what you rip yourself from your own collection. The player itself looks pretty solid though and the UI is at least as good as the iPod. As far as the iPhone goes, yeah it's over-hyped and frankly IMO just an average phone for what it does (and is over-priced as I said before), but some people are willing to spend the cash on it and I say fine, if that's what you want.
macparrotNov 23, 2007
I don't know why people are digging you down. At least you came back with a reasonable comment.
wackiNov 23, 2007
can someone please illuminate me as to what is so revolutionary about the i-phone? The article mentioned NewsGator but didn't get specific on anything else.
macparrotNov 23, 2007
If you would add all the Plays4Sure sites and Zune Marketplace I would agree with you. iTunes and all the other sites would like nothing more than to remove the DRM as in almost every case sales of content increased when it is removed. EMI finally got it and even when Apple was charging more (for the iTunes Plus category, yes I thought it was stupid too) for non-DRMed content, sales were higher than before.Now that Amazon is selling non-DRMed MP3s, Apple has been forced to drop the price difference to compete. It isn't Apple or Real or Microsoft or that is the bad guy about DRM. It's the content providers that force them to put the DRM in. ALL music sales with the exception of subscription models should be DRM free and the content should be allowed to be moved from one computer or device to another without exception if the user has aquired it legally
etsaNov 23, 2007
DRM = Down Right Madness, Disgustingly Rediculous Music, Drag-it Roll-it Mulch-it, Dizzily Ringing Mistake, Death Radiating Movement,Douche-bag Ridding Malaise,and whatever...
boingNov 25, 2007
Buried for not metioning anything about internet and porn.