CNET reported this morning that AT&T and Comcast are planning on adopting a three strikes and you’re out policy for P2P users. The move is yet another desperate attempt by the media industry to try and regain control over content distribution. Because most broadband providers have government protected duopolies, they hope to use the MSOs [...]
Posted on January 29th, 2009 by Davis
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For those of you who are still not satisfied with the current crop of movie recommendation services, you’ll soon have a new choice available to you. Last week, I signed up for the private beta of Jinni and have been pretty impressed so far. Jinni is a new interactive movie rating website that is trying [...]
Posted on January 26th, 2009 by Davis
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Posted on January 20th, 2009 by Davis
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Posted on January 13th, 2009 by Davis
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Since one of my new year’s resolutions is to try and post more often this year, I’ve decided to start a bi-monthly column to help stay on top of this goal. Ask Davis is a new feature that will be a cross between Dear Abby and the Mythbusters. You have questions and I don’t mind [...]
Posted on January 12th, 2009 by Davis
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As long time readers know, I’m a BIG fan of fiber internet access. I’ve only been fortunate enough to have access to the goods for 3 months of my life, but it was enough of a taste to know that fiber is a pretty disruptive piece of technology. While you may not need the the [...]
Posted on January 12th, 2009 by Davis
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Netflix Walmart Anti Trust Complaint Publish at Scribd or explore others: Case Law Law walmart Netflix Over the last few years, it’s been no secret that Netflix has become the dominant force for DVD by mail rentals. There may be plenty of other ways to watch films, but when it comes to renting through the [...]
Posted on January 7th, 2009 by Davis
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Posted on January 6th, 2009 by Davis
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When I was a kid, I grew up in middle of the sticks where my parents didn’t have access to cable TV. When satellite dishes first started to show up, my folks were early adopters and bought a ginormous pirate dish (that you’d actually have to crank by hand when you wanted to jump to [...]
Posted on January 6th, 2009 by Davis
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