DRM: still defective by design

Microsoft announced in April that it was closing the Microsoft Store’s e-books section. The short-lived foray into e-books began in … More

Opinion: The Magic of the Movies

I’ve been watching movies as long as I can remember. Silent clowns Laurel and Hardy, Buster Keaton; classic Westerns (all … More

Web user: I hate ads. They’re annoying, intrusive, distracting, they suck up bandwidth, delay my page loads, scam me with … More

We’ve had some feedback on our review of the Witness Podcast about Napster, mostly concerning the old business model of … More

Have you ever sat there, thinking “I wish I could write?” Not “I wish I could write like [Joe Schmo] … More

A couple of things last month prompted this post. First, I got hold of a little booklet by Hampshire Linux … More

Cheapskate: “a person unwilling to give or spend money; stingy person.” Frugal: “not wasteful; not spending freely or unnecessarily; thrifty; … More

Expectations were high in January, when a guy called Steve stood up in San Francisco and announced a new kind … More

‘Two-point-oh! or Two-point-less?’ Original Article: 06/04/2008 appeared in Full Circle Magazine Issue #13 Some of you might be thinking it’s … More