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Gadgets Galore at CES 2010
One of the major problems with covering a trade show the size and scale of CES is that you spend so much time running around trying to see everything, that is almost impossible to sit down and actually write about what you’ve seen. Nevertheless, I wanted to share a few things that are popping up here in Vegas that caught my eye. Literally catching my eye has been all the 3D displays that litter the exhibition floor of the Las Vegas Convention Center. Every major manufacturer of TV’s seems to have multiple 3D demos going on, each one trying to outdo the other. I remain skeptical of how much an impact 3D is actually going to have on the home consumer, but I have to admit some of it just looks very cool. Probably the best setup I’ve seen so far comes from Samsung , who have a whole slew of TVs, home theater sets and Blu-Ray players that promise to arrive with 3D capability sometime in 2010, as long as the software actually shows up. While I’m biased because I know and like the team at Boxee , I can’t help but be impressed by how they continue to release exciting new software versions of the application, and now can couple that to a very cool little hardware device. Pictures don’t really do it justice, but the Boxee Box is quite attractive and if they can actually get it to market at a decent price, it will only drive more interest in their unique and very open solution to internet video.
Continue reading »Another “Love Guru” Uploader to Plead Guilty
Mischa Wynhausen, 31, of Irvine, CA agrees to plead guilty to one felony count of illegally uploading a screener copy of the comedy “The Love Guru.” Mischa Wynhausen, 31, of Irvine, California has agreed to plead guilty to one felony count of uploading a screener copy of “The Love Guru” to a website operated by a piracy group that made the movie widely available on the Internet. Facing 3 years in prison he decided to cooperate with authorities who then agreed to seek a lower sentence of three years probation instead. Wynhausen is the second person to plead guilty so far in connection with the case, joining Jack Yates, 28yo, of Porter Ranch, CA who last year was sentenced to 6 months in prison for his involvement.
Continue reading »Facebook student honey trap: with honey
Tyrell Luebker, 20, made two mistakes on Fa$ebook, says Wired Campus . “He posted pictures of himself drinking beer with his friends in an album titled ‘Not Sober Fest’.” Then he “confirmed a friend request from an attractive young lady named at” who he’d “assumed” he’d met her at a party. The trouble was —- —- Jenny Anderson was a cop and in November, Luebker, a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse, “found himself in an interview room in the city’s police department, staring at printouts of the pictures he had posted and answering a police officer’s questions about his underage drinking”.
Continue reading »No 3 strikes! eBay, Facebook, Google, Yahoo
p2pnet news view Advertising | P2P | Politics:- Britain’s plans to implement the entertainment cartel three strikes and you’re off the net bidniz plan have just been doomed. “With their MPAA as the front, the major Hollywood studios have escalated their efforts to force ACTA, their secret copyright ‘initiative’, into being,” said p2pnet recently, continuing: ” ‘Our interests in a robust ACTA are broad, ranging from providing ex-officio authority for law enforcement and customs officials to securing both the legal and practical tools necessary to protect intellectual property rights online,’ says the LaLaLand enforcer. “Ex-officio authority for law enforcement?
Continue reading »FOX FILMS: We Should Disconnect File-Sharers Like France
CEO Jim Gianopulos says punishing repeat offenders is necessary to create “a level playing field” for independent filmmakers, those, it claims, hurt hardest by piracy. Fox Filmed Entertainment CEO Jim Gianopulos believes the US should follow France’s lead and impose a “three-strikes” system disconnecting repeat file-sharers from the Internet. He said that internet piracy is the single biggest threat to the worldwide film industry, and that independent films are the hardest hit.
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