Wednesday, March 5, 2003|
The Register:
Dark Apple?
"Eschewing the MP3 format, Apple's service will be based on Dolby's AAC (Advanced Audio Coding not Codec, as the LA Times report mistakenly states) in order to tie each track to a specific Mac and thus prevent unauthorised duplication." Well I guess that answers that question. Somehow it doesn't quite ring true - an unknown proprietary, copy-crippled format that only works on a pricey computer peripheral? Not exactly home run material in my books. 9:14:44 AM | permalink | Bare your teeth [] |
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Salon:
Waiting for Wi-Fi
"Wi-Fi Nation is on indefinite hold, at least until computer-carrying consumers can roam beyond the invisible tether of the base station at the office, or the AirPort in the family den. With tens of millions of customers ready to be wireless by next year, and the price of a Wi-Fi laptop dropping below $1,000, why isn't AT&T setting up antennae for us, instead of shutting down its Digital Broadband service?" 8:51:34 AM | permalink | Bare your teeth [] |
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Doc:
Free Fi Fo Fun
"Plenty of hotels, coffee shops, libraries, universities and whole cities are already providing free wi-fi for the same reason they provide street lights and public restrooms. None of those are free either - except to the users who expect them for exactly that price." The hotel I stay at in London started offering WiFi, so I gave it a go when I was down there last. They even provide the card. Unfortunately, you get a Windows CD with no information about network name, password, or encryption settings - and no tech support number! My PowerBook had good signal strength and I did get redirected to some kind of portal page when trying to browse out, but that was it. At $10.95 a night, definitely not in the Free-Fi camp at this point. But when I've got work to do, it's worth it. 8:41:51 AM | permalink | Bare your teeth [] |
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