iPod's copy-protection system brings in federal lawsuits

Apple is being faced with several federal lawsuits, one of them claiming that it's "creating an illegal monopoly" with music purchased from the iTunes store. Huh?

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Make programming as fun as Line Rider

Programming often isn't fun, especially when you're forced with the task of removing hundreds of bugs and typos from the source code. With a few tips, you can make programming as fun as Line Rider. (Well, maybe that's an overstatement...)

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Ford loads up on Bluetooth

Ford and Microsoft are now partnering together to create a new breed of Fords - ones that contain Bluetooth. And with Microsoft's Sync program, endless possibilities are opened up.

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iTunes music store traffic quadruples; more iPod switchers

Apple is getting overloaded with traffic from new iPod switchers and iTunes gift cards received as presents -- sometimes rendering the service unavailable. Here's why it's happening.

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PS3 demo units freeze up on purpose

PS3 demo units are freezing up –– on purpose. One retailer says, "We do that so that people won't play it all day long." Here's my thoughts on this.

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Don't upgrade to Vista just yet

After a mind-numbing wait as Vista is beta-tested, the recently released version to corporations is found to have 2 major flaws that Microsoft needs to fix, thanks to a Russian programmer who discovered them.

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Cocoa not just limited to Mac

If you always thought that OpenStep, Cocoa's base, was limited to Mac OS X, you're wrong. A project called GNUStep is dedicated to creating an open-source implementation of the reusable objects that Cocoa uses. Cool, now all your Cocoa apps will be portable! Not so fast....

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Why is The Battle For Wesnoth such a gem?

With the recent release of Wesnoth 1.2, the game is strong and so are the developers doing the work. But stop and consider the level of quality in the game, and realize that there's a reason it got that way.

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Next group switching to Linux: librarians

The latest switchers to Linux include Georgia Public Library, which has developed a revolutionary open-source content management system named Evergreen. The best part about it though: features included with this system are better and more efficient than the commercial systems used in the past.

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VMware Fusion adds Intel Mac support to virtualization

VMWare now offically supports Macs with its release of VMWare Fusion, an emulation program that allows you to run different operating systems in a window, similar to Parallel Workstation. I've tested both of them, here's what I think so far.

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Don't let the spammers get to you

Spam is on the rise. With it rising 35% in November alone, no wonder our inboxes are getting clogged. But don't let it get to you. With a few simple steps, you can drastically reduce the amount of spam you receive daily in your inbox.

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Wii can now access the world wide web, thanks to Opera's launching of a Wii version that can be downloaded from the Wii Shop Channel. Although it's interesting, the bigger question is: why do we need it?

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IE7's anti-phising scheme worries small business owners

Microsoft's new Internet Explorer 7 has a special bar that turns green when visiting "safe" sites, which it determines if it recieves a special strict security certificate from Microsoft. But, small business owners and corporations are worried that users will leave their sites feeling unsafe, as they are not eligable to smaller businesses.

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SonyTube

Obviously the name of Sony's highly-rumored video download service isn't going to be called SonyTube, but it's true that they are likely going to compete with YouTube in video downloads. The PSP device is cool, and is an excellent device for playing movies on, but if Sony wants to be successful, then they'll have to start massive marketing.

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Who needs the Wiimote?

Who need the Wiimote when you can use laptops to do the same thing? You can now swing your laptops around to control software, largely similar to Nintendo's Wiimote. One caveat: laptops are a lot heavier than Wiimotes. Still, that hasn't stopped developers from creating a whole slew of applications that can be used with your Mac laptop.

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Recently, Google has introduced its "Google Apps for Domains" service, which allows domains to be registered for a mere $10/year. What does this mean? It's likely that we're going to see a significant drop in domain prices as companies struggle to compete with Google's pricing and service of their domains.

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DaniWeb blogs in trouble?

A report from Garner predicts that blogging will peak by the first half of 2007. Already, 200 million bloggers have already quit. This is just one of many predictions of the rapidly changing IT industry. Does this mean that DaniWeb is in trouble?

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iTunes Store sales craze

I'm sick and tired of these reports that iTunes music sales are rapidly decreasing. There's so many factors these analysts either weren't aware of, or chose to be ignorant. Here's the truth.

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Linux for the PS3

The Linux kernel now has complete Playstation 3 support - thanks to Sony, who provided the kernel patches, which are now merged into the upcoming kernel: 2.6.20. Read more

Blackjack vs Blackberry

Research In Motion (RIM) is now suing the hand held maker Samsung, claiming that Samsung's new product named "Blackjack", released earlier last month, is causing lost revenues and misleading consumers into thinking that Blackjack is another product in the Blackberry line.

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Java 6 released by Sun Microsystems

Java SE 6 was released by Sun Microsystems today. Among other things, they've included PHP, Python, Ruby, and Javascript support to the new integrated scripting engine. It's going to add more flexibility for developers, and help convince others who aren't using Java yet to switch.
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Biggest competitor to the PS3: the PS2

Everyone is up-in-the-arms about Nintendo's new console beating Sony's. The sales of the Wii in November (roughly 467,000) are more than double the PS3 sales (147,000), according to NPD. But what most articles about this don't talk about: the PS2 is still winning, and easily. It managed to sell 664,000 Playstation 2 units. That's a lot. Especially for an old console.
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Too much fun with the Wii

It seems like users are doing exactly what Nintendo intended when they created the fancy Wii controller. Users are having so much fun, they're getting carried away when playing their video games, and literally throwing it around.

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How to write C++ programs quickly and with less bugs

Do you want to create C++ programs faster? You might want to try this coding method.
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Windows isn't all bad

Why doesn't everyone switch to Linux? Is it because it's too difficult? Not exactly. The problem with Linux isn't because you have to run millions of commands to start it up, it's because it gives users too many options.

The downfall of digital music

Ever since computer's hard drives became large enough to hold substantial amounts of information, people have been trying to store music on their computers. Which is fine until they start "sharing" it. Since the beginning of music sharing, record companies have been trying to halt this illegal activity. Online music distribution formats have digital rights management, or DRM. The problem with this is that people's freedom to legitimately use the music is now also restricted.

MySpace... not for everyone

MySpace seems to be where all the kids go -- it's the online meeting place for a lot of young people. But it also seems to be a place where pedophiles hang out, something that MySpace is trying to change. It seems as though MySpace is trying to incorporate one big website out of all the others

Why companies shouldn't be oversecretive (like Apple)

Oh boy. If Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg, is correct, he may soon be facing a lawsuit big enough to cripple a small country. In his podcast, he gets drunk and tells "vague details" of the much rumored iPhone. He starts off by saying, "I have a little bit of inside information on the Apple phone"

Which crowd should Vista be after?

Microsoft has finally launched the long-awaited Windows Vista. Will it sell well? It's already pretty obvious that Windows Vista will have a hard time competing against Microsoft's previous operating system, Windows XP. Many businesses are happy with it, and see no reason to switch.

The problem with the PS3

All 3 major game consoles have been released -- Microsoft's Xbox 360, Nintendo's Wii, and Sony's Playstation 3. Out of all of these, the PlayStation 3 appears to be losing.

The Zune is too soon

Microsoft just released their iPod killer -- except that it isn't killing the iPod. Although it looks promising, it has had a number of negative Zune reviews. It may seem like the Zune is a total flop, after all, "it's from MS". But no, I don't think that is the problem.

Hacking: don't forget the most dangerous kind

When computer systems get "owned", you may think it takes a master-geek with an extensive amount of knowledge to hack into tightly-secured systems. After all, security bugs are quickly found out, and patches can be released within a few days.

Google abandons its Answers service

http://answers.google.com/answers/ That URL will soon lose its usefulness for answering your questions. Google is now going to abandon its Google Answers service at the end of this week, which it launched 4 years ago.

French parliment switching to Linux

The French parliament is now going to dump Windows in favour of open-source. More specifically, Linux. The planned switch date is June 2007, with over 1000 parliament workers switching. No word yet on what Linux distribution they're going to use, or what email client

The "art" of Google?

Google. That is something that more people should use, instead of turning to forums like DaniWeb first, clogging up everything. Google is the website you should turn first when you have a problem, because chances are that someone else has had a very similar problem. Why don't people do it?

Free music, legally?

I few months ago, I found the AOL Music Archive. I found it interesting the way you can listen to full songs, from thousands of artists, for free, especially when music stores like iTunes Music Store only give you 30 second previews. Even more interesting, with Firefox, it's quite easy to download...

Commercial operating systems...

I know a few days ago, I wrote a glowing review of Leopard. But after a few days, I changed my opinion:

Commercial operating systems cost way too much for the features you get.