I'd prefer the option of a lossless codec to mp3. Plus I'm a bit of a control freak when it comes to cd rips, I just don't trust the quality of others, even corporations. There's also the issue of fir ...

We have raido and internet radio plus quite a few other legal outlets for musicians to get their music out there. ...

Ever heard of a boycott? There are legal ways to hit em in the wallet. Get organized and put up petitions or boycott them. Talk to your congressman and representatives about the issue. ...

Entertainment is a real job and has been throughout history. They deserve to get paid for their work just as much as any other professional. If you don't like what they're selling, then you don't buy ...

While I agree they missed an opportunity at a new source of revenue and only made things worse for them, you're still a thief. No matter how you justify it. ALso, if you only cared about 2 songs ...

If that's the case, one might as well click off every drive letter in the list that's not currently in use. I'm wondering though if you just go to the My Computer>Autoplay>Types menu and just u ...

In TweakUI for XP I only see my optical drive, hard drives and a few card readers. I don't see any drive letters for USB ports. How do you disable autoplay for usb ports in XP? ...

You can only gift Half Life 2 and Episode 1 provided you already had them on your account before you bought the Orange Box. If that is the case, then you can find your gifts listed under Games Menu> ...

Orange Box is tied to Steam even if you buy it retail so you wind up using Steam regardless if you get it retail or digital. Plus during install the first update is mandatory. Also, if you want to pla ...

I used to get motion sickness in Half Life 2 on the highway level back when I had a 21" crt and that was with most settings maxed. That was when driving the dune buggy though. When I got a 24&quo ...

You make alot of false assumptions. Not all musicians are as rich as Metallica, nor all movie stars making millions of dollars. Even those at the lower profit bracket of those professions suffer from ...

Well, I never said they were still the leaders in graphics design and you never specified a time frame for your so-called "myth." I was just proposing a reason why Mac may have been, at ...

Even artists expect to get paid for their work. Most don't work for free and they can't live on making you feel good for free. ...

Its a lousy alternative if there's no one offering the same or better speeds than cable and companies like TWC know and exploit that. ...

Adobe, the makers of Photoshop (one of the more popular professional photo design apps) started on the mac and iirc for awhile their software was optimized for macs over pcs. I'm sure their software p ...

It sounds like Best Buy's the one that screwed you over by using an illegal copy of Windows XP, not MIcrosoft. Take your beef to Best Buy and demand they either give you a legal copy of XP or refund y ...

Its only a $5 difference and the thing is there is always going to be somebody somewhere selling it cheaper. ...

Well, the whole thing doesn't make much sense and I hope Microsoft doesn't have to pay. But with the console issue, if anyone's guilty of pricefixing its the console makers for demanding royaltie ...

Games at retail tend to lose value and eventually wind up in the bargain bin. Best Buy's been known to price software and I think even their music cds at a loss just to lure customers into the store. ...

It doesn't make much sense, but could they be accusing them of paying off retailers to not actually compete with one another by offering the same price? I don't see how MIcrosoft would come out a ...

I think she makes a good point. A company's first duty is to its shareholders, not public interest. Its a bit scary that a company would have exclusive rights to how something like this is digitally ...

This Guy - http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/british_entrepreneurlooter_uses_google_maps_identify_targets ...

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/russian_firm_breaches_wifi_security_bulwark_using_nvidia_graphics_cards Is the article I was referring to. It certainly sounds like its possible to build quite a ...

Hehe, links to porn or lingerie shops. Maybe even plastic surgeons. =PCould possibly be used to point to a website afilitiated with the content thats tagged. Like a myspace or official website. ...

Supposedly Valve has said that if they ever do go out of business they'll patch all their games so you don't need to authenticate them anymore. You'd still need to back them up before the servers went ...