Posted 09/29/2008 at 09:58:37pm

Is there any reason why Walmart (and any other company in a smiliar situation) couldn't write a small program that you could download that would examine the music you purchased, contact the DRM server to confirm you actually own it, and then remove the DRM from the file (or convert it to MP3) so that it was free for you to use forever (or at least until your hard drive crashes)?

That seems like a much better solution than simply screwing over your customers... 

Posted 09/16/2008 at 10:06:37am

Doesn't the sentence, "Windows 7 beta 1 won’t arrive in October/November...but in December," mean this is actually a late beta?

Posted 08/22/2008 at 12:29:22am

The article reads: "The internet speeds for targeted customers will be reduced for periods lasting from 10 minutes to 20 minutes, to keep the service running smoothly for other users."

 It does not say your speed will be reduced if you use the internet for 20 minutes.

Your reading comprehension gade is an F-.

Posted 08/18/2008 at 08:58:29am

Hey Norm,

In the first paragraph you say USB 3.0 will quintuple the bandwidth of USB 2, but in the third paragraph you say that USB 3.0 will offer a ten-fold increase over the bandwidth of the last data spec.  So...I'm guessing the "quintuple" was wrong?

Very good info, though.  I've been wondering what was up with USB 3.0 and you've laid out all of the fundamental info very well.  Does it look like either of the wireless USB standards are ready to take off?  

Posted 08/15/2008 at 11:36:17pm

The link to the 18 hour boss battle article doesn't work.

Posted 07/29/2008 at 09:41:48am

Of course the MPAA's claim is ridiculous.

And somebody needs to proofread this  article, because it's even worse than most of the stuff you guys have been putting up lately. 

Posted 07/29/2008 at 12:21:26am

So...we went from readers who don't understand sarcasm to readers who don't understand commas?

 Things are just getting worse.  And I'll admit I'm a little afraid.

Posted 07/28/2008 at 11:12:23am

In other news:

--if you step on a crack, you will break your mother's back.

 --if you swallow watermellon seeds, watermellon vines will grow out of your ears

--the sky is falling.

Don't believe everything you're told, alarmist.

Posted 07/28/2008 at 08:34:30am

So, Murph, I caught the part where you explained how the drive enclosure and the packaging are eco-friendly, but what about the hard drive inside?  How is that eco-friendly?  Or did you not really mean "completely" when you said (in italics, even), "completely"?

Posted 07/27/2008 at 11:10:19pm

Am I the only person in the world who thinks spending a couple of hundred bucks on a pair of freakin' earbuds is INSANE?