Wise Buddha

If you haven’t heard France is taking a stand (long overdue Bravo!) on our behalf by trying to force the providers of digital music and in particular the numero uno culprit Apple to open up their digital copy protection so that consumers can play legally purchased copy DRM files on any system.
Seems reasonable to me […]

The NSPCC has announced an interesting initiative with Microsoft who are a long term supporter of the charity in the UK. In order to encourage people to use MSN Search they are offering to donate money to the NSPCC if people use a special site called clickscount.
The idea is simple - if you use this […]

Big announcement that somebody has finally won the cash prize and successfully got Windows XP to boot and work successfully on a new Intel based iMac. Read about it here
I’m sure there are real mixed feelings and plenty of hand wringing amongst the Mac faithful but it goes to show that surely a fully fledged […]

I’m a bike nut so am biased but sometimes you spy something so simple that you find new details everytime you look. Here is a picture I snapped at Laguna Seca last year of the rear exhaust and tail piece of a Ducati Superbike - it’s so simple yet really sophisticated design.
Some people think Harley […]

XBOX 360 is about more than just gaming it aims to be the centre of your digital lifestyle at home. Microsoft have just announced an interesting deal with Epic records that is a big indication of their future intent. Read about it here.
It will be interesting to see how many people are prepared to let […]

A British study has recently concluded that playing video games can actually be a beneficial past time for young people as it helps them build social skills. As young people spend as much time playing games as doing their homework this is probably good news for parents.
Researchers at Brunel University used an online java-based gaming […]

If you love your new Mac but crave the day when Front Row really is a fully fledged media centre and you can blow out any thought of buying a Media Center PC (not until they spell it properly!) here is a suite that has great potential - check out Media Central here.

Marketers are interested in knowing what people are searching for on the web - you never know it could be your own brand! Google provides a Zeitgeist of all the top searches by country. See the main page here - it’s a useful top line insight tool. If you don’t know what Zeitgeist means our […]

Current TV is an interesting example of how a ‘channel’ is building a business using user content as opposed to producing and commissioning programs the old fashioned way. Perhaps this is the future with contributors producing their own ‘Pods’ of content.
Everybody’s talking about Google it seems these days so check out how they produce their […]

Pretty innocuous sounding (and incidentally Microsoft’s 5000 patent) Patent No. 6,999,083 is interesting primarily for gamers and voyeurs but also has potential for advertisers.
The new technology being incorporated into the XBOX 360, its software, and the XBOX Live service and will allow people to join various games as a spectator. This seems to indicate that […]