Archive 18. May 2007

Amazon kündigt DRM-freie MP3-Downloads an - nice deal for EMI. I think it's about time for the other major labels to stop with the DRM nonsense if they want to keep up. Two huge shop platforms for EMI and good press, that can quickly make the number 3 the number 2 or even better, if download numbers are the primary sales share.

Deutsche Telekom bids farewell to T-Com brand - one builds a brand for a lot of money. Then one crushes it and introduces another brand that again swallows money for advertising measures. At the same time, one wants to pay the service employees less money for more hours. So that one can squander more money on nonsensical marketing measures? The monkey dance that the Telekom is currently performing is simply ridiculous.

Friday 20 - It's about almost everything - why the Deutsche Telekom strike is more than just an attempt to save the company's employees. Much more.

individual-i [de] - linked by the raven, pointed out by the eagle owl and no, I don't have a bird. But simply one of several logos in the top right corner of my site, as a sign that individual rights are more important to me than an exaggerated and unrealistic need for security. And the link collection at the raven should be explored as further information.

JPC - Computer Virtualization in Java - a PC emulator in Java. Strange.

Why, oh WHY, do those #?@! nutheads use vi? - interesting text about the strengths of vi. Slightly shocking: this was written by people who built a VI emulation for Microsoft Visual Studio.

WMAP Mission: Results