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1. Comment - The read/write cycle continues: 6x Blu-ray BD-Rs in July

   (Jun 24, 2008 - 2:55 PM)

   So are there studies (independent) out there on how long these BD-Rs last?

2. Comment - New beta of an employee salary-sharing service

   (Jun 11, 2008 - 3:45 PM)

   One of those sites in which when you register, you are sent a confirmation email. After which, you'd need to click on a link in the confirmation email to fully access your account. No big deal, but it's also one of those sites in which the confirmation email takes FOREVER to get sent out.
   
   Anything beyond 1 minute in this situation is an eternity for web users.

3. Comment - Can a touch-screen interface turn Windows around?

   (May 28, 2008 - 3:37 PM)

   When Windows 7 gets released, you'll be able to put your computer into sleep mode with a swipe of the fingers, and then find out once again that it won't wake up correctly.
   
   Touch is nice, but the other side of it, is that there needs to be good "feedback." When you press a piano key, it "presses" back upon release. Same with a physical keyboard. Or a physical button. You can feel a globe spinning when you're spinning a real one. Just some Accessibility issues to consider.

4. Comment - Google-backed group calls RealPlayer 'badware'

   (Feb 4, 2008 - 4:01 PM)

   Seriously, has anyone used Realplayer as their #1 or #2 player for the last ten years?

5. Comment - Analysis: Ten reasons why discs won't die

   (Jan 9, 2008 - 2:30 PM)

   Two things, I guess...
   
   Adoption can happen. Competition can come from manufacturers to lower the prices (there doesn't have to be competing formats to lower prices). So prices on players and ROM drives get lower. They become ubiquitous so that all computer come with Blu-ray RW drives instead of DVD+-RW drives. People buy $99 Blu-ray players for their TVs (whether they have blu-ray discs or not) to play old DVDs AND blu-ray. etc. Phase out the DVD players, and eventually people would start buying blu-ray discs anyway. Remember the years in which DVD-ROM drives had been in computers for a while, but software companies still insisted on shipping software in CD-ROMs? Eventually they switched.
   
   To expand on #8, I wouldn't let kids pass around my DVDs, but my friends and family very often let each other borrow DVDs. How the hell would you do that with streaming media? Okay, you can by some sort of managed rights thing (like iTunes DRMed songs on multiple computers I guess), but why make it so complicated by creating this huge system and constantly updating and keeping it from getting abused with cheaters.
   
   I don't know, I'm probably talking out of my butt.