SOPA is too extreme to be a practical solution, according to Tom Gimbel of Austin City Limits, but he believes we need a policy that encourages online creativity and economic growth while also protecting intellectual property. It’s not as exciting to advocate for a compromise, but… Read More »
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Brainchild of New York–based filmmaker Kirby Ferguson, the Everything is a Remix web series builds on the premise that original ideas and thoughts are extremely hard. And because of those reasons, some of the greatest creations are derivative works or remixes of original thoughts. Read More »
Using social-media tools has become almost a necessity for musicians and artists of all kinds, as a way of promoting their work and connecting with fans. But can doing all this get in the way of the creativity that makes them artists in the first place? Read More »
“The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.”–Linus C. Pauling, American chemist and two-time Nobel Prize recipient. I received a holiday card with this quotation in it this week. I liked it. And decided it was just the kind of… Read More »
Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego have developed a new way of mixing images and video feeds from mobile cameras in the field to provide remote viewers with a virtual window into a physical environment. Dubbed ‘Reality Flythrough,’ the application constructs… Read More »
Toshiba had introduced a 0.85 inch 2 GB drive at 2005 CES in January, and it has just started shipping it to the market. Will this mean, a mini-mini iPod? Toshiba will begin shipping the 0.85-inch HDD in a 4GB capacity in mid-2005. Storage companies are… Read More »
