Apple announced today the ability to purchase movies from iTunes in the US (I'm sure it will spread worldwide in time). Now, the news release doesn't mention what file size the movie downloads are, but I think it's ridiculous that anyone would consider this for standard viewing. Here's why. Standard DVD is 4.7 GB. Double …
Blog Post from Google Docs
This is a sample blog post created and edited using Google Docs. Once I'm done typing this message I will attempt to post it to my blog at http://www.brianlang.ca. I'm including a photo of my son Joseph picking what he wants to eat for supper. Just to see how Google Docs handles it. Update: Well, …
Vista Beta 2 not ready for primetime
Well, it's obvious it's still a Beta, but it's working reasonably well for me. I've had a few times where an application would freeze up and one BSOD! I have not had any one specific item cause repeated problems. Most of the software I use regularly is working fine. The one thing I miss most …
Windows Vista Beta 2 SUCCESS!
To recap the story: I Downloaded Windows Vista Beta 2 at work on Friday. Burned a copy to DVD (you have to use DVD) but it was a bad copy. Re-downloaded it on Saturday and burned a nice shiny new DVD (burned at 4x - recommended to burn at 2x - talk about slow). I …
Installing Vista Beta – Take 2
Ok. I've walked through the first few steps again, but went the Custom route. The installer asked which drive I wanted to use, told me what it was going to do (move the old version of Windows to a folder called Windows.old along with other things too) and then started installing. This time I got …
Upgrading to Windows Vista Beta 2
I'm upgrading my home PC to Windows Vista using the Beta 2 version just released by Microsoft. Here's my story. Before I even considered updating to Vista, I ran the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor which found no impediments to installing Vista. Here's my base system specs: Intel Celeron 2.4GHz 768 MB RAM 230 MB Disk …
XBox 360 Media Connect finally working
VICTORY IS MINE! I have defeated the XBox 360 and its media playing demons! Or something like that. What I ended up doing was this: Format C: Re-Install Windows XP Re-Install All Software. Fortunately I have two hard drives and I could use the second for backup. I don't recommend this if you don't have …
Digital Music and iTunes Libraries
With the Christmas arrival of my new XBox 360, I've decided to convert my CD library to digital music. That brought up a bunch of questions and issues, most of which I have now resolved. Here are some of the highlights of my search for digital music. I've decided to create all my digital music …
Increasing capacity of flash memory cards
Samsung will start producing new memory cards next year that have the potential to hold 32 GB of digital files (music, pictures, video, whatever). They also announced a new 7.2 megapixel sensor. I would imagine that by next Christmas, we will start seeing new 7 megapixel cameras at the consumer level from various manufacturers. Wow! …
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XBox 360 to help cure cancer?
Wired News: How Gamers Can Help Cure Cancer Wired News has an interesting article on distributed computing with a twist. Why not put to use all the spare computing cycles that game consoles generate? Given that the current XBox is a 733 MHz machine, and the XBox 360 is supposed to have 3 3.25 GHz …
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