Archive for January 30th, 2007
“After 36 years of whirring and clunking, the floppy disk is about to join the video player, cassette deck and film camera on the technology scrapheap. The Hertfordshire-based PC World, Britain’s largest computer retail chain, plans to stop selling the 3½in (8.9cm) piece of plastic when stocks run out. The retailer said that floppy disks, which hold 1.44 megabytes of data, cannot be realistically used for the type of computing carried out today. Computer users now rely on the internet and memory devices to transfer their data, leaving the floppy disk as a largely defunct piece of technology, it added…” (Read full article here)
January 30th, 2007
“Last year the Dutch tried to tax all MP3 players, but that proposal didn’t make it into law. But not to worry, they have other brilliant ideas. Earlier this week, Dutch politicians suggested that it might be a good idea to tax Internet traffic, and use this money to compensate the music industry. This, under the condition that DRM is abandoned, and people can’t be charged for downloads. Say what?..” (Read full article here)
January 30th, 2007
“Sony, the Japanese electronics maker, said today that its profit had slipped in the third quarter as it took large losses on its new PlayStation 3 game console. But the company raised its annual profit forecast following strong sales of its core consumer products, like televisions and digital cameras, and movies like the latest James Bond film, “Casino Royale.” Sony reported a net profit 159.9 billion yen, or $1.3 billion, in the quarter ended Dec. 31. That was 5.3 percent below the same quarter the year before, but well above analysts estimates that profit would drop by as much as half…” (Read full article here)
January 30th, 2007
