Thanks to Michael in Alameda, California for catching an error I made in the post about media companies fighting over fees. The company I referred to as Aero is Aereo. I use a website called phenom.aero, so I must have …
Earlier this month, 20 million American homes that are subscribed to DirecTV, suddenly could no longer watch Nickelodeon, MTV or Comedy Central. Viacom owns the content and rents it to DirecTV for a fee. Their contract was about to expire …
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Libraries are trying their best to make borrowing e-books convenient, but publishers are not making it easy. See E-Books Are Easier to Borrow, Just Be Prepared to Wait. The New York Times story said that e-book borrowing is preceded by e-book …
The first time I visited Slovakia, it was part of the former Communist nation. At the border crossing there were soldiers with machine guns. They rifled through our luggage and put a large mirror under the car to see if …