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iRice

I’m sure I’m not the only somewhat tech-savvy person who’s encountering this: when you return home after a while, the second thing family asks you is always that nagging computer problem. No sweat, I’m getting used to it – but this weekend I had a special kind of problem. My …

Apple & Infringing Copyrights

It’s news like this that reminds me on why I haven’t got any Apple products around. Apple removed a Bittorrent app from the app store, because BitTorrent is often used to “infringe copyrights”. When will anyone learn? Here’s what the app author has to say: I’d just like to reiterate …

Defective by Design

DRM is a scheme of the past. Why the iTunes store is still florishing, I can only guess. Ease-of-use and tight coupling with the Apple product line (lifestyle) might be the reason. Since april, all of the iTunes songs are DRM-free. The problem is, this right is not invoked on …