Posted by Migo on Nov 17th, 2006
This week we’ve got the death of VHS, guitar-playing shirts, Zune news, and a ton more.
- Part I
- VHS, 30, dies of loneliness
- Voltron Back on CartoonNetwork
- Fans Vote for Naruto Card Game Expansion
- Dragon Ball Returns to US TV
- Ethernet speeds raised to 100 gigabits per second
- Zune in pink (and orange)
- 400,000 Wiis Hitting Japan on Day One
- Taiwan’s Hon Hai wins Apple orders for mobile handsets
- Nintendo Shares at Record High Pre-Wii
- Titan Quest Expansion Finally Surfaces
- Nintendo wants to pimp your ride
- World of Warcraft Patch 2.0 Up on Test Realms
- Leo Burnett’s rain-sensitive cosmetic billboard
- Second Life Businesses Close Due to Cloning
- Space mirrors could create Earth-like haven on Mars
- Berlin hotel offers cel-shaded room to guests
- Skype launches SMC Wi-Fi Phone Package
- Zune incompatible with Windows Vista
- Microsoft’s Windows Vista released to manufacturing
- Apple hires IBM exec to fill General Counsel vacancy
- Complainers of the World Unite
- Part II
- Another NASA hacking suspect nabbed
- Amazon natives use Google Earth, GPS to protect forest home
- Microsoft teams with Sprint on mobile Web service
- AOL replaces CEO with NBC exec
- Play Guitar Hero with your shirt (on)
- PGP is 15 years old
- Wii have no room to play
- Google, Yahoo, Microsoft adopt same Web index tool
- Hacking Guide to The Wii GiftCard
- Going for a blast into the real past
- Ex-HP Chairman Pleads Not Guilty in Board Spy Case
- GamingReport.com Founder Exits
- AOL Adds More Features with AIM 6.0
- Sony Software Upgrades to Fix PlayStation Glitches
- YouTube in Web Video Deal with NHL
- Adobe Donates Source Code to Mozilla Tamarin
- ‘BlackBerry Thumb’ Sparks New Form of Hand Massage
- Microsoft to Pay Universal for Every Zune Sold
- Critical Flaw Haunts D-Link Wi-Fi Driver
- WinZip Enhances Image Compression Tasks
- Sun Sets Java Mascot Free
- Samba Team Denounces Novell/Microsoft Patent Pact
- UK artists builds DIY Wacom Cintiq tablet for under $200
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Devin de Gruyl
November 19, 2006 at 12:36 pm
Funny how the death-of-VHS article mentions Beta, LD, the original pay-to-play Divx, and even mini-discs as other “dead” home video formats… but neglects to even mention the CED (RCA “SelectaVision” videodisc) format. Despite being very popular - probably more so that Beta - in the early ’80s, it seems it truly is a forgotten medium today…
Of course, we all know the real reason why analog recording formats have died, and it’s nothing to do with audiovisual quality or even neglect… it’s because they are exempt from most digital copy protection. (See, DRM doesn’t do much good if you can just hook a tape deck up to your computer’s Line-Out and hit REC - not that I endorse such activity.) That’s gotta be the core reason for it; everything else is marketing.
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