BluRay's Trojan Horse

BluRay Trojan Horse

Having access to a Reference State-of-the-Art Home Theater has its rewards, among them being the ability to treat my family to a private viewing of the latest high-definition DVD releases – this past weekend being Avitar.   But this long awaited viewing experience was spoiled when the BluRay DVD was loaded into our player which released a firmware upgrade requirement which crippled the player from further use until the upgrade was performed.  Welcome to things to come…   (more…)

Tags: AACS, Great Conspiracy Theories, HDTV, High Definition, Technology Ahead
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Forecasting Abrupt Changes

Noetic Science Silent Participants

eLectronics will change everything (if you haven’t figured that out already)!  In an online USA Today Article, Tech CEOs try to predict who’ll win tomorrow’s Tech Race, these enlightened few reflect on the companies of tomorrow.  It is only appropriate, that this “great conspirator” contribute to the good of the cause with two items. Be aware of…  (more…)

Tags: Great Conspiracy Theories, New Technologies, Technology Ahead
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Computer Hiatus

Computers taking recess (a break or interruption in the continuity of a work or action) is on the rise.  Look at today’s headlines… “Facebook applications being added to profiles without users’ knowledge,” “Markets Plunge, Then Stage a Rebound,” “Google Calendar Crashes for Most Users,” all blamed on computer glitches, “fat finger entry,” or general software malfunctions.  Have we become so reliant on technology that common sense gets thrown out with the bath water?   (more…)

Tags: Great Conspiracy Theories
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Green Certified – So What

Green Certified

Recently, a joint effort by two electronic industry groups released a “Home Technology Green Certification Reference Guide.”  The report covered 17 different certifications programs, outlining their respective geographic constraints, dwelling type eligibility, independent testing, and costs.  Ironic that this formalized structure (self authenticated in its importance) has been embraced by so many, so many willing to pay the price tag for certifying themselves.   (more…)

Tags: Great Conspiracy Theories, Greening
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Predicting Actions Based on Inquiries

Google Search Results

A few weeks back, an old high school classmate committed suicide.  The whole story was very sad.  In my attempts to wrestle with the issues that surrounded his actions, I naturally (in our technology era) sought information from the Internet.  Was suicide on the rise?  Did socioeconomic issues play a part? Age? Gender? Should I worry about family members? A host of questions flooded the left side of my brain.  (more…)

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Sickest Ship on the Sea

The Mercury

In the secret dark corridors of Florida’s state capital, lobbyist and politicians alike hire rogue operatives to contaminate the Celebrity Cruises’ cruise ship, Mercury.  “That’ll teach them to abandon our port of calls in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Cape Canaveral.”  This has the makings of a great novel… fact or fiction??? (more…)

Tags: Great Conspiracy Theories
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Fallacy of Internet Privacy

Posting Online Pics

A California federal judge approved a $9.5-million settlement of a class-action lawsuit over social networking site Facebook’s program Beacon that published what users were buying.  This on the heals of outgoing Federal Trade Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour, who said that Facebook, Google, and other major U.S. Internet companies need to better protect the privacy of their users. (more…)

Tags: Great Conspiracy Theories
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National Internet Access

http://www.broadband.gov

The Federal Communications Commission [FCC] is preparing to submit to Congress next week a 10-year plan that will redefine the nation’s media and technology priorities by establishing high-speed Internet as the country’s dominant communication network.  Highlights include: (more…)

Tags: Great Conspiracy Theories, New Technologies, Technology Ahead
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Ye Who Controls the Pipe

Reciting a conversation between me and my broker [some +15 years ago], “Ye who controls the pipe, controls the world.”  My comments were made after returning from a project where the corporate client’s objective was to connect their world-wide operation over a single integrated network.  This included, voice, data, and audio visual media (the early years of video teleconferencing).  How times have evolved… (more…)

Tags: Great Conspiracy Theories, Technology Ahead
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No More Component (YPbPr) Output

BluRay players will no longer have component outputs on models introduced after December 31^st of this year.  Yes, that this year!  We keep talking about “Sunset Analog” but is anybody listening? (more…)

Tags: ESC Forward Looking, Great Conspiracy Theories, Technology Ahead
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Industry Links

• iPhone 5
  
  
  
  

  Rumor: iPhone 5 with 4-inch screen expected this summer | Apple Talk - CNET News

• New Privacy Concerns
  
  
  
  

  Google’s new privacy policy: Should you be concerned? — Tech News and Analysis

• Bye Bye iPod Classic
  
  
  
  

  Apple may discontinue the iPod shuffle and classic | TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

• New Hacker Frontier
  
  
  
  

  Companies See Opportunity in Stopping Cellphone Hackers - NYTimes.com

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