Swedish Pirates are in the news again. This time, however, they are the winners. Yes, the Pirate Party won 7.1% of the vote for their platform opposing new copyright measures, giving them 1 of the 18 seats Sweden has in the European Parliament. While the Party Party is a separate entity from the Pirate Bay [...]
First, I’m sorry about the delay with my review of My Favorite Martin, which remains half done even though I’m on the third rewrite today. It has been a tricky review, and I hope you will see why when I do post it over this weekend.
My excuse is that I have been busy with actually [...]
I have not posted for a couple of days because I’ve had better things to do - playing my guitar! Ah yes, it was fun but also “serious work” as I was reviewing Textured Guitars, the latest series of sampled loops from Nine Volt Audio. (My review is here.)
In short, they are a blast. Creative [...]
Now that the Pirate Bay trial has ended (awaiting a verdict on April 17), it is sad to see that no one came out of it looking very good. The prosecutors seemed too inept with technology to speak about it with any authority; the media companies re-affirmed their inability to market to the current generation; [...]
Malware is malicious software such as viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other types of programs that are meant to take control of your computer, damage it, or both. While it has been around since the advent of the Internet, there has been a huge surge in malware with the current recession. One of the largest areas of growth has been in infected music downloads.
First the uncomplicated news. I have just posted my review of Pat Kirtley’s CD (with John Standefer) Brazilian Guitar on my web site here. This is one of my all-time favourite CDs and I think that you will love it. It is for anyone that enjoys acoustic guitar, bossa nova, samba, jazz, or just plain [...]
Yesterday’s post increased our traffic 500% over an ‘average’ day! Obviously this issue is a big one for a lot of us. If you want some background on the Pirate Bay case, check out this concise summary by BBC News at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7892073.stm. For those of you more tech-savvy and interested, you can get up to [...]
When I began this blog I never imagined that I would be writing about Swedish law. This past week though, the tech world has been “a-twitter” (pun intended) about the trial of Pirate Bay in Sweden.
If your concept of file-sharing begins and ends with Napster, you need a bit of catching up. The technology at [...]