The old joke is that Metallica sold out in 45 minutes—not a concert, just sold out. The wicked bass and drums didn't score any points with purists when the band did a 180 and decided MTV was good for their career after all, nor were any points scored when they went after Napster. Those who know exactly ...

So Mulley mentions that Moviestar.ie are planning to offer downloadable movies. Great concept, but I can guarantee the execution will be crap on a stick. :( First off, the content available: ‘When the service goes live on 1 May, customers will be able to avail of content from several Irish producers ...

In some parts of the world people still use the term “steal” to describe getting music through bittorent or other systems. At the same time, many people use the term filesharing or downloading to describe that same process. Laws might get passed and moral judgements might be imposed, but how ...

Illegal downloading It seems like March has clearly become a dark time for illegal downloaders. With Exetel in Australia willing to disconnect offenders, following on what seems to have started on in Japan and Sweden (where the ISPs can give to the courts, information on suspected file sharers). ...

Can someone explain to me the magic of bittorrents? How do they work? How are they different from programs like Limewire and Kazaa? What's the deal with seeds and peers and how can you optimize your downloading speed (i.e. how to make it quicker)? Finally, which are the best sites where you ...

2008-03-27_084045-Treehugger-brainlamps.jpg Alexander Lervik took an MR scan of his own brain, processed it through a 3-D printer, and turned it into a lampshade. Never was the concept of mass-customization demonstrated so graphically. ::Lervik Design via ::Boing Boing To the inevitable question "Why ...

gx1.jpg objects 05-06' surface studies by daniel widrig (laser cut paper) We are fascinated by downloadable designs, where a world of design can be produced locally. We even did a website about it.. Consequently we are upset to find that we missed an entire exhibition of it, in Berlin last month. Generator.x ...

Beta software is not for the timid. Warnings like "proceed with caution" and "use at your own risk" often accompany these releases—and many are content to wait for a stable version fearing that they might do damage to their current installations or configurations. So, the question is: do you like to ...

Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis can probably recruit Kip Winger to croon his off-to-jail-again theme song. Kip's likely available these days. After just finishing a jail sentence for distributing content featuring under age girls, Francis' widely-publicized revelation that Eliot Spitzer's call girl, ...

Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis can probably recruit Kip Winger to croon his off-to-jail-again theme song. Kip's likely available these days. After just finishing a jail sentence for distributing content featuring under age girls, Francis' widely-publicized revelation that Eliot Spitzer's call girl, ...