http://www.sidbusiness.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:49:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Business Software Alliance continues to battle distribution of pirated software on peer-to-peer and auction sites. The piracy problem on auction sites is so bad that the Software and Information Industry Association has said it was considering suing eBay. The BSA warns consumers that buying pirated software can lead ... http://www.sidbusiness.com/?p=334 They've got a fighting chance, in other words, but will need something extra to differentiate themselves from the rapidly growing pack. Some ideas: offer a range of bitrates, all the way up to lossless. Do more with the lyrics, like integrating them into music streams, then scrolling them across ... http://www.sidbusiness.com/?p=332 As an outgoing board member, and perhaps the most corporate of the bunch, I wanted to respond specifically to Bruce's insinuations. In so doing, I'm speaking as Matt Asay, and not for the OSI. commentary The OSI needs a vibrant membership of those currently shaping the open source landscape. It's possible that ... http://www.sidbusiness.com/?p=330 Jodange Top of Mind is a tool by quants, for traders. It looks at the published opinions and prognostications of market analysts and correlates them with stock moves. From that data it tells you which writers are the ones that either predict or influence the public markets. Why I like ... http://www.sidbusiness.com/?p=328 commentary Good luck to you, Laura. Please stay in touch as I'd love to hear what you're up to at Mashery. I've known Laura for six years. She was the one who made SDForum relevant in open source. She was the one who brought Krugle to my attention. I'm certain she'll ... http://www.sidbusiness.com/?p=326 If the report is true, however, Microsoft could be making an important move. According to many industry observers, the magic price point in video game machines is $200. Go below that, the theory goes, and you potentially open up your machine to the truly mass market. If you can see past ... http://www.sidbusiness.com/?p=324 Back in the old days when TVs and radios had tubes, it took a couple of minutes for a set to warm up before you could watch or listen. But even then, you could turn it off instantly. That's not true with Windows PCs. Not only does it sometimes ... http://www.sidbusiness.com/?p=322 The Gamecom 777 set will be available at retail beginning in September for $99. (Credit: Swagalicious) The intention is to enable PC gamers to play games with the sound happening around them, and not directly in their ears. That enables longer listening time--less "listening fatigue," to use industry parlance--and therefore longer ... http://www.sidbusiness.com/?p=320 Earlier on Tuesday, performance firm Pingdom released numbers pulled from Google Insights for Search, showing that different social networks have very different levels of "interest" across the world. ComScore's numbers, also released Tuesday, underscore the fact that social sites are increasingly global in nature--and sometimes unexpectedly. We sort of knew it ... http://www.sidbusiness.com/?p=318 But why would I get an iPhone 3G when it doesn't solve most of the problems I had with the original iPhone? Well, it's really just that my Treo 650 is almost dead. Apple's iPhone 3G The third-party development problem is mostly solved. It's still not possible for developers to ... http://www.sidbusiness.com/?p=316