Is the Internet a threat to publications? - Part 2

In part 1 of this series I concentrated on why books and publications have in general not become the target of online piracy, at least nowhere near the levels we see for music or movies. In this second and final part, I will discuss what determines whether a publication will become the target of online distribution. (continued)

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New Olympus E-520 DSLR, Zuiko ED 9-18mm lens

In the same fashion that the Olympus E-420 replaced the E-410, now comes the E-520 to replace the E-510. As expected, improvements are incremental and overall the E-520 is a better product with better developed features and additions: (continued)

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China wants part of the pie in the sky

The fact that large jumbo jets are almost exclusively designed and built by Airbus and Boeing is not a matter of simple chance. It’s a business that requires massive resources and experience. Not even Japan dares enter that arena -it prefers components or small aircraft. China however has now decided to enter the commercial jet business and to build planes with more than 100 seats. (continued)

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Is the Internet a threat to publications? - Part 1

It is a question that comes up naturally, especially when the music and movie industries are in such turbulent times. In many ways, worrying about book, magazine and newspaper content online so late, is the source of a strange feeling. Thinking of all information as data, text and pictures require less data volume and storage space than audio information, which is in turn just a fraction of video data.So how come Internet piracy started from music and not text? (continued)

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Moving from IT to green tech entrepreneurship - Why?

Being an entrepreneur means continuously searching for new opportunities and trends that will pay off in the hopefully not so distant future. IT is the classic playground for risk capital opportunists, and has indeed paid off for some of them quite handsomely. Earth2tech has a list of 25 successful IT entrepreneurs that have now turned to environment related technologies.

The list includes many categories, from transport -for example we have talked about Shai Agassi and his Project Better Place venture in Israel and Denmark- to energy production with sun and wind. Given that IT is still big money, it is a surprise that people that know this market well, risk capital in a sector that has less guaranteed earnings. So I came up with a list of what their incentives might be: (continued)

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Microsoft looking for Facebook love?

Microhoo has been the subject of discussions for weeks now. But since $33 did not do the job, maybe we will have some developments in the Microbook front. (continued)

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Second gen Pioneer Kuro to offer five times deeper black levels

The first generation Kuro TVs were already the kings of black. Despite Pioneer stopping producing them and relying on Panasonic for their manufacturing, the second generation is said to offer five times blacker blacks! Now this is going to look awesome and if CES previews are correct, the new generation models have black looking blacks even in a completely dark room! (continued)

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SuperTalent releases new relative affordable SSD drives

After being successful with memory chips, SuperTalent is extending its reach to SSD drives. Its new models that have capacities of 30, 60 and 120GB will cost $299, $449 and $699 respectively. The good thing is that they incorporate the newer MLC (Multi-Level Cell) technology. As previously mentioned, MLC technology is one of the technical features that will propel SSD drives to widespread adoption. (continued)

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New movies made with cellphones? No thanks!

Nokia and famous director Spike Lee signed an agreement for the later to edit user generator cellphone videos and create a mini 3-part series of 5-minute episodes. That’s fine and Nokia does well to contract a big name of modern cinema to promote the video capabilities of its phones. (continued)

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Audi electric car in 5-10 years: realistic or not?

It is encouraging to hear an optimistic prediction from the transport sector, one of the systematic polluters of our planet. Top Audi executive Rupert Stadler has made the heavy prediction that in 5-10 years from now, zero emission cars will be possible. In the meantime, diesels and hybrids will dominate. (continued)

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