Tag: Apple
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Hack the charts
Amazing talk from Peter Filimore, an Australia security researcher, investigating hacking streaming services like Rdio and Spotify to make his test albums #1 and also get royalties. Amazing how little security checks there are…and how funny the ‘music’ and albums he put up there was, and some of the responses to his ‘Troll Music’ Also…
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Planned Obsolescence
Planned obsolescence does exist and is an evil that is hid in jargon such as optimum lifespan and product cycle…but certainly some products are designed to break. John had one of those iPods with the dodgy battery, and yes it failed just over year of constant use when I borrowed it – eventually started leaking…
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NSA PIXAR ident and other parodies
Love this…I’ve not spoken much about NSA or PRISM partly because I’ve made my position clear in previous posts over the years – and a lot of this was suspected, or rumoured for decades. And also when the legislation and previous acts came to light very few people especially those in the US seemed to…
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It’s a Fine Day…
People Fall From Windows, But Just for A Small While….la la la la. Obtuse reason for that singalong is that Radio Clash Live has been upgraded to Airtime 2.4 which supports the new Opus codec…so I’ve changed the low quality stream to that format for a trial. Give it a spin – amazing quality for…
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Print yourself a Disney future
Didn’t know Disney did this sort of R&D but it’s amazing what can be done today, and what will be tomorrow. The first thought comes to mind: won’t the old world of patents and IPR be out of the window when you literally can print yourself a lamp, phone or a toy? We’ve seen what…
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GYBO/Bastard Interviews
Inspired by my GYBO RIP show (well that’s what C-Tel told my anyway 😉 his Acid Ted blog is interviewing all the legendary Bastard/GYBO crowd from the early days – he’s already had great interviews with Ben Soundhog (part 1 and part 2), Frenchbloke (part 1 & part 2) Andy Dunproofin (part 1 and part…