We’re officially cord-cutters now. Actually, we technically cut the cord at the beginning of the year, when our Comhem cable TV subscription ended, and we had actually stopped watching the cable programs way before then. What we’ve had since last…
Category: Tech
An end to roaming fees in Europe?
From the Verge: While travellers in Europe are enjoying lower roaming fees across the continent, the European Commission (EC) believes that isn’t enough. As part of new legislation, its vice president Neelie Kroes today unveiled new plans to end mobile…
“The United States Supreme Court has done all that it can to make this situation worse”
Your browser does not support iframes. Harvard Law Professor and Internet activist Lawrence Lessig took part in a panel discussion on corruption and democracy in Lund tonight. He was in the southern Swedish city to receive an honorary doctorate. The…
Netflix is about to destroy Lovefilm
Here in Sweden we used to have a service called Brafilm, which, like Netflix, would send DVDs to your home. You could subscribe to having one, two, or three DVDs at home at the same time. This was great, as…
Brilliant idea for text editing on the iPad
Without a mouse, selecting before editing is a horrible experience. This video, reposted on The Unofficial Apple Weblog, presents a great improvement: I should add that editing the link in this post on the iPad has been almost impossible,…
Don’t hold your breathe waiting for Al-Jazeera
When I was in California a month and a half ago I wrote to local cable provider Comcast, asking them to provide Al-Jazeera English. It really seems like some kind of political decision that they don’t want to let in…
Buying digital Potter
Harry Potter is finally available on eBooks. Only through the Pottermore website, but Amazon is trying. Sort of…. I’ve written before that I would have been more likely to buy Harry Potter eBooks a couple of years ago, somewhat…
Why file-sharing is not theft
I really hate the anti-piracy trailer at the beginning of DVD’s, such as those that I rent from Lovefilm in Sweden. The last person you want to irritate with a nasty accusation of stealing is the person who has lawfully…
Star Wars: Galaxies vs The Old Republic
I played Star Wars Galaxies from its second month of existence until the very end, more than eight years later. The day after they pulled the plug I was playing its successor, Star Wars the Old Republic, a week before…
Anti-ACTA demonstration in Strasbourg
Anti-ACTA demonstration in Strasbourg, originally uploaded by radiowood2000. Today sees demonstrations around the world to protest against ACTA, a so-called anti-copyright treaty negotiated in secret by the United States, which critics charge will limit the Internet even more than the…