dan tynan on Nov 05 2009 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Infoworld, Music, Steve Jobs, iPhone
Well it finally happened. Digital versions of The Beatles’ catalog are finally coming to Apple. It’s just not the Apple you’re thinking of.
On December 8, you may be able to buy all of the recently released digitally remastered Beatles songs — along with 13 mini video documentaries — on an apple-green 16GB USB [...]
dan tynan on Oct 26 2009 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Infoworld, Microsoft, Music, iPhone
Amidst all the hubbub last week surrounding Windows 7 — not to mention Burger King’s 7-layer Windows Whopper — I totally missed one of the key anniversaries in tech history.
As MacWorld’s Scott McNulty notes, the iPod quietly turned 8 last Friday. My first reaction: Only 8? Hasn’t it been with us forever?
But no. [...]
dan tynan on Jan 07 2009 | Filed under: Computerworld, Culture Crash, Music
And so the madness begins.
I’m not going to CES (I may have mentioned that before), but I’ve gotten several pre-show briefings on interesting stuff. And though I’m sworn to secrecy on many of these products until they’re announced, two themes are clearly emerging: gadgets are going wireless in a big way, and everything is [...]
dan tynan on Dec 11 2008 | Filed under: Gadgets, Music, Reviews, US Airways Magazine
The Sonos System will be music to your ears
The Sonos Multi-Room Music System lets you enjoy digital music at home wherever you roam. All you need is a high-speed Internet connection, a home network router, and about 15 minutes of your time.
It’s rare to find electronic devices as simple to set up as the Sonos [...]
dan tynan on Nov 20 2008 | Filed under: Computerworld, Copyrights and wrongs, DMCA Madness, Music, politics
Your tax dollars are not only saving billionaire bankers from their own bad habits, they’re also helping to bail out the recording industry. Does the RIAA really truly need our help? To quote Amy Winhouse, “no no no.”
dan tynan on Oct 31 2008 | Filed under: Apple, Gadgets, Geekishness, Lists, Music, PC World, Steve Jobs
The best gadgets are simple, elegant, and change your life in ways you don’t expect
Five years ago my Gadget Freak column began with a simple mission. To explore brave new technologies, to seek out new gizmos and gear, and to boldly go where no gadget column had gone before.
Now that mission is over. This [...]
dan tynan on Sep 22 2008 | Filed under: Copyrights and wrongs, Cringley, Infoworld, Music
Most sane humans would greet a law suit from the RIAA the way you’d welcome a surprise audit from the IRS. Not Ray Beckerman. He says, "Bring it on, bubba."
Beckerman is a New York-based attorney who’s defended several clients in lawsuits brought by the recording industry. He also relentlessly chronicles the absurd activities of a [...]
dan tynan on Jul 21 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, DMCA Madness, Da Web, Infoworld, Music, Video, Web 2.0, youtube
After years of terrorizing its best customers, the RIAA may soon be brought to its knees — by a handful of angry moms. Would you mess with them? Cringely advises against it.
dan tynan on May 30 2008 | Filed under: Gadgets, Music, PC World, Video
Wireless, multiroom home audio is here, sort of. But wireless HD video is still mostly a pipe dream.
(An edited version of this originally appeared in the June 08 issue of PC World magazine.)
Two things really irritate me. One is the miles of wire that you can see strung behind and between all the electronic devices [...]
dan tynan on May 20 2008 | Filed under: Apple, Da Web, Infoworld, Microsoft, Music, Quizzes, Steve Jobs, Uncategorized
Windows holes, Google food, aging tunesmiths, cranky billionaires, Tony Soprano, and — yes — the ghost of MicroHoo dominate this week’s quiz. Are you ready to demonstrate your geek street cred? Give yourself 10 points for correct answers and bupkis for everything else. Ready? Then let’s rock and roll.
– Dan Tynan
1. Australian security researchers have [...]
dan tynan on Mar 02 2008 | Filed under: Music, US Airways Magazine, Video
Eventually, you’ll be able to watch whatever you want wherever you want. But not today.
(A slightly different version of this appeared in the March 2008 issue of US Airways Magazine.)
By Dan Tynan
My family and I don’t watch television anymore. However, we consume TV shows the way Homer Simpson eats donuts. Those two concepts [...]
dan tynan on Feb 10 2008 | Filed under: Music, PC World
Don’t want to sing “I Fought the Law and the Law Won”? These five services will keep you entertained and out of court.
(A version of this story originally appeared on PCworld.com.)
By Dan Tynan
Have the recording industry’s evil minions scared you off swapping tunes online? Tremble in fear no more. There are plenty of ways to [...]
