According to an article in Wired, Sony will be making the blue laser DVD recorders available (including built-in tuner) on April 10th in Japan. The recorder will be able to store two hours of HD video, giving it a substantial increase in capacity over the current red-laser DVDs. Any of …

In the beginning, Apple created iPod, and it was good. You could play your music on it wherever you went and there was great sound, manageable size, and plenty of space. Then Apple said, "let there be Contacts and Calendars", and so you could access your friends, family, and events …

Thanks to everyone who came, the MovieFest yesterday was a lot of fun. We had a full house and the print of the film was every bit as good as I had remembered. The next MovieFest will be the last weekend in March. If you want to nominate a title …

In yet another round of fun Napster-related lawsuits, CNet is reporting in this article that Napster investor Bertelsmann is being sued by a group of music producers for, in effect, causing more piracy by prolonging the life of the now-failed music-swapping service.

For those of you who are fans of Jackie Chan, it's always good to see him working, and he definitely does that in Shanghai Knights, the sequel to Shanghai Noon (Read More below to continue, no spoilers) I can't come out and say that this is some of Jackie's best …

For those of you familiar with CDDB and Gracenote and the various precursors that spawned being able to identify your audio CDs by inserting them into your computer, you may be interested in hearing about MusicBrainz. The site/free service is a community-based open-source and open-database answer to the problem …

The folks at TiVo, who earlier this year announced their Series 2 product (with more storage and upcoming home-network connectivity features), have answered the pleas of current TiVo users who purchased lifetime TiVo subscriptions by allowing them to upgrade to the new system while preserving their existing membership. This announcement …

Surprisingly, despite some lackluster reviews, The Recruit is a good movie for the post- cold-war spy action drama genre. Mike, Dmitry and I went to the movie on Saturday so as to avoid paying full price for a movie with such inadequate reviews. Since I hadn't been to the theater …

ZDNet (MSN)1 has an article detailing the latest steps by filmmakers and Hollywood to control exactly what you see when you play a DVD. As far as they are concerned, if you buy a DVD, you should only have the rights to see what they want you to see …

The band Phish, already known as being the most wired band in the world (courtesy of Rolling Stone Magazine), has initiated a new service that allows phans to download soundboard-quality music just days after a concert. The service, known as LivePhish charges between 10 and 13 dollars, dependent upon the …

This month's showing, scheduled for February 23rd at 2PM, will be the classic Lawrence of Arabia. As with last week's showing, please RSVP so that we can make sure we have ample seating.

Since they charge for it on CD's, it was only a matter of time before the RIAA decided they needed to get more revenue by taxing ISPs. This article on Yahoo covers the latest ideas from that most loved of musical institution (tongue firmly in cheek at this point).

I've set the date for what will be a monthly series of movies shown at the house. Friends are encouraged to RSVP, so that we will know that there is sufficient seating. If you have suggestions for future movies, please drop me an email and I'll try to put them …