The Brady Report

Perian Project Closes after 6 years

editor — Wed, 16 May 2012 05:36:59 +0000

The must-have plugin for Quicktime will no longer be developed or supported by the Perian Project team. They are going to post the code to Google Code or GitHub but it remains to be seen if someone picks up the torch and continues the development.

For years Perian was THE plugin on the [...]

Pirates of Thrones

editor — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:41:19 +0000

(Forbes) -

HBO’s wildly successful Game of Thrones series is on its way to becoming the #1 pirated show on the web according to Erik Kain over at Forbes. I personally love the show but have yet to watch a single episode of season 2. Why? Because I don’t want to pay [...]

Update your JAVA lately?

editor — Fri, 04 May 2012 13:36:02 +0000

With the current JAVA exploit on the Mac that is still affecting a large number of Macs, users need to be more proactive in updating their software. A quick visit to http://isjavaexploitable.com/ will tell you if your JAVA client is up to date.

Why bandwidth caps could be a threat to competition – ARS Technica

editor — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:57:54 +0000

From ARS Technica:

Bandwidth is perishable. You can’t save it now to use later. As a result, most networks are heavily congested at some times and well below capacity at others. During periods of peak demand, bandwidth is scarce and each additional user imposes costs on others. The rest of the time, bandwidth is [...]

Google Drive launches

editor — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:33:17 +0000

After a lot of rumors and speculation for the past 6 months, Google Drive has finally launched. If you didn’t get an invite yet, its coming. Free accounts get 5GB of storage. Dropbox, the obvious competition only gives free users 2GB but you can earn 500MB per referral for up to 18GB [...]

Sony SmartWatch

editor — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:10:34 +0000

Get a watch that does more than tell time. Check updates, control your music and much more from your Android™ smartphone. Bluetooth® enabled SmartWatch works beautifully with both Sony and non-Sony Android-based smartphones alike.

At $149, and swappable bands in different colors, this thing looks pretty cool. They are out of stock [...]

Coffee Faucet – Yes Please

editor — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:17:34 +0000

Now this is something I would like to put in my kitchen - TopBrewer Coffee faucet by Scanomat

Find more information at http://www.scanomat.com/coffee-brewers/topbrewer

(image from Scanomat)

Facebook to acquire Instagr.am for $1B

editor — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:14:11 +0000

Facebook agrees to buy Instagram for $1,000,000,000 in cash and stock. I love the app but $1B? Seriously?

Read the press release on Facebook

PlayStation 3 gets Amazon Instant Video … kinda out of nowhere

Digital Dave — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:27:57 +0000

[Joystiq]

After the hosts of the PlayStation Blogcast teased a new video service on their last show, we’ve been anxiously waiting for news on what said service could be. Much like the stealth Blogcast tease, Amazon Instant Video quietly appeared on the PlayStation 3′s cross-media bar today under the video header.

Rather than being implemented [...]

GMail Tap

editor — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 21:04:59 +0000

Google announced today Google Tap - a new text input method based on Morse Code.