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May 28, 2008

Free Yourself from the Proprietary Corporate Greed of ‘Big Brother’: Microsoft, Apple, etc.

Filed under: Asus, Consumer Issues, Copyright, Entertainment, Free Software, Google, Intellectual Property, Internet Freedom, Life, Linux, Media, Media Center, Microsoft, Money, Movies, Music, News, Open Source, Personal, Photography, Photos, Random, Technology, Television, Thoughts, Ubuntu, Video, Vista, Windows, Windows Media Center, Windows XP, Writing, XP — Bruce @ 8:24 am

Always choose the superior Open Source Free Software.

Now, there is an equivalent or superior Free Open Source version of all the best software that exists.

Do you use Ubuntu Linux on your PC and laptop yet?

Google does. Did you know that Google’s search engines are all running 100% on Linux? Not Windows. Not Mac. Only Linux. Does Google know something you don’t know?

You can even install Ubuntu Linux on a Windows computer without changing a thing — all for free. It takes about 2.5 minutes, and is as easy as three clicks, using Wubi — the Windows Ubuntu Installer. Try it here!

Check out each of these links carefully:

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May 27, 2008

Feel Like a Movie Tonight?

Filed under: Copyright, Intellectual Property, Internet Freedom, Life, Media, Money, Movies, Technology — Bruce @ 10:37 am

It’s the best way to find an awesome movie to watch…

I’ve always believed in the Viewers’ Ratings of movies on Yahoo Movies. That’s how I decide if a movie is going to be any good or not.

I don’t even want to know what it’s about. If the VIEWERS rating is high, it will be great.

Warning: Totally ignore the CRITICS Rating. They are almost always Wrong!

Here is…

How to Have an Awesome Movie to Watch Tonight:

THIS is an AWESOME Link: Go to Top Rated Movies of All Time (by VIEWERS): (Bookmark this link!)
Note: If you have Windows, you must have already installed the utorrent program once. If you haven’t yet, just go to utorrent.com and click on Download to install it. It is free, and tiny. This is a one-time thing. (Of course, if you have the superior Ubuntu instead of Windows or Mac, you don’t need to install anything. It’s all built-in. And if you have a Mac, go here to get a bittorrent client instead.)
Go to mininova.org and enter the name of the movie you want. Be sure to check that it is in the proper format that your computer or player can play (or burn to DVD, then play). Click on Download Torrent. As you download the torrent file, select: “Open With: uTorrent”
Buy some popcorn and you’re ready!

That’s it!

You’re done.

May 22, 2008

Yet Another Reason to NOT buy Vista

Filed under: Consumer Issues, Entertainment, Free Software, Internet Freedom, Life, Linux, Media, Media Center, Microsoft, Movies, Music, News, Open Source, Technology, Television, Ubuntu, Vista, Windows, Windows Media Center, Windows XP, XP — Bruce @ 1:04 pm

…as if we needed one.

Microsoft’s Media Center Does Not Record Television Shows from NBC

Microsoft has come out with an astounding admission, courtesy of Greg Sandoval at CNet News:

“Microsoft included technologies in Windows, based on rules set forth by the (Federal Communications Commission),” a Microsoft spokeswoman wrote in an e-mail to CNET News.com. “As part of these regulations, Windows Media Center fully adheres to the flags used by broadcasters and content owners to determine how their content is distributed and consumed.”

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