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The pull of the big screen seems to be diminishing according to this AOL Entertainment story. There is nothing quite like seeing a good movie on a big screen with a honkin’ huge sound system that rattles your chair. However, many entertainment venues have their time, and perhaps the Silver Screen has reached its apogee.
The AOL story said movie attendance declined 6 percent in 2005 which is the biggest dip in twenty years. This same story also cites an Associated Press-AOL poll from last summer that reveals 73 percent of adults would prefer watching a movie at home on DVD or pay-per-view. This would certainly point to a substantial reason for the decline.
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The Steve Jobs 2006 Macworld keynote begins in just a little under two hours, this is the day of the year that Mac faithful stop whatever they’re doing for about an hour to watch their screens refresh. Of course it wasn’t that long ago we could actually watch the event live via QuickTime but I guess Steve doesn’t like all that attention. Rumors this year span everything from gigantic 50” plasma displays with OS X built in to iBooks sporting Intel processors, but the one I’m hoping for is a new Mac Mini with DVR functionality built-in.
If you can’t wait for the rest of the tech news sites to post the new Apple gadgetry there are plenty of sites to keep open starting at 9 am pacific time. Mac Rumors, MacScoop, Gizmodo and Engadget have all been known to provide pretty good live coverage in the past.
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A U.S. citizen has his or her privacy protected through legislation such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Financial Privacy Rule of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the National Do Not Call Registry.
However, it appears the telephone numbers of people you call or who call you are not protected. They should be. I can’t believe this company has a right to do this or how they get the info. As I said in the headline, it’s scary.
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Skype, the free phone company, recently surpassed a quarter of a billion free downloads of their calling software. As recently as October of 2005, 170,000 people per day were accessing the download.
Skype is legal and it is free. Skype uses VoIP technology to place calls over the Internet. To use Skype for free you need the software and a computer, and the person you are calling needs the software and a computer, too. The easiest way to converse is to use a headset connected to the computers at each end of the call.
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Well, at least two shows anyway, and ones I’ve never watched...but since it was only a few days ago I wished a network would start selling shows before being aired, I’ve got to be excited right?
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