When Daniel Raffel emailed and asked if we’d be interested in publishing his list of favorite stuff from 2009 we quickly agreed. He has worked on some of the more interesting projects in Silicon Valley over the last couple of years, and has his finger on the pulse of new technology. His post is below
Short Version: You want to listen to Fergie in the kitchen. Don’t worry, I understand.
Tetris Tiles Hit The States, Showers Forever Changed This Microsoft Windows 7 launch video is, if possible, worse than that musical one Poken gets a Pulse iPod nano banned by many gyms R2D2 features 8 consoles, projector
MySpace Music , which launched a little less than a year ago, is the one bright spot of growth in an otherwise flatlining MySpace. But all that popularity comes at a price - billions of free streaming songs are costing MySpace up to $10 million a month in streaming fees, says a source, and the joint venture may lose $20 million or more this year. To minimize those losses, MySpace has made a big change to it’s product - songs no longer auto-play when you visit a MySpace user profile
Looking for an easy way to separate two kinds of data? Maybe, business documents on one side, music on the other (business in the front, party in the back)?
Rocket bike FAIYATORIKKUBOBU, for you my friend, one million yen A cool trick to keep your laptop safe from customs The teeny, tiny little music making thing in a Tic Tac box LucasArts will show some Star Wars love at San Diego Comic Con Heavy breathing on the internet is almost a reality
The question that has been on everyone’s minds regarding the PSP Go (”Um, what do I do with all my games that I bought) has been answered, though somewhat vaguely. John Koller, Sony’s Director of Hardware Marketing, said that there will be a system in place for people to get their UMD-based games onto their PSP Go.
Well, we asked for a denial , and they’re giving us one. Russ Garrett , a Last.fm developer, issues another blanket denial of the Last.fm user data fiasco: Nothing I can say will convince you that this didn’t happen, because allegedly CBS did the deed and not us. I hope that CBS will issue their own denial soon, but the wheels of large companies run slowly
I’ve fiddled with the beta version a few times before, but I’m happy the Vienna, Austria-based startup is now ready to release its eponymous service, Play.fm , publicly so I can finally tell you about it, too. Yes, it’s another online music startup, but worth a second look if you want my opinion
Streaming video platform Brightcove has added another partner to its already-impressive group of associates. Vudu , purveyors of fine set-top boxes, have struck up a deal to stream Brightcove-associated content.
