bq.Most companies mistakenly believe that content protection is about protecting content. Consider that renting a new video release for a single night costs $4 to $5, but renting an old video for five days costs $5. Most content makes the majority of its revenue in the first few weeks of release. Thus, content protection is [...]
I just helped out at the Circulation Desk for a moment and had to watch someone dig though his wallet for his library card. I wonder if someday that will cease to be a problem? I also wonder what Frank Sinatra would think.
Once upon a time, a group of researchers created Virtual Network Computing and it was good. The spiritual descendant of that project is now located at RealVNC. The Beta for 4.0 is showing a great deal of promise. Other branch projects have included the optimized TightVNC and the commercialized TridiaVNC. Last night, I ran across [...]
Dark Horse Comics has created Dark Horse Libraries, a site specifically designed to increase accessability of their products to librarians.