Another list bites the dust.
I came across another top ten list that made twitch a bit. ...
iTunes now officially DRM free
I have to commend Apple for what is an awesome positive step in the right direction by making some 8 million songs in their iTunes catalogue DRM free. Furthermore they plan to make an additional 10 million songs DRM free within the first quarter of 2009. Sweet. There's a catch though (isn't there always?) and that is if you want any of your existing songs to be DRM free as well, you have to pay...
Dawkins and the Atheist buses
While I don't think this initiative will change anyone's religious stance (and it's not supposed to anyway), you have to admire Richard Dawkins' tenacity. In the UK, adverts have been placed on over 800 buses stating "There's probably no god. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life" as a response posters put up by religious groups which 'threatened eternal damnation' to atheists. The...
File Sharers soon to be guilty by default in New Zealand
Think about the countries you think are harsh on file sharers, and then consider New Zealand. The country closest to Australia is scheduled to implement Section 92 of the Copyright Amendment Act, which would mean anyone suspected of copyright infringement is immediately presumed guilty. Most (nearly all) ISP's typically send out a warning to suspected file sharers which would give them a second...
God has poisoned all terrestrial water with Dihydrogen Monoxide
The world is reeling today after a terror plot to poison water supplies world wide was made public. The news was then made worse when it was uncovered that all water across the globe had already been poisoned and in fact, had been that way for some time. The source of this catastrophe is known as Dihydrogen Monoxide may look harmless enough in a laboratory environment, but may have already take...
Ex-Australian Prime Minister to receive wank from lame duck
The world’s most superfluously potent world leader, George W Bush today announced that he would bestow the honour of the US Presidential Medal of Freedom on his heavily-eye-browed chum, ex-Australian Prime Minister John Howard. Reporters at the press conference were unable to understand the incoherent babblings beyond the words “victory”, “my daddy” and “WMDs...
aXXo: The Real Morpheus
If you know the tag “aXXo” you have been doing some naughty things. aXXo is credited as being one of if not the largest provider of pirated movies in the world of torrent files. I came across this article and thought I would share. It really is quite good. Let me put it this way. I am The Movie Whore. I watch movies. I have little patience for reading. This article is a bit on the lon...
The hits keep coming
I realize I should remove Stumble from my computer but I can't help it. I just came across some more disparaing news about Boondaock Saints 2. Remember to send your questions for Ask The Movie Whore to themoviewhore@themoviewhore.com ...
Voting is open for for the 2008 Weblog Awards
If you can spare a few mouse clicks, feel free to show your support by voting for us in the 2008 Weblog Awards. Voting is now open, and all it takes is a few seconds. They do have rules of course: Polls close January 12, 2009. You may vote once every 24 hours in each poll. After voting in an individual poll you will be locked out from voting again in that poll (on the compute...
Mirrors
Apparently horror films can be dull. Mirrors is an American remake of a 2003 Korean film called 'Into the mirror', which if the comments on many sites are to be believed is a much better film. Then when is a remake ever better? The premise sounded a little interesting. A young girl with schizophrenia is strapped and locked into a mirrored room as part of an experiment. It was believed that schi...
I don't mind getting laid off, but...
...don't be public about it. Last Friday I went in to work an overnight shift for Toys R Us and I checked the schedule for the next week. I was scheduled one shift for 4 hours yesterday. I had been getting close to full time hours but the season was at the end and I knew hours would not be there. I took a second look at the schedule and saw that 30 other people were scheduled for the same day a...
Facebook bans breast feeding photo
Sometimes I think certain organisations want bad publicity. Can any publicity be considered good publicity? It depends who you ask, and as much as I enjoy wasting time on Facebook I have to wonder what they were thinking when they make bonehead decisions like this. Twenty three year old Kelli Roman went to her Facebook page one morning to find a photo of her breastfeeding her baby had been remo...
They're at it again.
Do we really need these sequels? Don't forget to send your questions to themoviewhore@themoviewhore.com for Ask The Movie Whore. ...
IE Market share drops below 70%
For the first time since Windows 2000 was released, the number of people browsing the web, using Internet Explorer, has dropped to below 70%; if statistics released today by Net Applications are to be believed. Leading the assault on IE is of course Mozilla Firefox, now peaking at over 20%, followed by Safari, at around 7%. The remainder is made of "bit players", such as Chrome, Opera...
Norway bans buying sex services
This is a touchy subject. Norway has banned the buying of sex and will impose hefty fines or prison sentences of up to 6 months. I'm not sure how that will go down (sorry) for employees of the oldest profession in Norway but an outright ban probably won't slow anyone down. While I'm all for preventing forced prostitution, many involved in the sex industry are there at their own will, and some e...
Anonymous BitTorrent for life, at a reasonable cost
While there are many dubious online services that play a role in making it easier for people to download copyrighted content, many of them have evaded the law by way of being a legitimate service in other arenas. P2P clients come to mind yet they are also a common legit platform for obtaining Linux distros and other free software. But a new startup is making no illusions about their new service...
China nabs largest pirate software distributor
Good news for Microsoft on the war on piracy, China has bagged the worlds largest pirate software distributor. Eleven were handed sentences ranging from 1.5 to 6.5 years and are apparently the largest sentences dished out by China for this type of crime. The pirates had manufactured and sold more than $US2 billion worth of counterfeit Microsoft software, which mainly consisted of Windows Operat...
Where the hell is Matt? The elaborate 'hoax'
Matt Harding, the guy who travelled the world to produce the 'Where the hell is Matt?' viral video, responds to some of the accusations that it was all an elaborate hoax. Why anyone would dignify any Youtube comment with an answer is anyone's guess, but Matt's presentation below is quite humorous as he details the effort that went into creating the 'hoax'. Enjoy. t's pre...
Random act of kindness saves little girls Christmas
These days it's not often the phrase 'the kindness of strangers' is uttered but when it is it can warm the heart. When Jim and Ashley Hunters' house was robbed among the many items stolen was the their daughters Nintendo Wii console. Local businessman Charlie Kean was moved by the story he read in the local newspaper and did an honourable thing - and bought a brand new console for the little...
Digg loses democratic status again
Digg has faced numerous problems in it's relatively short life to date, most of which have resulted in one form of revolt or another by users. The latest controversy surrounds Digg user Raisedinhell, who has shown a text book example of everything that is wrong with Digg. Raisedinhell's complaint is one mirrored by many, and I can even include myself among the legitimately concerned who quit Di...