Bit Torrent Goes Legit

Starting today Bit Torrent will offer legal downloads of movies and tv shows. Tv shows will go for 1.99 and episode, 2.99 for HD. The tv shows are then free to keep forever. Movies will be available for 3.99 for new releases and 2.99 for older ones. Movies will only work for 30 days. All downloads must be viewed with Windows Media Player. Although the library is currently small it will include hit shows such as my favorite Fox's 24.

Google vs. Microsoft - Round 1 Office

Google is taking on Microsoft Office by launching its premium version of Google Apps. The idea is to steer big business away from office. Google which is generally free will offer the premium version of Google Apps for $50. At first this seemed like a deal breaker for me since Google is known for being free. However with the high cost (sometimes $300/liscense) of MS Office $50 does not seem so bad. Personally I would go with OpenOffice and not pay anything to either one. I am a big fan of OpenOffice. I use if everyday. For my uses its equivalent if not better than MS Office.

Smoking is Bad - Don't Sue!

Big tobacco is always in the news for one lawsuit after another. A recent news story caught my attention and upset me. A woman was suing a tobacco company for close to 80 million dollars because her husband had died of lung cancer which developed due to a life long smoking habit. The case states that her husband was not aware that smoking had health risk or that her husband was mislead into believe that smoking was not harmful. Seriously, what human being does not realize smoking is not a healthy habit? Big tobacco might skew its statistics but they have never claimed smoking is good for you. If big tobacco has to pay millions for each person that dies from smoking they will soon be out of business. So what many of you might say. Smoking is bad and we’ll be better off without tobacco companies killing people. True. I do not like tobacco and wished no one smoked. However, that is not the American way. We live in a capitalist environment. If you want to stop companies then don’t buy their product. No profit is what controls big business. The government should not have the power to shut down an industry. Let the markets make the decisions. What’s next? Suing Little Debbie for making the youth of America overweight? Suing Budweiser after an accident or arrest? Where does it end? Again I do not like smoking. I think it’s a bad habit, but if we sue every company that makes a product that is not 100% healthy for us there would be nothing to buy.

New Ads = New Low

Mac has introduced a new ad criticizing recently released Vista. To me this is a new low for Apple. Are they really reduced to this almost childish bashing? The ads do not display what a mac can do but rather point out something that they hope users do not like about Windows. That's like saying vote for me I'm not Bush. There's no merit. You can't convince me you're better by bashing the opposition. Don't show me what they do wrong, show me what you do right. The latest video is included below.