The news that Kodak is pulling out of the hardware market — excepting printers — for good means that, effectively, Kodak is dead. Is this the death knell for the compact digital? More »
Long before the Today Show, Richard Wilkins brought MTV to Australia as a program on Channel 9. This video from around 1988 is as charming as it is naive. It’s the early days of electronic music when sampling was considered theft. Beastie Boys, Ice T, Fresh Prince — sorry, Will Smith — Jazzy Jeff, Cold Cut, De La Soul and even Debbie Gibson try and get to the bottom of the question “is sampling art or stealing?” More »
Melbournites! Head to the streets and you might be in for a culture shock, or for that matter a pleasant surprise, as the city’s hosting its first digital arts festival, titled Pause Fest. More »
Another digital set-top box… yawn… but… hang on. This set-top box won’t take my jaded indifference — it talks back, and for a very good reason. More »
Since 1995, Triple J’s Unearthed initiative spotlights unsigned acts by giving them precious radio playback time and the audience that goes with it. And from October 5, its new digital-only radio station will take that exposure a step further. More »
If you dislike the way you look on video, a new kind of image-manipulation software could make you feel better about yourself. More »
It’s certainly capable of dealing with more temperature than I can handle. More »
