User Lock Down
Posted by Vincent at 13:27 - Views: 252
Sadly enough I have to moderate user creation because of my new Russian “friend” (yes, I know who you are and I have your IP number)! I don’t want to close down user registration, so as of now the account creation process will be held for moderation. If you use a corny or fake e-mail address, access will be denied without further notice. You will receive an e-mail after you have requested an account, if approved you will receive a password. My apologies for this inconvenience.
Tags: digitalrendezvous, Moderation, User Experience, Web Services
NEW! digitalrendezvous-to-go
Posted by Vincent at 13:00 - Views: 254
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I would be offering a mobile version of this weblog. It’s been running in beta form for a while now and I think it’s ready to be unleashed into digital cyberspace. You can approach this optimized version with you iPod Touch or iPhone by entering this URL in your browser: http://mobile.digitalrendezvous.net and if you have the latest firmware 1.1.3 (4A93) and the January upgrade for the iPod Touch, you’ll see the magic of Web Clip. So digitalrendezvous | mobile is ready-to-go.
Tags: Blog, digitalrendezvous, iPhone, iPod, Mobile, Moblogging
MacWorld San Francisco 2008
Posted by Vincent at 12:00 - Views: 201
In the West & South Hall, Moscone Center (San Francisco, CA) at January 15 – 18, 2008 you can hear Apple’s CEO, Steve Jobs, deliver the Macworld Conference & Expo keynote address at the kick off of the biggest Macintosh community event of the year.
Tags: Apple, Digital, Event, Hardware, Keynote, Lifestyle, MacWorld, San Francisco, Software, Steve Jobs, Technology
There’s something in the air
Posted by Vincent at 11:00 - Views: 292
Apple teaser banners have begun cropping up around San Francisco’s Moscone Center. They only state: 2008 There’s something in the air. The sentence says it all! 
Tags: Apple, Event, Events, Lifestyle, MacWorld, Moscone Center, San Francisco, Steve Jobs, Technology
NEW! Come in, it’s OpenID!
Posted by Vincent at 12:00 - Views: 371
OpenID is an open and decentralized identity system, designed not to crumble if one company turns evil or goes out of business. We love open standards here and your privacy is very important to us. As of today digitalrendezvous will support OpenID.
Tags: Blog, digitalrendezvous, Lifestyle, Web 2.0, Web Services
Your Tunes Take Flight
Posted by Vincent at 12:00 - Views: 235
The International Consumer Electronics Show 2008 just launched today in Las Vegas! It will take place January 7-10. A lot of gadgets & goodies will be released during these days. One I would like to show you is this entertainment system called the Ladybug from Vestalife.
There’s simply nothing quite like the Vestalife Ladybug. Flip out the speaker “wings” on this sleek, high-tech device and you have an iPod-based entertainment system featuring a built-in sub-woofer for lots of bass, a digital amplifier and one of the coolest soft-touch finishes you’ve ever experienced. Sit it on a counter. Take it with you. The Vestalife Ladybug is designed to be part of your life.
Tags: CES, Devices, Digital, Entertainment, Gadget, iPod, Lifestyle
Next-Gen DVD Battle Over!
Posted by Vincent at 19:42 - Views: 306
The Showdown between Blu-ray Disc (BD) and HD-DVD is probably over. Warner Brothers announced that they would be moving their titles from HD-DVD to the Blu-ray format. Many have suggested that this marks the end of the next generation DVD battle, though two major studios continue to have exclusive HD-DVD distribution deals in place.
Warner Brother’s switch, places the majority of movie releases on Blu-ray.
Even before this new marketshare advantage, Blu-ray titles outsold HD-DVD offerings as much as 2 to 1, and had even been chosen for exclusive distribution by Blockbuster.
This is also a serious jawbreaker for de VC-1 format (sorry, Bill), BD which includes both AVC and VC-1 favors AVC. AVC (MPEG-4 Part 10 or MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding) is from a technical point of view a superior format.
Apple has been a member of the Blu-ray consortium’s Board of Directors since March 2005, but has not publicly announced their Blu-ray plans. Let’s hope Apple will officially launch Blu-ray support at Macworld San Francisco 2008.
Update 05-01-2008: It is now clear that New Line (Owned by Warner Bros.) will also drop HD-DVD in favor of Blu-ray. The announcement comes on a day that can only be described as a nightmare for the HD-DVD camp.Rumor 08-01-2008: Paramount Pictures is poised to drop its support of HD-DVD in favor of Sony’s Blu-ray format, landing a decisive blow to the Toshiba-backed next-generation DVD format and all but assuring Blu-ray’s role as the future standard for all high-definition digital video discs.
