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Consumers frustrated by online music catalogues

Digital Living Now that the RIAA has been suing people for almost two years for sharing music over peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, consumers seem to have gotten the message: if you distribute hundreds of songs to other users over Kazaa, LimeWire, BearShare, or any...

16 June 2005, 11:44

Leaving Las Vegas

Digital Living I'm not sure that anyone knows how consumers want to build their digital home infrastructure, and without that sense of a clear destination, it's much harder to explain the benefits of the Viiv platform.

11 January 2006, 15:45

Top five ways MP3 has changed the world

Digital Living Large-scale piracy by 'average' consumers told the music industry in no uncertain terms that people were ready to acquire music online -- legally or otherwise. Consumers voted with their wallets and snapped up Apple's iPod in droves, while largely...

17 August 2005, 14:30

Monitor your home with a Wi-Fi Webcam

Digital Living As more homes add Wi-Fi networks, these 'IP cams' are fast becoming handy add-on devices for average consumers. Network Web cameras that include a built-in Web server are no longer exclusively the playthings of the IT set.

9 May 2005, 16:55

Choose the right Bluetooth headset

Digital Living Even though the technology has been around since 1999, many consumers are still confused as to what it is, mostly due to its odd name (after a tenth-century Danish king with an affinity for blueberries) and how it works.

15 August 2006, 16:46

Transfer your data from PC to Mac

Digital Living Mac desktopsThey may be a little expensive compared to their Windows counterparts, but Macs have been enchanting consumers with their high style, ease of use and raw power for more than 20 years. "I was sifting through the cast-aside Christmas...

9 May 2005, 14:51

Why do Canon cameras have more than one name?

Digital Living We strongly advise consumers who want to buy their product on the Internet to ensure the terms of their purchase (eg price, country of origin, warranty) are very clear, and that they are happy with those terms, before committing.

23 May 2007, 11:55

Bringing it all back home

Digital Living The energy companies went nuts in redefining their corporate structures and have lost decades of trusted connections with their consumers. How big is your bill for digital services at home? If you add up things like satellite television, cable...

1 July 2006, 8:00

Wi-Fi is the answer to a home without wires

Digital Living However, this would upset consumers, so the computer industry has created all this hoo-hah about the Dynamic Host Computer Protocol and WEP security, along with fiendishly confusing configuration software, in order to ensure our world isn't rocked...

4 March 2006, 7:00

BT has seen the future, and it's white

Digital Living What I like about BT's overall vision is that for many ordinary consumers they may be the kind of company best positioned to handle the knottiest problem of the digital home, which isn't yet video calling: it's getting the wretched network to work...

26 June 2006, 16:33

Why is my best TV in my shed?

Digital Living The fact that my good TV is in my shed is a perfect example of the curious balance of forces that guides why consumers make technology purchasing decisions. I bought it on a credit card with the sweaty panic of someone who knows they'll be in a...

6 May 2006, 7:00

Living with infinite digital choice

Digital Living We are the well-fed consumers of the future and this is one of the problems of a modern, digital life. You spend a third of your day working, a third of the day sleeping, and you have another eight hours a day to spend on grooming, shopping, eating...

26 October 2005, 11:48

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