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The Venice Project brings P2P to TV

Convergence can be an awkward thing. New ideas are often disruptive and inconvenient. So having a technology like The Venice Project that sort of falls between the two stools of being convergent and disruptive, then as an entrepreneur, you have to be light on your toes.
For the likes of founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Fries [...]

Music round-up: Songbird attempts take-off, iPod marches on and Last.fm put people and music first…

So you like your music, yes? Good. So do I. And guess what? There’s a whole bunch of other people out there who do too.
So here’s a round-up of the music stuff that’s found a sympathetic ear with me and some of the people in the music biz making all the right noises.
“Songbird is a [...]

Songbird: new music player on-song, if a little out of tune

Originally, this article was going to be a review of Songbird, the new music player. But then I had another look at it, and for all it’s might, fancy and potential, the poor thing just isn’t ready to take flight just yet. But I’ll tell you what .. oh my, does Songbird have potential! Anyway, [...]