Eric D. Wilkinson, producer of the independent film “Jerome Bixby’s The Man From Earth,” has written a letter to the editor of Releaselog, a site that reviews leaked movies available on P2P networks. He hasn’t written to complain, mind — he wrote in to say how much promotional value the piracy of his movie on P2P has generated, and how that’s turning into real sales for him.

I am sending you this email after realizing that our website has had nearly 23,000 hits in the last 12 days, much of it coming from your website. In addition, our trailer, both on the www.manfromearth.com site and other sites like YouTube, MySpace and AOL has been watched nearly 20,000 times AND what’s most impressive is our ranking on IMDb went from being the 11,235th most popular movie, to the 5th most popular movie in 2 weeks (we are also the #1 independent film on IMDb & the #1 science fiction film on IMDb). How did this all happen? Two words: Torrent / File Sharing sites (well, four words and a slash).

Now the big question is will the big studios learn anything from this and move forward into the future? Baldy

Technorati Tags: Multimedia

A lean machine

Arch Linux is a Linux distribution inspired by CRUX and intended to be lightweight and simple for advanced users. According to the project website; “Arch Linux is a workhorse distribution designed to fit the needs of the competent Linux user. We strive to make it both powerful and easy to manage, making it an ideal distribution for servers and workstations. Take it in any direction you like” .It is currently ranked #17 at distrowatch

Source: SimplyJat

~LC

Technorati Tags: Linux, Arch Linux

Powered by ScribeFire.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Video game consoles, which are increasingly being used to surf the Internet, aren’t generally equipped with antivirus protection like PCs.

Security vendor Trend Micro Inc. thinks they should be, though. It has launched software for Sony’s Playstation 3 that promises to block malicious Web pages and those dealing in sex, drugs and violence.

Source: Yahoo News

~LC

Technorati Tags: PS3, Anti-virus

Powered by ScribeFire.

Google’s explanations make little sense to baffled users

When Jeneane Sessum logged into her Gmail account on the afternoon of Oct. 27, she was greeted with a horrifying sight: an empty inbox…

Source: IT Business Canada

~LC

Technorati Tags: Gmail

Powered by ScribeFire.

Give Vista the heave-ho and turn your customers on to alternatives.
So, you just delivered that new PC to your customer and gave them a quick tour of what’s new and then watched their eyes glaze over with confusion.

After a few seconds, the questions start. Questions that should be easy to answer, but turn out not to be! Where is my start button? Where are my programs? What happened to the Menu in Internet Explorer? Why is the system constantly asking for my permission to do simple things? Why does my system take so long to boot? Now your eyes glaze over, not with confusion, but with frustration and you have to ask yourself: What did I do to deserve this?

Read the Rest

Technorati Tags: News

Hoping it can boost holiday sales, Dell Inc. has enlisted Burt Reynolds, Ice T and other celebrities to help customers raise money to buy products for themselves or others.

Through a new website launching Friday, visitors to www.YoursIsHere.com will be able to create a virtual piggy bank where friends and relatives can donate money for gifts. There are tools to create e-mail distribution lists, and gift-seekers can embed their fundraising requests on their Facebook and MySpace pages.

Source: canoe tech

~LC

Technorati Tags: Dell

Powered by ScribeFire.