Rob Medich

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Inside DVD Piracy
Rob Medich  |  Nov 05, 2006  |  0 comments

The job would have to be done at midnight. That's when Mission: Impossible III was debuting at Manhattan's Ziegfeld theater. The six bootleggers didn't always have to wait until a movie opened to the public. Sometimes they'd get into private screenings, courtesy of a scalper who'd sell them tickets for a few hundred dollars.

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The Future of Recorded Music - Part 5
Rob Medich  |  Jul 05, 2006  |  0 comments

In part one we asked if the compact disc was dead. Here we offer a timeline of the Compact Disc's history - and prehistory - from 180 years ago to the present.

The 1800s

The Big Bang? Beethoven! In a way, it all begins with his Symphony No. 9 (see 1979).

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The Future of Recorded Music - Part 1
Rob Medich  |  Jul 05, 2006  |  0 comments

The Tower Records store at New York City's Lincoln Center isn't seeing particularly heavy foot traffic these days. Stopping by, I find just a shopper or two per aisle - pretty typical, a saleswoman says. And the customer demographic seems a bit on the mature side - hovering around 30 or older. Where are all the Rihanna- and AFI-loving kids?

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Inner Workings: Inside a Touchscreen Remote
Rob Medich  |  Jun 02, 2006  |  0 comments

True, it's not as cool a user experience as moving holographic frames in midair, like Tom Cruise did in Minority Report. But admit it: You get the slightest thrill when you work a touchscreen. And if that screen just happens to be built into a remote control, well, you feel as finger-empowered as E.T.

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Home Sweet HomePlug
Rob Medich  |  Jun 01, 2006  |  0 comments

Electricity Practically runs through Kevin Post's veins.

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Power Play
Rob Medich  |  May 01, 2006  |  0 comments

About six years ago, electronics-industry honchos started holding big powwows to discuss the feasibility of giving household power lines (the electrical wiring you plug all your stuff into) the ability to also carry communications signals - as in music, computer data, Internet access, episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

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