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Long-term personal data storage (ZDNet)
You can stick a newspaper clipping in a folder and read it in 50 years. Not so with digital content: both the media AND the format can become unreadable. With so much of the world's data - and yours - in digital form, more people wonder: how do I keep...
200,000 pirated DVDs seized from GTA malls (Hamilton Spectator)
A Canadian organization representing the motion picture industry seized more than 200,000 illegal DVDs in three GTA malls in a series of raids that began in October, and says any vendors resilient enough to keep selling the pirated films are likely linked to organized crime.
New DVDs: Michael Powell (New York Times)
?The Films of Michael Powell? brings a pair of impeccably restored movies by this pre-eminent British director.
The dark side of the flash drive (BBC News)
Companies need to do more to ensure USB drives are not posing a serious security risk, say experts.
Wonder years (BBC News)
A BBC journalist remembers his first job - at Woolworths
Bootleggers Feel the Pinch in Recession (New America Media)
Even the neighborhood bootlegger of CDs, DVDs, shoes is feeling the recession as customers become pickier about getting the best bang for the buck.
Tora-san 38: Tora-san Goes North (Region 2) (DVD Talk)
When Hong Kong's Panorama label stopped releasing English-subtitled DVDs of Yoji Yamada's "Tora-san" movies in early 2007, it looked like non-Japanese speakers might never have the chance to enjoy the remaining 11 titles in the 48-film series.
USB danger (BBC News)
Revealing the dark side of the humble flash drive
VHS Generation Fading Away (KOLR - KSFX Ozarks)
Get ready to feel old: "Be kind, rewind" is officially a slogan of the past. The last batch of VHS tapes has been shipped to retailers, ending an era of analog video recordings.
Let's not put on hair shirts: losing your job is no joke (Evening Standard)
I welcome the credit crunch with open arms," says Oliver James, a psychologist and broadcaster. According to Mr James, author of Affluenza, as people have got richer, they have focused more on acquiring material goods and less on the things that really matter in life. This has made them unhappy.
