‘The end of films on disc’: Online ‘streaming’ films will outnumber DVD and Blu-Rays combined for first time this year; Online films have grown 135 per cent in one year.

3.4 billion views for streamed video versus 2.4 billion for DVD and Blu-Ray
‘Tipping point’ after 30 years of video on disc and tape
Driven by online subscription services such as Netflix
Discs will continue to slump, says IHS Screen Digest

Films ‘streamed’ from the internet will overtake physical videos for the first time this year, according to a report from IHS Screen Digest.

In the U.S., consumers will pay more for online films than [...]

You just buy a right to use an item when you buy it new. This right is not transferable.

by Matt Rosoff

Microsoft is thinking about building technology into the next Xbox that wil prevent gamers from playing used games.

That’s according to gaming industry news site Kotaku. The site’s sources weren’t exactly sure how this would work, but Microsoft already uses a process called activation to prevent users from installing a single copy of Windows or Office on more than one PC, so a similar process could be applied  Xbox games as well.

The console will also ship [...]

I tend to judge people’s spending mostly when I don’t see any value in the extra money they’re spending.

by Andy

My sister buys organic food from farmer’s markets. Organic fruit and vegetables, grass-fed beef,etc., and pays a premium for them. I buy the mass produced stuff from the grocery store for less money, and pay significantly less. But she gets better quality, more nutritious food with no additives or hormones that’s grown/raised by local farmers with a better environmental impact than corporate farms, so she gets to feel good [...]