6 posts and columns on rip

China's Alibaba.com Creates Channel for Small U.S. Retailers to Discover New Products

in Commerce on April 25, 2011 at 9:35 pm PT

Alibaba.com, the Chinese-based commerce platform perhaps better known for being partially owned by Yahoo, is launching a new wholesale division aimed at small American retailers.

Viral Video: RIP Sidney Lumet

in News on April 11, 2011 at 1:35 am PT

Famed Hollywood director Sidney Lumet died over the weekend, which is a sad passing given his immense talent. Along with classic movies like “Serpico” and “Dog Day Afternoon,” Lumet also directed “Network.” It is BoomTown’s go-to film for the answers to every one of life’s questions.

Viral Video: RIP Elizabeth Taylor

in News on March 25, 2011 at 1:00 am PT

Of all the many entertainers in Hollywood, none was more authentically a star than screen legend Elizabeth Taylor. Ailing in recent years, it’s too easy to forget what a global sensation she was, in the days well before celebrities had the Internet and other digital means to become well known. Taylor needed none of that to shine.

R.I.P. Director John Hughes: Anyone? Anyone? Aaaannnyone Not Completely Bummed?

in News on August 7, 2009 at 2:44 pm PT

While John Hughes has almost nothing to do with the Internet, BoomTown–who is of a certain age–was saddened to hear about the premature passing of this director supreme of suburban teen angst movies of the 1980s. He died yesterday of a heart attack at 59 years old. His hit films included “The Breakfast Club,” “Sixteen Candles” and “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” He wrote “The Breakfast Club” and “Sixteen Candles,” as well as “Pretty in Pink,” “Some Kind of Wonderful,” “Home Alone” and tons of others. Here are some great clips online.
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RealNetworks' Rob Glaser Talks About RealDVD!

in News on September 9, 2008 at 2:15 pm PT

At DEMOfall yesterday, RealNetworks’ Rob Glaser chitty-chatted with BoomTown about a lot of things, such as the Presidential race (he is a big Obama supporter), his twins and more. But in this video interview, Glaser talked about RealDVD, the company’s new “legal” DVD copier, which was launched here in San Diego yesterday. At an introductory rate of $30, buyers can use the software to rip all the parts of a DVD, including cover art. To avoid violating digital rights management schemes, RealDVD adds its own DRM layer, preventing ripped DVDs from being copied and shared and imposing further barriers to piracy. But there are still possibilities for illegal ripping, of course.

Sony CONNECT Disaster Impressively Well Realized

in News on August 30, 2007 at 5:04 am PT

Sony ATRAC is at long last joining Betamax, MiniDisc, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, HiFD, (pause for breath) Multi-Media Compact Disc, Memory Stick and Super Audio CD in the company’s Museum of Failed Formats. After an overlong and unsuccessful campaign to spread adoption of ATRAC, Sony is scrapping the proprietary audio format. This morning the company [...]