The Portable Consultant

Media related software & hardware products, and not the home Linux PC, appear to be the arena where the consumer is meeting open source systems for the first time… whether they know it or not.

The Portable Consultant has noticed that the few posts he once did about the Lexar Lightning and its portable USB applications are the most popular hits on his blog site, almost all of which come via Google. So it is with great shame that I must confess to being remiss in not informing both my [...]

Oh, Google… leaving your premium (paying) Google Video customers in the lurch is a big mistake that may tarnish your brand for some time to come. An expiring credit won’t cut it with most of them. It’s also yet another nail in the coffin for DRM. Can you hear the chorus of “I told you [...]