The Daily Loper – January 5, 2007
Posted by Lopy in The Daily Loper on Jan 05, 2007
All The Cool Billionaires, That Is Edition
Todays links of interest:
- Local news can matter once more
As media companies consolidate and global news becomes prevalent, some see a need for good, local reporting. Which sounds like something we’ve been saying for quite some time. - Times Co. Agrees to Sell TV Stations to Equity Firm
TV out, digital properties in. - Every Car Chris T.’s Ever Owned, Pt. I
Any Chris T. post that contains the words "that was the car I hit the school bus with" is a must read. The scariest part is I think we actually owned the same VW. - Hitachi announces 1 TB hard drive
What will kill the .mp3? A combination of faster broadband and cheaper storage. Given that combination, why would anybody download a song in lossy format at all. .mp3 will eventually become the cassette tape of digital music — much loved for its adapability, but swept aside when technology caught up with what people really wanted. And cheaper storage means that people can digitize their entire CD collections without compromising an iota of sound quality. - Amazon founder joins budget space race
Mommy, why can’t I have a spaceship? All of the cool kids have one! - `Monday Night Football’ tops cable list
After that: nearly every single college bowl game ever.
