The Daily Loper – Mar 30, 2009
Posted by Lopy in The Daily Loper on Mar 30, 2009
Until The War Is Stopped The Battle Can’t Be Won Edition
Today’s links of interest:
- Is Microsoft Set to Abandon its Top-Down Zune Approach?
Unfortunately for Microsoft this Zune strategy isn’t likely to work either. As long as Ballmer keeps insisting that Windows Mobile is the OS for mobile applications and games, and that Zune is the mobile entertainment platform, Zune is doomed. How can your mobile entertainment platform not run games? - Skype for iPhone: It’s official
Hurray! I can finally use my iPhone at home to, you know, make phone calls. - A costly fly in the TV Everywhere ointment?
Great concept, lots of complications in making it real. Now get to work. We’re waiting to watch HBO on our iPhones. - Netflix ups fees for Blu-ray amid rising demand
Guess certain ‘loper households might be reducing their blu-ray consumption. - Angel Star Andy Hallett Dies of Heart Failure
Wow. The tragic irony in this is that the character he played — Lorne, the singing seer demon — was one of the biggest-hearted characters in all of the buffyverse. And one of the most beloved, as well.
That is really sad about Andy Hallett. For those couple of seasons they filmed at Paramount next to the Star Trek stages, Andy was always the most approachable of the Angel cast and the only one I ever exchanged words with. He seemed like a very nice man.