Hulu to update video player

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

Who else is a huge fan of Hulu.com? For those of you who have never visited this awesome sanctuary of online video (I also hear pagers are all the rage), Hulu is a website where you can go watch your ...

End of an era: Sony ends floppy disk production

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

Thanks for the memory. Ah, floppy disks. Remember them? Before CDs and USB drives many of us stored our valuable data (term papers, research papers, Oregon Trail game copies) on the floppy disk. Well it seems that the floppy disk ...

Is this the next iPhone?

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

Tech website Gizmodo.com posted photos and video of what they say is a prototype of Apple's next iPhone. So how did Gizmodo get their hands on the next generation iPhone? They say it was found in a bar. You are ...

Library of Congress will archive Tweets

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

Remember that time when you got on Twitter and tweeted about the bowl of cereal you had for lunch? Well congratulations, your tweet is now archived in the Library of Congress! So that means that message about your stale bowl ...

Tech bytes for April 8

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

A lot of tech news this week! From the iPad launch over the weekend, to the announcement of the new iPhone OS today, a little something for everyone. Here are the links: iPhone OS 4 unveiled - Features include multitasking(depending ...

Updates for VictoriaAdvocate.com

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

Notice anything new? Over the weekend our web department updated VictoriaAdvocate.com. You may have noticed one of the updates, the search bar on our home page. You can now click on the "Advanced" link and search by keyword for a ...

Tech bytes for March 31

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

Lot of tech news this week, but it seems everyone is talking about the iPad, which will launch this Saturday. Our public service editor Gabe Semenza is working on a story about the iPad. Are you planning on purchasing an ...

Records, remember them?

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

I really enjoyed the conversation that resulted from my last entry, so here is another music-related post you may enjoy. How many of you recall the joy of listening to music on vinyl? I remember those days, carefully taking records ...

We don't need no single tracks

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

Pink Floyd has been battling record label EMI in a High Court hearing over the sale of their music as individual tracks. Back in 1967, the band signed a contract with a clause to "preserve the artistic integrity of the ...

Snow in the Crossroads? Will it happen? Updates here!

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

Just as we did during the snowfall of December 4, we want to keep you up to date with the latest in snow-related tweets, photos and videos. Right now it's still early (it's 3:30 p.m.) and we haven't seen snow ...