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If your ever are looking for a nice deal on some piece of technology, woot.com is a nice place to go. Daily they have deals on different types of technology, ranging from computers, MP3 players, to even headphones. Today (Jan. 15th) they have a nice tablet laptop for $699.99.  Though they don't have a large selection of products, not even a selection, only one item per day. They generally always have a really good deal. $700.00 is a very good deal for a mobile computer, especially during these economic times. If the economy has got you down, woot.com is a good place to fulfill your technological needs.

Wireless Technology

Over the past few years, there have been great advances in wireless technology. Things such as cordless phones, cellular phones, wireless internet, and now wireless charging. Wirelessly transferring power from one source to another has been the obstacle to overcome for quite some time. Now, that idea has become a reality. The big question is, how could this possibly work. We have been taught in science classes that the only way for energy to move, there needs to be two conductive sources, such as metal. This concept allows technology to pass through a mat they have developed to devices placed on it. The mat uses something they call Surface Enhancement Technology (SET).

The company is Powermat. They claim that in the near future they can implement this technology into almost all surfaces. They explain that they can create a house without wires. For example, when you go to bed at night, your lamp, cell phone, alarm clock, or other devices can be powered just by simply being on your night stand. They also say that even your walls will be able to transfer power. So your flatscreen television, your wall lights, or a wall mount clock will be able to be powered without wires.

Wires, over time, can become cluttered and messy, and eventually become a fire hazard if not maintained and setup properly. This new system addresses many issues and opens many doors for the future.

Sources:

http://www.pwrmat.com

A solution to music piracy?

A study shows that 75 percent of people think that music is overpriced. One of the first attempts to prevent music piracy was iTunes, created by Apple Inc. iTunes is a service that lets you purchase digital copies of individual songs at a time for 99 cents. Because it is digital, the risk of losing your music to threats such as a scratch on a disc, is slim. After iTunes 71 percent of people thought that 99 cents per song was a reasonable price. 

This was four years ago. Now there is something even better out there. Though it is currently restricted for use to UK residents only, you can still receive an invite from someone who already has an account. This new service, is called Spotify. This software allows users to listen to music, on demand, like you do on a digital cable service or in a hotel room with movies, only it costs nothing. 

Spotify will help to prevent piracy because there is no physical copy of the music file on the user's computer at one time. Since the data is streamed to the user's computer using P2P technology and directly from a server. 

Ironically, one of the software engineers for Spotify is Ludvig Strigeus. Strigeus, is the creator of uTorrent, a very popular BitTorrent client, which is a service used by many to pirate music today. You quickly realize the similarities of the two pieces of software when you use them. Certain aspects such as the lightweight client and the user friendly interface. 

As Spotify is a free service, they do offer the ability to purchase a Premium account, or buy a Premium Day Pass. By doing this the user will not hear, nor see, any advertisements while using the Premium services.

Once software comes out of beta and is released to the public, world wide, there will definitely be a significant reduction in music piracy.