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MPAA May Not Seek Broadcast Flag in DTV Bill

MPAA May Not Seek Broadcast Flag in DTV Bill

Images-21 Our TVs are safe for now! Maybe (Previous info and interview here). The Motion Picture Association of America is unlikely to push for a broadcast flag component in DTV legislation establishing a 2008 hard date because the bill’s main author, House Commerce Committee Chairman Joe Barton (R-TX), is against the provision. Meanwhile, the MPAA will keep briefing House and Senate members on a broadcast flag bill’s importance and seek other ways to get the content protections it wants. [via] Link.

diyAudio.com – Audio Projects by Fanatics, for Fanatics

diyAudio.com – Audio Projects by Fanatics, for Fanatics

Spkr The DIY Audio site is filled with a ton of projects and resources: Pass Labs, Solid State, Chip Amps, Tubes, Class D, Analogue, Digital Loudspeakers, Musical Instruments, Music, Introductions, a Market Place, Electronics Parts and Car Audio. The diyAudio wiki is a collaborative effort to create the ultimate DIY reference site. You can create or edit any Wiki page you like, anywhere you like Link. Thanks Sam!

CEO of the MPAA on the Broadcast Flag

CEO of the MPAA on the Broadcast Flag

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Dan Glickman CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America has a opinion column on CNET about how the Broadcast Flag needs to go forward. This is what we’re up against. If you like MythTV, developing software projects and using your TV the way you want to- a lot could change if the FCC can mandate how anyone builds or writes software that goes near HDTV. Link. Also: listen to our interview with Cory Doctorow for more about the Broadcast Flag.

Homemade PSP Docking Station

Homemade PSP Docking Station

Image016 Making your own homebrew PSP docking station “When my PSP arrived, it was always in my hands, but a couple of days later, the problem of having a place to put the console became stronger and stronger (especially when you have nothing but your standard pack)… I began to feel anxious… What if it falls down the table? And what if, while is on the bed, I sit on it? And so on…” Link.

Arcade Building

Arcade Building

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MAKE Flickr photo pool member abstrakone is restoring an arcade machine using a PC as the brains and adding new hardware to make it work like a regular arcade machine. Follow the photos and how he did it here. For more details and resources on making your own arcade controls, here’s a good resource that MAKE reader Jake sent in. Link.

Lyric Widget

Lyric Widget

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I think we’ll see something like this for all music players soon- This Widget for Mac OS X grabs the currently playing iTunes song and gives you the lyrics for it. It checks Lyrictracker.com first and if they don’t have the lyrics, iTunesLyrics checks another lyric database. Link.