links for 2007-07-20

“Internet technology that almost brought the music industry to its knees is being turned on the television world, with some predictions that by the end of the year traditional TV could be rendered obsolete.”

While clearly a very difficult area on which to pin a specific metric, the number of people watching tv over the web seems to be increasing substantially, with at least 63 million people in the US watching online tv in March 2007…

From Clarke’s Third Law (“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”) to Moore’s law, there’s something for everyone …

Harry Potter and the Bittorrent Sharers! (Or, how Potter fans are divided between those who are spoiler-filled thanks to an online download three days early, and those trying hard not to here anything until clutching their own copy!)

NIfty tool to let you share iTunes libraries and so forth with friends. Nicely integrated.