Ian Morris
Ian Morris loves televisions so much he's been banned from wedding chapels in Las Vegas for trying to marry them. When he's not romancing technology, he can be found watching American TV. Ian likes roast potatoes, but he doesn't like digital rights management.
Monday 30 March 2009, 5:39pm
Dear Microsoft, where's my sack of cash?
I'm told I'm famous. "At last," I cried, when Rory informed me last week I was an international superstar. "The day I've been waiting for," I bellowed across the office. Luckily, I stopped before telling everyone I was finally getting out of my day-to-day existence and suggesting they should stick their collective heads up a collection of pigs. Click here for more
Monday 16 March 2009, 12:41pm
The music industry should be paying YouTube
It's almost as if there's some sort of law in music publishing that requires everyone to act like a total idiot. The recent YouTube spat with the Performing Rights Society (PRS) has proved once and for all that those involved in music don't have the first clue what they're doing. Click here for more
Tuesday 3 February 2009, 5:17pm
A tax on Internet access is a good idea
There's been fresh interest recently, in the light of the Digital Britain report, in some form of taxation on Internet access in the UK. The idea is that copyright holders could be compensated for the losses they incur through copyright infringement by online file-sharers. The suggestion seems to be that we'd each pay something like £20 a year on top of our broadband subscription, to cover P2P downloads. Click here for more
Tuesday 18 November 2008, 12:16pm
Cruel new BBC branding imposed on stars
Imagine you settled down to watch your favourite spy-themed drama series, but instead of watching on regular BBC One, you chose the advanced showing on BBC Three. As you might imagine, this means tolerating the usual vile, bright-pink on-screen logo. Click here for more
Friday 31 October 2008, 10:06am
Quantum of Solace should be free
You don't have to pay to watch Coronation Street because the advertisers are footing the bill. So when a movie has more ads than an episode of Corrie, you'd expect you would be able to see that for free too -- the new Bond film, Quantum of Solace, is stuffed so full of product placement, everyone should be allowed into the cinema for free. Click here for more
Friday 3 October 2008, 11:07am
Be* allows users to customise their connections
It's no secret I think my ISP, Be*, is the best out there. I'm not paid to say that, I don't get a free subscription and there's no reason for me to promote it, other than simply because I'm a happy customer. A new service that lets you tweak your connection setting has made me even happier. Click here for more
Thursday 25 September 2008, 4:37pm
A Mac ruined Die Hard 4.0 for me
No one can argue that the original Die Hard is the best. The reason it's so good is that Bruce Willis plays a kick-arse cop who doesn't need help from anyone to get his junk sorted. Click here for more
Friday 19 September 2008, 12:38pm
It's official: 'unlimited' means 'limited'
Nate and I both get cross about the abuse of the word unlimited when it comes to download limits on broadband and mobile internet. As writers, we are both of the opinion that there isn't much point in having a language if tech companies can simply change the meaning of words when it suits them. Click here for more
Articles by Ian Morris
Cello iViewer TVs: BBC iPlayer and YouTube built-in
Crave It's been a long-time coming, but finally iPlayer is going to be available on a TV for the first time without any additional hardware. The pair of TVs from Cello will be sensibly priced too
Boxee Box: Razor-sharp media streamer
Crave We're very excited about the newly revealed Boxee Box, which promises to bring Internet video to your TV in a slicker way than any other company has managed to date
Freeview HD launch: BBC HD and ITV1 HD now available -- sort of
Crave On 2 December, Freeview HD launched, at least technically. Sadly, there's no equipment that can receive the broadcasts at the moment, but the channels are certainly up and running
Microsoft reportedly at loggerheads with BBC over iPlayer on Xbox Live
Crave We want iPlayer on our Xbox 360, but apparently there isn't much chance of that unless Microsoft decides to allow it on free 'Silver' Xbox Live subscriptions
Opinion: Apple owes Microsoft $30bn
Crave Yes, that's right. Apple owes Microsoft for its success -- big time. Join us as we run you through the argument
TiVo to make triumphant return to UK with Virgin Media
Crave You might think you know what a PVR is, but in the UK we're really stuck in the past with our digital recording antics. Happily, Virgin Media is bringing TiVo back
Terminator Salvation Blu-ray: The movie isn't the worst thing on this disc
Crave This weekend, we watched Terminator Salvation, which wasn't as bad as we were expecting, but we certainly didn't enjoy the process of persuading the disc to play
How to survive a zombie attack using consumer electronics
Photo Like it or not, zombies are coming and probably sooner than you think. Good news though -- we all have tech in our homes that can be used to defeat them, so let's find out how
