Posted on October 10, 2009 at 8:02 pm

Open Source Hardware Hackers Start P2P Bank

Tweet…The open source concept has traditionally been applied to software, but open source hardware is rapidly gaining ground. A fast-growing community of inventors is publishing the specs for a wide range of hardware, from CPUs and graphic cards to MP3 players and even a laptop. The idea is to let anyone take the designs, build [...]

Posted on April 30, 2009 at 7:21 pm

What Disney-Hulu Means for Apple

TweetThe growing popularity of free video-viewing site Hulu could test the viability of Apple’s pay-as-you-go iTunes download business. When Walt Disney (DIS) said it would start streaming shows via online video site Hulu, attention immediately turned to what the deal means for Hulu rival YouTube as well as for CBS, the only major network outside [...]

Posted on March 27, 2009 at 1:12 pm

Disney’s ABC to partner with Hulu

TweetI wonder about the legitimacy of this news: Disney’s ABC to partner with Hulu

Posted on January 13, 2009 at 9:24 pm

GiusByte has a new ride: Ducati Monster 696

TweetI just purchased an exhilarating Ducati Monster 696. It is a beautiful piece of machinery with a true Italian soul.  You can read about it in this very nice review:  http://www.motorcycle.com/manufacturer/ducati/2009-ducati-monster-696-review-77793.html

Posted on September 18, 2008 at 7:12 pm

ABC.com Full Episode Player gets a facelift with added new features

TweetTo all Lost and ABC shows lovers! ABC.com launched today a new version of their popular Full Episode Player. The player features an all-new interface for accessing favorite episodes and discovering new ones:   And there are several new features like a slideshow to showcase related content, ability to share an episode or a show [...]

Posted on December 2, 2007 at 7:41 pm

The beginning…

TweetWelcome to giusbyte.com This polymathic blog is a collection of technical information and thoughts and articles collected while drifting around the wired mesh. You can find here links to some of my work…enjoy!

Posted on November 5, 2007 at 2:40 am

Lost and the Writers’ Strike

TweetLost isn’t like other shows.  You know it, I know it and ABC knows it.  It makes sense that Lost won’t be affected by the writers’ strike in the same way as other series. With Lost slated for return to the air in February, ABC will be banking on Lost for ratings stability in what [...]

Posted on October 5, 2007 at 3:59 pm

One iPhone app to rule them all

TweetOn October 5, 2007 Before Apple’s infamous iPhone update 1.1.1, a pretty healthy industry had sprung up focused on bringing a host of apps and missing functionality to the iPhone’s mobile OS X. But now that it has become a somewhat more risky proposition to jailbreak your iPhone and start loading apps, folks are looking [...]

Posted on August 15, 2007 at 3:54 pm

The iEightBall goes live

TweetI have just completed a simple web app for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. It’s just a proof of concept and eventually to spur more applications that use the layout manager handled by the internal accelerometer as a UI element.  The product mimics the same functionality of a Magic Eight Ball. You can ask your question to the ball, [...]

Posted on July 25, 2007 at 1:31 am

ABC.com’s free online HD player is live

TweetOn July 25, 2007 ABC.com’s long awaited free “HD” player is finally available on its website, delivering 720p video at 24 fps. Users with a fast PC and at least a 2 Mbps connection can take a look right now, at one episode each of Lost, Desperate Housewives, Ugly Betty or Grey’s Anatomy… Read article [...]