Radio has been a good friend to all of us through the years. It was always that thing you kept switched on in the background and turned whenever a favorite song was played.With the proliferation of the Internet, radio too found a way into it via a format known as streaming radio.

The streaming format enables the transfer of data (which is what music is in its basic format) in little pieces. These pieces are deleted soon after they are played and therefore only a miniscule amount of space is taken at any time to enable radio to come through the internet line.This enables broadcasters and the music industry to not worry too much about music being pirated through this medium, as there is no permanent storage of the data.

Listening to music online has become a rapidly growing pastime, as internet access has become cheaper and easier (e.g. mobile internet).Listening to internet radio free of any of those annoying commercials that you keep hearing on normal radio stations is extremely pleasing.This is one of the reasons why internet radio has become popular. Another reason is the ability to find almost any specialty radio station. Whether you like top 40, techno, reggae, rapcore etc., you can find it easily on the net. The best part is that you don’t have to spend time tuning into anything; all you have to do is search and click on the link you want. It’s as simple as that.

“Holy smokes Batfans, Nolan’s talking!” Yep, that’s right Director Christopher Nolan has finally named the next Batman movie. For the last few weeks he’s been dropping various ambiguous hints about the upcoming movie and has been notoriously vague about giving anything concrete out. But finally in an interview with Geoff Boucher, the director said that the next movie will be titled “The Dark Knight Rises“.

It may not be a very witty or creatively conceived title, but it does deliver the message and promises a proper continuation from where it left off in the first movie. The movie is scheduled to shoot in the summer and is to feature Tom Hardy (Inception, RocknRolla) as a baddie. The director also made two other revelations in his interview. The first, contrary to popular belief The Riddler will not be the featured villain in the movie. This has left fans wondering and grabbing at straws as to who would fill in the slot of Batman’s enemy. Mr. Freeze is not the villain either as Nolan confirmed that fact some time ago, which puts up Catwoman or The Penguin as next most likeliest candidates.

The last revelation was, thankfully, that the movie will not be in 3D. Bucking the trend of making almost every blockbuster into a 3D movie (resulting in a fiasco most of the time), Nolan has stated that the new Batman movie will shot on IMAX and High Definition cameras. This is a good sign and promises that it will be a lot more about a story and acting rather than gimmicky effects.