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Disagreement over impact of Vista's analog hole

Since my initial report on the Vista analog hole and getting confirmation of the flaw from Microsoft, Microsofts MSRC blog downplayed the significance of this exploit and said that there was "there is little if any need to worry about the effects of this issue on your new Windows Vista...

Tags: Browsers, Desktop, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, News, Security, Vista

Blog posts 2007-02-01

Hauppauge CEO on Cable TV DRM: Common Sense will prevail

Unbeknownst to most consumers, the world of cable TV is currently going through a technological and legal revolution that, if things continue on their present course, could render obsolete just about any device that can take a feed from a cable box. For example, your TV set. Proponents...

Tags: analog hole, Hauppauge Technologies, TV

Blog posts 2006-04-13

DRM and the myth of the 'analog hole'

There seems to be a persistent myth floating around the board rooms of the movie companies and Congress that analog content is the boogie man of music and video piracy. In fact they're so paranoid about it that they're considering a mechanism called ICT Image Constraint Token that punishes...

Tags: analog hole, Information and Communication Technology, movie, DVD

Blog posts 2006-03-28

Something for Congress to stick in its analog hole and smoke

Something for Congress to stick in its analog hole and smokeInteresting you mentioned thatMy future livingroom has but 3 electronic devices.1. A box - a set-top/cable-style "box" that is no more than a web browser that uses WiMAX to stream video/audio.2. The "big screen" - Not a television per se...

Tags: U.S. Congress, video capture, speaker, analog hole

Discussion threads 2006-01-04

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Hey, kids! The days of free music are over.

Hey, kids! The days of free music are over.See this? Tiniest violin in the world. Playing just for the RIAA.Record labels and their industry kicking-dog the RIAA can go and do an unmentionable to themselves. They have been a parasite between musicians and fans for far too...

Tags: Free Music, music, MP3

Discussion threads 2009-08-01

I Dig It 1.1 (Mobile)

Farmer Lewis has dug himself a hole - financially. To get himself out of it he has converted an old bulldozer into a high tech digging machine. Help him out by digging underground to collect items ranging from junk to the rarest of gems in order to raise some money...

Tags: Mobile, Inmotion Software, Farmer Lewis, Mortgages, Keyboards, Monitors & Displays, Finance, Capital Structures, Hardware, Peripherals, Components

Software downloads 2009-07-17

News to know: Nokia; Salesforce; Mozilla; Google; Facebook

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Salesforce opens Sites; offers free version to help push cloud adoption Dion Hinchcliffe: Cloud computing and open source face-off...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., Flaw, Palm Inc., Mozilla Corp., Keyboards, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Peripherals

Blog posts 2009-06-15

DRM licensing group plan to plug analog hole

DRM licensing group plan to plug analog holeI don't piratebut I hate DRM. It's a huge scam that penalizes legitimate users and doesn't do anything to stop real pirates. It makes me disrespect the industry and less likely to buy encumbered products. In my life, I have bought a total...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, digital-rights management, analog output, piracy

Discussion threads 2009-06-12

DRM licensing group plan to plug analog hole

The AACS Licensing Authority seems to think that you don't have enough DRM in your living room and seeks to eliminate analog decoders by 2014. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Digital-rights Management, AACS Licensing Authority, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-06-12

Rumor: iTunes music to go DRM-free today

Rumor: iTunes music to go DRM-free todayIt would be a good step forward.Removing DRM would be a good step forward - and a move towards what has already been done with Amazon.com and other online music stores.IMHO the companies just held out on letting Apple remove the DRM because iTunes...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, Apple iTunes, DRM-free, music, Itunes Music, digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2008-12-09

Why Grandma Sandy and Aunt Roz don't want an HDTV for Christmas

Answer: Rectangular peg, Square Hole. With the prices of HDTV's plummeting, one would think that people would be rushing to buy new sets, particularly with the analog TV mass-extinction event coming in February. But the reality is, many people have no intention...

Tags: Cabinet, HDTV, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Insignia NS-DXA1-APT

Editors' note: The NS-DXA1-APT is nearly identical to the Insignia NS-DXA1, except the NS-DXA1-APT adds the ability to pass analog signals to a TV and has slightly better sound. Otherwise, the reviews are virtually identical.The FCC has pushed back the DTV transition several times already, but it looks as if...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, RCA DTA800B1, Insignia NS-DXA1-APT, digital television

Product reviews 2008-10-31

Winegard RCDT09A

Earlier in the spring we published a blog entry titled, "Don't buy a portable TV this year" highlighting the fact that the vast majority of portable TVs use analog tuners that won't pull in TV signals after the analog-to-digital TV transition February 17, 2009. At the time, our advice was...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Engineering, Winegard RCDT09A, digital television, converter box, battery, DTV converter box, TV, portable TV, battery pack

Product reviews 2008-09-30

Walmart to pull plug on DRM servers

Walmart to pull plug on DRM serversThe lie in their emailBeginning October 9, we will no longer be able [b] [i] refuse [/b] [/i] to assist with digital rights management issues for protected WMA files purchased from Walmart.com.Edit: Whoops! How do you do a strikethrough in Talkback?Edit edit:...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, server, digital-rights management, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-09-28

RCA DTA800B1

The DTV transition has been pushed back before, but the recent tests in Wilmington, N.C., make it clear over-the-air analog TV signals really will be turned off on February 17, 2009. That means analog TV owners will need to pony up for a DTV converter box if they want to...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, DTA800, DTV Transition, casing, RCA DTA800B1, digital television, TV, RCA

Product reviews 2008-09-19

Magnavox TB100MW9

As the digital transition gets closer and media coverage increases, the important thing to remember is that if you get your TV from cable or satellite now, you don't need to do anything. If you do rely on analog over-the-air TV, the next important thing is to not panic--you don't...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Magnavox TB100MW9, EPG, digital television, Magnavox

Product reviews 2008-09-17

Apex DT250

The analog-to-digital transition is coming February 17, which means owners of analog TVs will need to pony up for a DTV converter box if they want to continue getting their free over-the-air TV. Luckily, the box shouldn't cost too much, as anyone affected can apply for a $40 DTV converter...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, power button, Apex DT250, Apex, digital television, converter box, TV

Product reviews 2008-09-11

Acer Aspire X1200-U1520A

The Acer Aspire X1200 line of minidesktops fits budget PC components inside a compact case and offers some features that let it act as a light home theater companion. Our $450 review model came with a dual-core AMD processor, 4GB of memory, and 64-bit Windows Vista, which make it...

Tags: Corporate communications, Semiconductors, TV & Home Theater, Network technology, Consumer electronics, Aspire X1200, Acer Inc., video, chip

Product reviews 2008-09-02

Dish Network TR-40 CRA

Editors' note: This review is nearly identical to our review of the Dish Network DTVPal, as both products offer exactly the same functionality. However, since the TR-40 CRA costs less, CNET advises all buyers to go with the cheaper TR-40 CRA.Back at CES 2008, Dish Network promised to deliver a...

Tags: TV & Home Theater, TVs, TR-40 CRA, DTVPal, DTV converter box, digital television, Dish Network

Product reviews 2008-09-02

Zenith DTT901

Editors' note: The DTT901 is nearly identical to the Zenith DTT900, except the DTT901 adds the ability to pass analog signals to a TV and has slightly better sound. Otherwise, the reviews are virtually identical.The FCC has pushed back the DTV transition several times already, but it looks as if...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, RCA DTA800, Zenith DTT901, digital television

Product reviews 2008-07-21