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News Corp. to release TV/films for download (protected by MS-DRM)

Personally, I think the very first question that should be asked whenever a movie or television studio releases its content for download, or whenever some new multimedia device or phone comes out, is what Digital Rights Management DRM technology (otherwise known as CRAP -- Cancellation, Restriction, And Punishment) it's intertwined...

Tags: Crap, digital-rights management

Blog posts 2006-08-14

GM, Ford, Mazda, to drive acceptance of Apple's C.R.A.P. Coke to help market soak it up.

I couldn't help myself with the catchy headline this time. Hey. It's hot and I'm feely punchy. So, the lowdown is that GM, Ford, and Mazda are apparently going to be iPod friendly. According to CNET's Kevin Massy:Apple is teaming up with GM, Ford, and Mazda...

Tags: Apple iPod, Crap

Blog posts 2006-08-03

FSF-backed DRM protesters don hazmat suits at WinHEC

According to DVD-Recordable.org:As Microsoft developers gathered in Seattle to hear Bill Gates's keynote speech on the future of Microsoft and the coming release of its updated operating system Vista, protesters wearing bright yellow Hazmat suits swarmed the entrance of the city's convention center, delivering an unsettling message to the corporation:...

Tags: Crap, Digital Restrictions Management

Blog posts 2006-05-24

Intel's DRM by any other name is still DRM

In calling a spade a spade, Cory Doctorow refers to Intel's DTCP-IP technology for what it really is: Digital Rights Management Technology. Only I wish he'd start using my acronym for DRM: CRAP see the video for why I call it that. That way, the headline could have...

Tags: Crap, digital-rights management

Blog posts 2006-03-07

Jobs iPod Hi-Fi: Home stereo reinvented? Or load of HorseCRAP?

Please don't say I didn't warn you. Regarding Apple's recently introduced iPod Hi-Fi, the first story I read was written by News.com's John Borland. In it, Borland wrote "Jobs and Apple are pitching the iPod Hi-Fi as a replacement for the home stereo system." My hunt began...

Tags: Apple Computer Inc., Crap

Blog posts 2006-03-01

FSF's Stallman pitches new definition for C.R.A.P.

If you've been following any of the news regarding the now draft version 3 of the GNU General Public License, then you also know by now that the Free Software Foundation and its leader Richard Stallman are looking to prevent the mashing up of GPL'd software with digital rights management...

Tags: Crap

Blog posts 2006-02-14

Git yer preloaded iPods on eBay (but are they time bombs?)

Warning: This blog entry substitutes the acronym CRAP where the term DRM might normally have appeared. read why. By way of Slashdot comes an alert to Kevin Maney's piece in USA Today about the legality of selling preloaded iPods. Wrote Maney: A 60-gigabyte video iPod...

Tags: Crap, IPODS

Blog posts 2006-01-24

Google vs. the DOJ, GPL 3, Mashup Camp and CRAP...(The Dan and David Show)

In this latest episode of the Dan & David Show we look into Google's refusal to provide search logs to the government and at the forthcoming (in 2007) version of the GPL version 3. We also discuss the latest moves from Oracle to make its next-generation architecture and applications suite,...

Tags: Crap, Dan Farber, David Show, Google Inc., GPL, GPL 3, mashup, Mashup Camp, podcast, U.S. Department of Justice

Blog posts 2006-01-21

Suggestions for renaming DRM start rolling in

From ZDNet reader Russ Lighton via email, a new explanation for the acronym DRM: The Digital Repossession Manifesto DRM: "By purchasing this product you understand and agree you are actually purchasing a rental of the digital content and do not actually own the content. The rental...

Tags: Content Restriction, Crap, Digital Repossession Manifesto

Blog posts 2006-01-13

Additional Resources

Death of the black box EULA

Nonsense. Just look at Psystar.They died by the EULA. The judge even brought that up.And open source software has an EULA of its own, telling you exactlly what you can and must do to be able to use the software.Any failure to follow the EULA/GPL allows the owner of the...

Tags: EULA, black box, software

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

"Turkey Day" tech support survival kit

Not bad, AdrianI agree about the Microsoft Security Essentials, as it is now my standard install. I typically find a nice performance improvement after removing whatever security suite they have and installing MSE.For scanners, I use Malwarebytes. It is small and easy to run, and finds and removes...

Tags: MSE, VIPRE, Defraggler

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Black Friday '09: $59 TomTom GPS, $78 Blu-ray player, $10 Blu-ray discs

Black FridayI wonder who will die for this crap this year.... Black Friday should be outlawed!But ZDNet told me...Blu-ray was dead years ago;-)So buy theTom Tom instead :)

Tags: Blu-ray, DVD, Consumer electronics, Blu-ray disc, GPS, Black Friday, TomTom

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Numbers of new Core i7 iMacs are turning up DOA

I guess it goes to show that......even the almighty apple is not immune to issues. We have some iMacs (about 100 - 120) in my organization compared to about 2500 Windows Desktops and out of the 90 we ordered a few years ago (17" iMacs) we had one come...

Tags: Desktops, DOA, Core i7 iMac, Core i7, Apple Inc., Apple iMac

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Who wants tea with their turkey?

Push comes to shove.....I still believe Reid will throw down the reconciliation card. I'm sure he doesn't want to, but he won't accept defeat. If he can't get the sixty, he'll settle for 51.Which is a shame, because while the stated goals of this bill are admirable, in...

Tags: Vertical industries, GOP, Dana, Lieberman Software Corp, tax

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Schiller: App Store isn't broken

The truth hurtsThe truth is consumer lacks the ability to make good decision regarding the security of their data. We are regularly tricked into click-installing things while surfing the web, download trojans and other malware, give out information over the phone that we shouldn't etc ... and we never...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, approval process, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

A Chrome OS Video Tour

Microsoft: Watch Out, We're Coming to Getcha!Open Source is like water, you can't stop it.Bwahahahahahhhhhhhhhh................Man this OS is a POS.There is nothing this OS can do that I can't do already with Windows 7. It looks like a piece of crap and I really wanted to give Google the...

Tags: Operating systems, INTERNET, NaCl, Chrome, Chrome OS, Chrome OS Video Tour, operating system, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Ballmer: Windows 7 sales on a roll

Oh boy... this should be a fun Talkback... ntntyeap...for sure we'll be hearing what everyone has already said "ad nauseum".BallSack is a MoronPlain and Simple.I'm sure Win7 sales are decent. After all, it's hard to get an OS-less computer.....It is easy enough to get linuxpre-installed.Or buy a MacHowever,...

Tags: Sales strategy, Operating systems, Mac sale, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Linux, sales, Steve Ballmer, Windows 7 sale, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Research paints ugly IT employment picture: Almost 2 million jobs gone in 14 years

Depressing...So much innovation happened in America in the 90's. Alot of what we have now was accomplished by American engineers, and now we are not being included anymore because of what? Arbitrage. Sad, Sad, Sad....Of courseBecause all these CEOs and wannabe businesspeople think quality doesn't matter so...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, information technology, comeback, profit margin, job, worker

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Pinned tabs? (Gallery: Chrome OS revealed)

Easy to see why Google wants thisAll roads lead to Google and advertizing.RE: Pinned tabs? (Gallery: Chrome OS revealed)Aouch!! what is this crap os is??? Bad Bad Bad idea!!!RE: Pinned tabs? (Gallery: Chrome OS revealed)NO thanks. I am not in Kindergarten.RE: Pinned tabs? (Gallery: Chrome OS revealed)I think it...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows 7, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, netbook, Chrome, Google Inc., Chrome OS, operating system, Gallery, Linux, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Google's Chrome OS: Will you give up desktop apps?

I won't ntntI can'tI'm not online 24/7. I need local apps, as does everyone else. Say what you want. But network outages happen... Weather by forces of nature or human error, a network will eventually go down. It's only a matter of time. And knowing Google's past GMail outages, I...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Desktops, operating system, desktop, Google Inc., desktop app, netbook, Google Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-11-19