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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

Why Google released Closure Tools

another nail in M$ coffinIt seems Google is second to FSF to send M$ to its grave.You are an idiot....First of all did you even read the article...Not only the article makes no senselike your idiotic rant aggainst MS but it contains several errors.AJAX is javascript and is not unique...

Tags: Scripting languages, Programming languages, tool, Rhino, JavaScript, Java, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

House due for its health reform vote tomorrow

the American patriots will rise againand defeat the socialist bill.All real Americans are outraged about ObamaCare and the Congress should listen to them.Only the GOP healthcare bill is the one we can afford and will improve the healthcare.Not going to passPeople do not want this socialist fiasco.RE: House due for...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, WTF, health care, insurance, patriot

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Which antivirus is best at removing malware?

Run a Linux distro or a MacIt is funny, when you 'weld' a web_browserinto an operating system and viruses/worms/malware/trojans and spyware come in from outside sources it is amazing how insecureit makes an Operating System.Say what you will, Linux distro's power theInternet with Bind dns, dhcp, routers/switchesand they do not...

Tags: Operating systems, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, MSE, antivirus, operating system, malware, Linux Distro, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Twitter and web forgery

Last evening as I was winding down after a long journey imagine my surprise when I started to receive a tsunami of @ replies on my Twitter account. Apparently I was direct messaging a stack of people I don't know with a link to something that...

Tags: Web, Password, Twitter Inc., Robert Scoble, Security, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-05

What would make you trust Microsoft?

Flame on!Let me save a couple people the time of posting"Microsoft is the most evil thing on earth and should be destroyed" - Linux Geek, Ole Man, D.T, No More Microsoft Software ...."I trust Microsoft with my life" - Mike Cox, Loverock, ... "They are a company. I trust them...

Tags: SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., extremist, open source, MHD

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Walmart unveils 15.6" HP Pavilion G60 laptop for $298

hmmfor once, i agree with you. why are they still making the celeron...? shouldn't the atom replace that?Intel Celeron?is Inhel still making this 10 year old crap?surplus maybe? ntnti feel 298 is bad for celron processor..but still good option for ppl who r new to these creepy labtops..RE: Walmart unveils...

Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, Processors, HP Pavilion, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., laptop computer, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Google Maps and the mystery of the non-existent town

anagram softwareDid you get the words "not real" out of it? With an extra "G" left over?Brilliant!Good find! If that isn't the solution, then it sure is one heck of a coincidence.It wouldn't surprise me at all if that is it. Similar things -- adding a fictional item...

Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Network technology, Zack, Yahoo Maps, Google Inc., Google Maps, Argleton

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

EU showdown over Oracle-Sun; Objections seem imminent

Oracle should expose the M$ agents in the commision and then it should file a lawsuit in the US against M$ for criminal interference to a US approved deal.The more you post...The less you make sense... please go back to the "Asile du Pingouin" institution to get your medication EU...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Oracle Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

The long and winding road to MSN's reinvention as a social hub

MSN, why bother?I remember what a turd-fest the original MSN was. When I got my DSL from Qwest a few years back, MSN was the service provider. So my last peek at MSN was in June 2007 and I never went back there -- it was still a crap-fest. How...

Tags: MSN

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Spring Design sues Barnes & Noble over Alex, Nook

I kind of want to see barnes and noble win this one...The whole concept of a sliding image preview isn't exactly revolutionary, and it does look decidedly different from the bulky, 2003-esque block interface of the alex.On a personal note, I think the alex looks like some children's toy out...

Tags: Sales channel, E-books, NDA, Barnes & Noble Inc., B&N, credit card, patent, Nook, password

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Kidneys do not like those chip and diet soda lunches

yessss i dont drink soda beer is good for kidney :) yes.... now must find a replacement for the chips ....shrimp in cocktail sauce BBq meat with chipotle sauce sourdough bread with topingbagel chip yes bagel chip they are not fried they are oven cook ... i...

Tags: Food & Beverage, Fast-Food, beverage, soda, chip, wine

Discussion threads 2009-11-03