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Everything you've read about Vista DRM is wrong (Part 3)

This is the final installment in my series debunking Peter Gutmann's widely read and undeservedly cited paper on Vista content protection. (If you missed Part 1 and Part 2, go read them before you dive into this conclusion.) Today, I want to deal head-on with one of the most...

Tags: Paper, HDMI, PC, Digital-rights Management, Output, NVidia Corp., Codec, Microsoft Windows Vista, Video, Microsoft Corp., Hardware, 1080p, Peter Gutmann, HD, Laptop Magazine, DVI, D-CINEMA, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2007-09-20

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Toshiba Regza 42RV530U

During the last year flat-panel HDTV prices seemed to hit a plateau, where the standard bricklike downward trend leveled off somewhat. Now, however, prices are on the decline again, opening up bigger screen sizes to lower price ranges. For example, Toshiba's lowest-priced 1080p 42-inch LCD, the 42RV530U, can be purchased...

Tags: Monitors & displays, 1080p, Toshiba Corp.

Product reviews 2008-07-22

Build-a-lot (zip)

Send the housing market through the roof as you build, buy, and sell houses in the new strategy game, Build-a-lot. You can flip houses for quick cash or sit back and watch the rental income pile up. Become a real estate mogul as you visit scenic towns, earn huge profits...

Tags: House, GreenAppleGames, Real Estate, Strategy, Business Operations, Management

Software downloads 2008-07-17

TriviNET - Trivial Online (Spanish) (rar)

With TriviNET you will be able to demonstrate everything what you know and to learn about which you do not know. It is a classic game of questions and answers, but with a very interesting additive, you play online with and against players worldwide. You will be able to respond...

Tags: Argentina, TriviNET, Games, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2008-07-15

Apple founder Steve Wozniak interview, answers your Tweeted questions

At the San Francisco Social Networking Conference today, Steve Wozniak, Apple co founder and personal computer legend, shared some fascinating insights into the modern world of social networking and mobile phones. I was able to organize a one on one interview with Steve (thanks Marc Lesnick &...

Tags: Phone, Steve Wozniak, Mobile, Network, Cell Phone, Apple Inc., Steve, Social Networking, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular Phones, Online Communications, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-07-10

Solid AVI DivX to DVD Burner (exe)

Convert AVI to DVD, burn DivX, MPEG, AVI to DVD disc to play on portable/home DVD players. Support nearly all video files: avi to dvd, divx to dvd, wmv to dvd, mpeg to dvd, rm to dvd, mp4 to dvd and over 60 other video formats; Support all DVD players,...

Tags: DVD Burner, AVI, TopviewSoft, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2008-07-01

New Line Cinema Shop (gadget)

Introducing the New Line Cinema Shop and Google search bar gadget. The New Line Shop has jewelry, toys, DVDs, clothing, posters and more from movies like Lord of the Rings, Hairspray, & The Golden Compass. Its easy to find what you want with our great assortment of Collectibles and Gifts...

Tags: New Line Cinema, Sidebar Gadgets, New Line Shop, Cloud Computing, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2008-06-27

Rumor Mill: iSight HD, new Intel chips, iPod touch 2G, patents (updated)

Happy Friday! Let's take a look at some of the latest Apple rumors floating around. A MacRumors reader found references to an unreleased High Definition USB iSight in Apple's QuickTime system files. The line says "Next Generation USB iSight" in QuickTime's localizable.strings and also carries a reference...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iSight, Patent, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Apple iPod Touch, 2G, Camera, Intel Corp., Chip, MacBlogz, Digital Music, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Hardware, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-06-20

Radeon HD 4850 - Another GPU that fails to keep up with the aging 8800 GTS

Radeon HD 4850 - Another GPU that fails to keep up with the aging 8800 GTSThis is a great surpriseAMD said that the new 4XXX graphics card range would give movie realistic gameplay...guess it's marketing...Well...I have to say, that GTS is a great card! I've used it in my work...

Tags: AMD GPU, Radeon HD 4850, Radeon HD, Radeon, GPU, GTS, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., NVidia Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-06-19

LG 50PG60

The LG 50PG60 is the second of two HDTVs we've reviewed with THX display certification, and it proves that even the three letters formerly associated with George Lucas can't guarantee picture quality parity. The first such THX-certified TV, Panasonic's TH-50PZ800U, impressed us in just about every way, and the 50PG60...

Tags: Quality, TVs, TV & Home Theater, LG 50PG60, LG Electronics Inc., THX

Product reviews 2008-06-12

San Jose's hipster festival: Zero 1 - Art on the Edge

For at least five days San Jose, California, is the hipster capital of the west. It is Silicon Valley's answer to Sundance and South-by-South-yawn-West. Here is a flavor of what's in store (video by Lucaso and Laura]: ...

Tags: Festival, San Jose, Steve Dietz, Ryoji Ikeda, Corporate Communications, Virtual Reality, Sales Force Management, Marketing, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-06-03

How an Apple store was transformed into a Best Buy in 10 minutes

How an Apple store was transformed into a Best Buy in 10 minutesThat is true[i]We pay a lot for our hardware / software so we have a right to be annoyed more than people buying $400 laptops, right?[/i]I agree. When you are not dealing with the higher volumes of people...

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Store, Best Buy Co. Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-05-22

Yamaha YSP-900

The YSP-900 may be the entry-level model in Yamaha's YSP single-speaker surround lineup for 2008, but it sounds largely the same as its immediate step-up model, the YSP-3000, with which it shares the same basic design. Yamaha's single speaker surround systems all use advanced technology to project sound into the...

Tags: Construction, Consumer electronics, DVD, metal grille, Yamaha YSP-900, Yamaha Corp.

Product reviews 2008-05-21

Yahoo! frees the Monkey, and announces prizes for a Developer Challenge

In conversation with Yahoo! Research's Peter Mika last week, I jokingly suggested that Yahoo! Search's open developer platform, SearchMonkey, might open its doors to developers this week. Well, they just did, and went a step further by announcing a month-long Developer Challenge and prizes of up to $10,000 for innovative...

Tags: Developer, Yahoo! Inc., Infobars, Search, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-05-15

Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?

As expected, billionaire Carl Icahn launched his proxy war to turn over Yahoo's board of directors and one of his nominees is Mark Cuban, who sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo and then took those funds to buy the Dallas Mavericks. Just for entertainment value I may buy a...

Tags: Shareholder, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Chairman, Mr., Mark Cuban, Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Director, Yahoo Shareholder, Bebchuk, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-15

Mitsubishi HC6000

Mitsubishi's HC6000 replaces last year's model, the HC5000, as the company's entry-level 1080p home theater projector. The main improvement is higher contrast ratio due mainly to improved black level performance. It also delivers on its 1080p resolution promise for the most part, with video processing courtesy of Silicon Optix and...

Tags: Projectors, menu system, Auto Iris feature, color temperature, Mitsubishi HC6000, projector, Mitsubishi Corp.

Product reviews 2008-04-15

Wayback Machine: Microsoft's shot to kill Quicktime video

Ten years ago, give a week or so, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced QuickTime 3.0 to the National Association of Broadcasters' convention. Behind the scenes in the months before the introduction, Microsoft was playing hardball with hardware and software vendors over its new A/V APIs along with demands to kill...

Tags: Software, Apple QuickTime, Apple Inc., Mr., Video, Microsoft Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-04-03

20-inch iMac owner sues for lack of colors

20-inch iMac owner sues for lack of colorsWell "IF" Apple did lie then they should pay....I do like my 24" iMac and since I'm not a pro photographer I doubt that the color thing would be an issue with me (and from what I read I do get the colors...

Tags: Monitors & displays, LCD, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., CRT

Discussion threads 2008-04-02

Rumor Mill: What you'll be buying from Apple next

Hey there, this is Jason's twin brother Jake. Jason asked me to pen a quick column on Apple rumors, so here goes... Released products are fine, but what about what's coming out next week, next month or next quarter? Here's a fun Friday peek into Apple's labs,...

Tags: Apple Inc., Alioscopy, 3G, DVR, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-03-21

Office 2008 vs. iWork vs. NeoOffice vs. OpenOffice

Office 2008 vs. iWork vs. NeoOffice vs. OpenOfficeHave BothI have both and the short comings are slim but there are a few items that stand out for me. In iWorks there is not a way to use an external database like Filemaker--a user is limited to importing fields only from...

Tags: Apple iWork, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, NeoOffice

Discussion threads 2008-03-03