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Adrian Kingsley-Hughes is an internationally published technology author who has devoted over a decade to helping users get the most from technology -- whether that be by learning to program, building a PC from a pile of parts, or helping them get the most from their new MP3 player or...- more about Adrian Kingsley-Hughes »
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- Has Steve Jobs dropped the iTunes ball?
- Has Steve Jobs been too focused on the iPhone over the past six months and allowed problems to develop over in an established part of Apple's business - iTunes. The New York Times reports today that Universal Music Group has notified Apple that it will not renew its annual contract...
- Tags: Thoughts, Industry, In the news, Gadgets, DRM, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-07-02
- iTunes Plus - Getting more than you bargained for!
- Following article on Wired and The Unofficial Apple Weblog, debate is raging as to whether it is right that Apple incorporates user's iTunes user name into tracks (specifically, the DRM-free iTunes Plus tunes).I've read dozens of blog posts and web articles today on this subject and one thing that seems...
- Tags: Thoughts, DRM, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-06-04
- Latest AACS Processing Key released
- The cat and mouse game between the hackers and the AACS Licensing Authority continues as the latest MKB v3 Processing Key is released onto the web.This latest key can be used to decrypt all newly released (and future releases, for a while at least) HD DVD and Blu-ray discs. This...
- Tags: Blu-ray, DRM, HD-DVD, Thoughts
- Blog posts 2007-05-31
- Is it too late for managed Blu-ray and HD-DVD copying?
- Licensing discussions are underway which could see consumers being given the right to make a number of legitimate copies of HD DVD and Blu-ray movies. But is it too late for managed copying?So the AACS LA do believe that relaxing the DRM will boost salesThe agreement, if it gets support from the...
- Tags: Blu-ray, DRM, HD-DVD, Thoughts
- Blog posts 2007-05-24
- AACS vs. The bloggers
- The BBC is carrying the story that the AACS Licensing Authority AACSLA plans to fight the bloggers who "crossed the line" and posted the processing key which can be used to break the copy protection on HD-DVDs."It started out as a circumvention effort six to eight weeks ago but we...
- Tags: Thoughts, Legal, Industry, In the news, DRM
- Blog posts 2007-05-04
- Why the AACSLA are desperate to force the "forbidden numbers" genie back into the bottle
- Ive had a number of questions from Hardware 2.0 readers concerning the AACSLA AACS Licensing Authority and why theyre now trying to erase the HD-DVD processing key forbidden numbers" from the Internet. What a slap in the face for the AACS is must have been when the lowly hackers,...
- Tags: Thoughts, Legal, HD-DVD, DRM, Blu-ray
- Blog posts 2007-05-02
- WGA - The "A" stands for Advertisments
- Just when you think that WGA cant possibly get any worse, it suddenly does.As you probably already know, Im no fan of WGA, but when Microsoft turns this anti-piracy tool into a marketing stream, somethings gone seriously wrong somewhere.Stephen Wildstrom, a writer for BusinessWeek, documents his experience with WGA.My windows...
- Tags: Thoughts, Software, Microsoft, DRM
- Blog posts 2007-04-30
- EMI DRM-free deal -Shortsighted, risky, and possibly irresponsible to the company's shareholders
- DRM Watch has an interesting article which examines EMIs DRM-free music deal with Apple and now Microsoft. Its been interesting over the past few days to watch the reaction from different tech sectors to the EMI/Apple and then the EMI/Microsoft deal to make DRM-free music with less compression available...
- Tags: Thoughts, Industry, DRM, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-04-06
Additional Resources
- Defective NVIDIA GPUs present in MacBook Pro
- Apple has now joined the ranks of Dell and HP and admitted that some if its MacBook Pro notebooks have been shipped with defective NVIDIA GPUs. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: NVidia Corp., Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook Pro, GPU, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Apple kicks off Ultracompact USB adapter exchange program
- Back in September Apple announced a recall of the Ultracompact USB power adapter for the iPhone 3G following claims that the metal prongs might break off in the power outlet an present a risk of electrical shock. Well, today is the day that Apple kicks off the exchange program. by...
- Tags: Swap, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Will HTC be the first to launch a WiMAX-enabled mobile phone?
- Fellow Mobile Tech Roundup podcast co-host Kevin Tofel went to the Sprint/XOHM WiMAX launch event in Baltimore this week and wrote up his thoughts. The event was focused mainly on the devices that support the WiMAX network that was launched the week before and as a mobile guy I was...
- Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Phone, Mobile, Radio, Cell Phone, Nokia N810, WiMAX, Advertising & Promotion, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Marketing, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- An interview with Scott Brinker
- It's clearly a week for publishing podcasts. As well as David Provost, whom I mentioned yesterday, I've also just released a podcast with ion interactive's Scott Brinker. Scott has been blogging for a while about the impact that semantic technologies might have upon his area of interest,...
- Tags: Scott Brinker, Podcasts, Internet, Paul Miller
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Symantec shows Microsoft how to do UAC
- Security company Symantec has released a tool that helps to make Vista's UAC User Account Control feature clearer and less of a pain to use. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Norton Co., Microsoft Corp., Tool, UAC, Productivity, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Symantec shows Microsoft how to do UAC
- Security company Symantec has released a tool that helps to make Vista's UAC User Account Control feature clearer and less of a pain to use. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, uac, vista, norton, microsoft, security
- Image galleries 2008-10-10
- Consumers score a partial win against Walmart
- Walmart has done a 180 on its earlier decision to pull the plug on its DRM servers (thereby locking customers' music collection to whatever PC it happened to be on at the time) and decided to keep the DRM servers running - for now. Important Information About Your Digital Music Purchases ...
- Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Digital-rights Management, Server, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- OpenOffice 3.0 Final ready for download
- OpenOffice 3.0 Final has already been uploaded to a variety of mirror download sites ahead of the official announcement Monday 13. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: OpenOffice.org, OpenOffice.org 3.0 Final, OpenOffice, Office Suites, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- News to know: Apple's $800 laptop; MS and Mac Patch Days; Vista Home for business
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Mac OS X Patch Day: 40 security flaws fixed MS Patch Tuesday heads-up: 11 bulletins, 4 critical Ed Bott: Look who's buying...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, H-1B, Notebooks, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Grober
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Apple notebook for $800 - Would you be interested?
- Pop quiz - If Apple does unveil an $800 notebook is unveiled at Apple's notebook event on October 14, would you be interested? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Apple Inc., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Buy an ASUS Eee Box mini PC, get free malware!
- Proud owners of ASUS's Eee Box mini PC got more than they bargained for - malware. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: ASUS, Malware, mini-PC, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Apple's $800 notebook - Winners and losers
- If Apple really is poised to release an $800 notebook, who would be the winners and losers? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Apple Inc., Notebooks, Linux, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Software, Apple Mac OS, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
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