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Secure ripping from "episodic DVDs" described in just-published Microsoft patent app

A major new Microsoft Patent application entitled DVD identification and managed copy authorization describes and illustrates a secure manner in which DVDs could be enabled for "ripping" of selected sections of media. In other words, and as Paragraph 44 of this app...

Tags: consumer, multimedia, authorization, activation, content provider, client, information, microsoft corp., copy, copy service, identification response, fig, authorization service, method 1000, method 1100, method 1200, dvd, consumer electronics, personal technology, home entertainment, russell shaw

Blog posts 2008-01-03

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Six steps to an effective data governance program

As data governance becomes a key benchmark of a company's responsibility to enhance and protect data, here are six simple steps that start to develop a program based on individual needs. In the past few years, dozens of high-profile incidents involving data mismanagement have gained international attention. Caught off...

Tags: data, organization, corporate governance, tools & techniques, pricing, databases, business operations, corporate law, management, marketing, enterprise software, software, data management, data governance, mismanagement, steve alder, ibm, special to zdnet

News items 2008-08-06

"I Am Rich" iPhone app - a steal at $999.99!

"I Am Rich" iPhone app - a steal at $999.99!DangIf they'd just throw in tip calculator functionality with it, I'd snap it right up. :-PNothing "remotely scammy?""but I can't see anything remotely scammy about this since what the app is and does is clearly explained in the description."Other than the...

Tags: pet rock, apple iphone

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

Are you a Dog or a Cat?

Are you a Dog or a Cat?You proved my point.People do not like change unless they are the implementors.Dog/Cat/FishI liked the way you put that! vista is a pretty configuration but it is a new learning venture for us all..I'm a dog/cat person...who also loves fish..hehehehThey moved everything around......to create...

Tags: productivity, vista

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

I Am Rich is the most expensive iPhone app

I Am Rich is the most expensive iPhone appWell, the perfect icon would bea picture of Bill Gates, but it would look a little out of place on an Apple product :)How about the "I am really rich icon"Its the exact same thing except...you don't even use an iPhone to...

Tags: apple iphone, expensive iphone app, iphone app

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

Indictments in huge hacking & theft case

Indictments in huge hacking & theft caseNo sympathy on my partThere's something terribly ironic that hackers "concealed the data in encrypted computer servers that they controlled in Eastern Europe and the United States." I thought information was suppose to be free...I'm not interested in hearing about good hackers and...

Tags: security, wi-fi, retail, hacker, hacking, huge hacking, wireless, manifesto, theft case

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

Did the bad cop gremlins get at Microsoft's annual report?

Did the bad cop gremlins get at Microsoft's annual report?Diminishing risk.Yes, the chances of Microsoft being overtaken by open source or cloud computing are similar to those of riding in a 1974 Gremlin. The competition is prematurely obsolete and slightly repulsive, especially considering the denim interior of the automobile...

Tags: software as a service (saas), tools & techniques, cloud computing, open source, microsoft corp.

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

HGST demos 600Gbit/in² disk density

HGST demos 600Gbit/in² disk densityOldie but a goodieI have a feeling that hard disks are going to be around for quite some time - even with the rise of hard disk sizes and lowering of price there are still robotic tape libraries that are being developed and sold.There will never...

Tags: disk density, hgst, disk

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

How a lack of insurance kills

How a lack of insurance killsNot everyone can get insuranceAnd not everyone can afford it when they can be accepted.The insurance companies focus on excluding people that might have an existing condition cuts out a large group of people. My wife is a good example - she had breast...

Tags: financial planning, vertical industries, benefits, healthcare, insurance

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

UnHackMe (zip)

The main difference between UnHackMe and other antirootkit software is the detection method. UnHackMe detects hidden rookits by watching the computer from early study of the boot process through the normal Windows mode. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: boot process, greatis software, unhackme, microsoft windows, productivity, operating systems, software

Software downloads 2008-08-05

The astounding $14million Ethernet extender

I was helping a friend find a good price on a powerline Ethernet extender like the one I bought a few months ago, and stumbled upon this bargain: Luckily I found one cheaper here: When I...

Tags: ed burnette

Blog posts 2008-08-04

Toward more efficient fuel cells?

Toward more efficient fuel cells?If prior efficiencywas 1x10^-15, then an improvement of 100 million times is still meaningless.1000 posts!Congrats :).....Face it you and your kind are a dying breed. The world is moving forward with alternatives to oil... enjoy being a dinosaur... we know what happened to them. ]:)Yes, we...

Tags: fuel cells, fuel cell

Discussion threads 2008-08-04

FCC's Comcast ruling: Not unreasonable

FCC's Comcast ruling: Not unreasonableSome bandwidth management neededAlthough totally blocking content is wrong, even though some of it is probably illegal content. The IP is not trying to police content but rather provide a equal experience for all of its customers with a limited amount of bandwidth. Maybe, broadband providers...

Tags: federal government, comcast corp., fcc

Discussion threads 2008-08-04

Day 2: iPhone Dev Camp 2

Yesterday I learned a few lessons about live blogging. Not many people are refreshing it as much as I was. I should list my posts with most recent at the top instead of the other way around. ...

Tags: apple iphone, developer, app, melodies, medialets, games, personal technology, andrew mager

Blog posts 2008-08-03

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Navigate phone trees automatically

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Navigate phone trees automaticallyPhone TreesWhat Shai Berger is hoping to accomplish with Fonolo is quite impressive and should help greatly in dealing with phone tree menus or IVRs. This has been an area of interest for us for quite some time and we have close to...

Tags: telecom & utilities, interactive voice response (ivr), phone tree, phone

Discussion threads 2008-08-02

Day 1: iPhone Dev Camp 2

iPhone development has been strong for over a year now. Ever since the device debuted in June of 2007, people have been hacking away at the platform. Now, in the summer of 2008, we have an SDK. We are now allowed to build and submit apps that...

Tags: apple iphone, adobe systems inc., apple inc., app, iphone development, iphone app, device, tapulous, august joki, 3g, corporate communications, xml, cellular phones, consumer electronics, personal technology, marketing, software/web development, web development, andrew mager

Blog posts 2008-08-02

Saving RomneyCare, an annual political circus

Saving RomneyCare, an annual political circusActually we did come up with a solutionLimit the power of the government. When they aren't involved, there's no point in bribing them.The real problem here is the American people who are like you: thinking that the State actually SHOULD be involved in providing health...

Tags: vertical industries, benefits, healthcare, health care, government, insurance

Discussion threads 2008-08-02

A robot that really will make you smile

And I mean it -- literally. An article from Vaughan Today, Canada, reports about robots which help straighten smiles. According to this paper, 'Dr. Kevin Davis and his team are the first and only in Canada to offer SureSmile, a high-tech, digital method of producing precision braces.' Davis says that...

Tags: brace, vaughan today, robots, emerging technologies, roland piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-08-01

FCC slaps Comcast's wrist over network neutrality; Sets precedent

FCC slaps Comcast's wrist over network neutrality; Sets precedentif comcast is truly guiltythey should be fine and severely monitor and audit for a period of time . so they walk straight. FCC should make a example out of them so other should fear FCC for realRE: FCC slaps Comcast's...

Tags: federal government, internet service providers (isps), now here, comcast corp., fcc, wrist, network neutrality, internet service provider, network

Discussion threads 2008-08-01

Technology top tips for students

Technology top tips for students11. Buy a Mac and not a Windows PCThe Mac will give you the flexibility to run either Mac OS X and excellent version of UNIX with a great GUI and/or Windows XP or Vista from the same machine. With an inexpensive add-on, it can also...

Tags: desktops, apple macintosh

Discussion threads 2008-08-01