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CloneCD 5.3.1.4 (Windows)

CloneCD is the perfect tool to make backup copies of your music and data CDs, regardless of copy protection. CloneCD allows you to copy almost any CD in just a few mouse clicks. Since the release of 5.0, CloneCD is not only able to copy CDs but also all DVD...

Tags: CD, DVD+R, Microsoft Windows, SlySoft, CloneCD, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2009-03-16

CloneDVD 2.9.2.2 (Windows)

CloneDVD 2 copies movies to create unparalleled picture quality DVD backups, whether it's the main title you're copying or the complete DVD. CloneDVD will compress long footage at high speed to the highest of quality using specialised transcoding technology, allowing you to select your audio and language settings and even...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, SlySoft, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Security, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2009-03-13

Stop Blu-ray discs from phoning home with AnyDVD HD

Stop Blu-ray discs from phoning home with AnyDVD HDI don't really careIf studios want to how many times I'm watching their movie, that's up to them and I don't really care... if this becomes a problem, I'm sure in the future they'll add some prompt where it asks if it's...

Tags: Blu-ray, DVD, Consumer electronics, HD DVD, Stop Blu-ray disc, movie, AnyDVD HD, disc, Blu-ray disc

Discussion threads 2008-10-31

CloneDVD mobile 1.1.6.1 (Windows)

CloneDVD mobile converts your DVD movies quickly and easily into a format that your mobile equipment (Sony PSP, Apple iPod Video, iAudio X5, Creative Labs ZEN Vision, etc) can play. You can also convert your DVDs to other file formats, such as DivX, XviD, AVI, and MP4. Watch your movies...

Tags: Mobile, Microsoft Windows, Video, SlySoft, CloneDVD Mobile, Advertising & Promotion, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-04-24

Hooray! Blu-ray BD+ hacked!

The good folks at SlySoft announced last week that they'd broken the BD+ copy protection scheme: With today's release of version 6.4.0.0 of AnyDVD HD it is now also possible to make backup security copies of Blu-ray discs protected with BD+. Cool....

Tags: Hollywood, Blu-ray, Copy Protection, SlySoft, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-03-23

SlySoft cracks Blu-ray BD encryption

SlySoft cracks Blu-ray BD encryption"BD+ won't be breached for 10 years"Nothing like a challenge to get people moving. I wonder how those studios who went with Sony instead of Toshiba because of their "better" security feel now.Couldn't happen to a better standard.By Better I mean absolutely ridiculous in...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), SECURITY, Digital media, SlySoft, encryption, disc, movie

Discussion threads 2008-03-19

SlySoft cracks Blu-ray BD+ encryption

[UPDATE 03/26/08 - Exercising its "Right to Reply" I have the following to share from Macrovision Corp, the company who currently owns the rights to BD+ technology: “Macrovision does not comment on specific techniques or procedures that may directly impact the BD+ security technology.  BD+ is a...

Tags: Blu-ray Disc, Macrovision Corp., Crack, Encryption, SlySoft, Blu-ray BD+, Blu-Ray, Hd Dvd, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Security, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-03-19

Blu-ray BD copy protection defeated?

Blu-ray BD copy protection defeated?Expected to be unbreakable?By whom? All the decryption keys are in the playback device, it's just a matter of probing for them.I've yet to read of Blu-Ray hurting the consumer (except for all the usual 'regions' garbage) in an obvious way e.g. key rejection causing...

Tags: copy protection

Discussion threads 2007-10-30

AACS broken - before it's patched!

AACS, the copy-protection scheme used on HD DVD discs has been broken again.  But what's different this time is that it's been broken six days before the new, updated version is released.It's SlySoft, the makers of AnyDVD, which are behind this new crack.  The latest beta version of AnyDVD HD, version...

Tags: DRM, Blu-ray, HD-DVD

Blog posts 2007-05-17

Additional Resources

Hardware 2.0 - Best software applications/tools/utilities

Why VMware workstation?Why VMware workstation and not VMware server?That was nice. Only, you do all this stuff in Linux for FREEntYes, whats the difference between the two? ntntI was thinking the same thing......just replacing them with other apps.For example, I use Notepad++ which is open source instead of UltraEdit, and...

Tags: Virtualization, desktop virtualization, AnyDVD, Foxit, applications/tools/utility, Hardware 2.0, Best Software, VMware Inc., MagicISO, Adobe Systems Inc., hardware

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

DTV Transition? Done. Now Make My DVD Problem Go Away!

DTV Transition? Done. Now Make My DVD Problem Go Away!Could you share more details on your Linux experiences?I've been planning to build a Linux based media center but I haven't planned out my plans on dealing with Direct TV. What did you find to be lacking on the Linux media...

Tags: Consumer electronics, TVs, TV & Home Theater, DVD, DVD Problem, DTV Transition, digital television, CD

Discussion threads 2009-06-15

Auto Send Media (Mobile)

ASM is designed to send photos & documents created on your Windows Mobile phone to designated e-mail addresses in real-time. It can also upload the newly created files to FTP server (most cable modem subscribers such as Road Runner have their own FTP server where they can upload files for...

Tags: Mobile, Media, FTP Server, Server, Photograph, Camera

Software downloads 2009-06-05

BD+ busted - Blu-ray on Linux one step closer?

BD+ busted - Blu-ray on Linux one step closer?Blu-ray on Linux?We already have some of that covered:https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/BluRayAndHDDVDBefore people start crying DMCA you have to remember that the United States != rest of the world, thankfully. ;)RE: BD busted - Blu-ray on Linux one step closer?Great news. DMCA needs...

Tags: Blu-ray, Consumer electronics, Blu-ray disc, DVD, movie, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-11-03

Content Protection madness on Vista

[UPDATE: For more on this issue, check out this post.] I'm a firm believer in the idea that if you pay for hardware, you should be able to make full use of it. However, DRM and content protection mechanisms are increasingly making this difficult for people. ...

Tags: Screen, Microsoft Windows Vista, Cintiq, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital Rights Management (DRM), Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Security, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Creating an XP SP3 slipstreamed ISO file

If you are not a TechNet or MSDN subscriber then getting your hands on a copy of Windows XP with SP3 means having to do some legwork yourself (or shell out for a new license ... but I'm assuming that you have better things to spend your money on!). ...

Tags: CD, ISO, nLite, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Microsoft Windows XP, Quality, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-05-12

Friday Rant - Here's a perfect example of why DRM sucks

It's a Friday (again!) so that means time for another Friday Rant! Today a cautionary tale for those of you buying HD DVD players and discs. If you've been looking at the slew of cheap HD DVD discs and players on the market and feel that this...

Tags: Digital-rights Management, HD-DVD, Hd Dvd, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Security, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-04-11

News to know: HTC Shift; Airport firmware; Microsoft mesh; Novell; VoIP

Notable headlines: David Morgenstern: Apple's security update breaks printer drivers, Instant Hijack component Airport firmware update enables AirDisk backups Mary Jo Foley: Whatever happened to Microsoft's 'other' mesh projects? Paula Rooney: Novell's SUSE Linux 11 to come in...

Tags: Google Inc., Novell Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., Firmware, E-mail, Telephony, Hd Dvd, Printers, Productivity, VOIP, Open Source, Online Communications, Networking, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Peripherals, Telecommunications, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-20

Blu-ray BD+ copy protection defeated?

Has the Blu-ray BD+ copy protection mechanism been defeated? This press release by SlySoft seems to indicate that it has: AnyDVD goes AACS MKBv4 SlySoft was recently honoured by AACS-LA, being declared as public enemy number one in the ongoing battle for copyright protection. ...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Blu-ray, Copy Protection, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2007-10-30

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

Sony really sucks at DRM

Sony just keeps on running into all sorts of copy protection hassles. Now new DVDs such as Casino Royale and Stranger Than Fiction are refusing to work in certain DVD players - and at least one Sony DVD player is affected.Ive done a bit of investigating and it seems...

Tags: DRM, Gadgets

Blog posts 2007-04-16