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- News to know: IE 8; iPhone password locks; SOA; Palm Treo Pro reviews
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: IE 8 Beta 2 ready for download Ed Bott: Internet Explorer 8 gets a massive makeover Gallery: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Password, Palm Inc., Palm Treo, SOA, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browsers, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- MediaMax / The Linkup: When the cloud fails
- MediaMax / The Linkup: When the cloud failsMore to blameShame on the customers who selected this vendor. When evaluating vendors in the cloud, your RFP should identify exactly how these companies secure, backup, and process your data. I fear that poorly run IT shops like this one will...
- Tags: cloud computing, MediaMax, Linkup
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- MediaMax / The Linkup: When the cloud fails
- Online storage service MediaMax, also called The Linkup, went out of business following a system administration error that deleted active customer data. The defunct company raises questions about the reliability of cloud computing. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Information Technology, Data, Failure, Storage, Hardware, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Is your PC's security worth more than $150?
- The Federal Trade Commission FTC has announced that record label Sony BMG is to reimburse consumers up to $150 for damages caused to their PC by hidden anti-piracy software embedded into music CDs. Is this enough to protect consumers?Will this send a message to big companies that its wrong...
- Tags: antipiracy, big company, CD, DRM, Legal, PC, Sony BMG Music Entertainment
- Blog posts 2007-02-02
- Digital music finds some locker room
- Digital music finds some locker roomNot quite sure about this comment""If we can give you the right to have your music in whatever format you want, that's just a far better value proposition," Navio COO Ray Schaaf says. "How many people are going to buy the same thing four or...
- Tags: Digital media, StreamloadMediamax, digital music, locker room, Apple iPod
- Discussion threads 2006-05-29
- RIAA and DMCA madness
- RIAA and DMCA madnessSuzi, we have become like the dog...Sadly, each time our fair use/first sale rights have been whittled away, the majority of the population(read: non-techies) is totally unfazed, until it reaches a point where it's blatantly obvious, but too late to reverse the damage easily.If the IPPA was...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, blog, RIAA, IPPA, DMCA, digital-rights management
- Discussion threads 2006-04-24
- FSF's Stallman pitches new definition for C.R.A.P.
- FSF's Stallman pitches new definition for C.R.A.P.Small correction"You can't take that Linkin Park album and play it under RealPlayer, according to both DRM systems."Sorry, meant to say U2, not Linkin Park in the example.CRAPI couldn't agree more. I do not want Windows Media Player on my computer at all. I...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, Free Software Foundation, digital-rights management, C.R.A.P., Linkin Park
- Discussion threads 2006-02-14
- Huge cost to economy from spyware, viruses, theft
- Huge cost to economy from spyware, viruses, theftWhat is the best spyware and virus incubator?I'm not saying, but I am incapable of getting viruses, and my system is not susceptible to spyware. It's a shame that you have to pay for an OS, anti-virus software, good anti-spyware software, etc. For...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, Schedule Tasks, virus, spyware, security, software
- Discussion threads 2006-01-23
- Watermarking (as DRM alternative) gaining steam?
- Watermarking as DRM alternative gaining steam?Watermarking has promise......provided it can't be stripped out. If every song I purchase is stamped with my identifying details, then I can be held liable if it ends up on a file trading network.Of course, the trick is making it impossible to remove. ...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, digital-rights management
- Discussion threads 2006-01-13
- Sony settles 'rootkit' class action lawsuit
- Sony settles 'rootkit' class action lawsuitWill this settle all suitsincluding those filed by the state of Texas?InterestingSony is not recalling MediaMax CDs, but has agreed to compensate buyers of these albums by allowing them to download one free album, as well as offering them MP3 versions of the music on...
- Tags: Rootkits, Digital media, class action, Sony Corp., rootkit
- Discussion threads 2005-12-29
- Artists revolt against DRM
- My Morning Jacket, the artists who recorded the copy protected CD "Z" I mentioned here, are doing more than protesting Sony BMG's use of DRM spyware. They are revolting. Yesterday I read that My Morning Jacket was doing their own recall of the affected CDs. Now I see...
- Tags: Morning Jacket, CD, Sony BMG Music Entertainment
- Blog posts 2005-12-15
- Anti-DRM zealots
- Anti-DRM zealotsDRM has a long way to goUse of software within its licensed domain is not a violation of DRM, nor is it circumvention.Ultimately, no matter what the terms of agreement are, I don't have to read them and neither do I have to understand the language to click on...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, digital-rights management, CD, DRM Scheme, anti-DRM
- Discussion threads 2005-12-13
- Anti-DRM zealots
- As a follow up to yesterday's post about why DRM leads to spyware, I thought I'd show the difference in a DRM protected CD and a normal CD. The CD that I wrote about, "Z" by My Morning Jacket, uses the Media Max SunnComm DRM, also found to have security...
- Tags: CD
- Blog posts 2005-12-13
- Why DRM leads to spyware
- Freedom to Tinker has a fascinating post on copy protection and why the use of spyware with DRM is a logical progression. Felton gives a technical explanation of how DRM works and illustrates and why the problem of getting it on users' computers and keeping it there is the same...
- Tags: digital content, computer, CD
- Blog posts 2005-12-12
- Sony BMG faces the music
- Sony BMG faces the musicThis is what happens when the customer is not the #1 priorityThis is what happens when the customer is not the #1 priority.This is why I have problems with DRM. Because it places the company as #1 instead of the customer. When the needs of the...
- Tags: Rootkits, Sales strategy, Digital rights management (DRM), Sony BMG Music Entertainment, rootkit, CD, sales, Van Zant, Sony Corp., Get Right, digital-rights management, Amazon.com Inc., Trey Anastasio
- Discussion threads 2005-11-30
- New Sony CD risk identified
- New Sony CD risk identifiedRe:Removing Sonys RootkitSince Sonys Rootkit seems such a pain in the ass to remove rather than put up with half baked uninstallers and exposing peoples computers to hackers on the net wouldn't it make more sense to reinstall Windows and be done with it?!I hope...
- Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Sony Corp., CD
- Discussion threads 2005-11-18
- MediaMax (exe)
- Mediamax will bring your entire Mp3, OGG, WMA, M4A, & WAV music collection together with an easy to use and intuitive interface, and will give you instant access to your entire music collection. it includes touch screen karaoke and jukebox software player. MediaMax is a complete media package for everyday...
- Tags: Music Collection, Jukebox, OGG, MP3, MediaMax, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2005-11-16
- Sony rootkit prompts office clampdown on CD use
- Sony rootkit prompts office clampdown on CD useRootkit compatibility?Does anyone know if the rootkit is only affecting Windows machines, or does it also affect MAC or Linux machines?These "rootkits" wont work if.......the lusers don't have admin rights to their machines. ;)one more reason to switch to LinuxNo more windoze, no...
- Tags: Rootkits, Sony Corp., rootkit, CD
- Discussion threads 2005-11-14
- Macs Not Totally Immune to Sony Spyware
- It looks like I may have spoken too soon in my article on the Mac being immune to the Sony Rootkit—Advantage Macintosh. On Macintouch Darren Dittrich reports that Sony's DRM software targets Macs too. Digging into the "enhanced" content on the disk, he found a Start.app that, when run, shows...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Apple Macintosh
- Blog posts 2005-11-11
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