Archive for February, 2007

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Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

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DailyTech - In ADDITION to the CSS protection, they can add in DVD-Copy protection, such as Macrovision RipGuard, so that you can’t rip it using programs such as DVDShrink. Yes, this too can likely be hacked, but they can keep updating the rip-protection

Articles from 2.01.2005 to 2.28.2005 :

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

Articles from 2.01.2005 to 2.28.2005 :
eWeek - Consumer Anti-Spyware Tool Will Be Free Symantec Enhances Spyware Capture and Removal New Tech Prevents DVD Copying, Kills ‘Rippers’ FEATURED CONTENT Regulatory Compliance Keeping Costs Down The list of government regulations around data integrity

DRM Group Admits Impracticality, Not Its Technology, Stops Hi-Def DVD
Tech Dirt - DRM Group Admits Impracticality, Not Its Technology, Stops Hi-Def DVD Copying from the duh dept Reports have been circulating online that the DRM used on both versions of high-definition DVDs had been cracked , and now the licensing group behind the

December 2003
Out-Law - law signed by President Bush Too many homepages have broken links, says report E-marketers warned by ASA for not getting consent Privacy chief to revisit Data Protection guidance after Durant Europe approves air passenger data transfers to US DVD copying

I DONT want to capture……. just WATCH !

Monday, February 19th, 2007

I DONT want to capture……. just WATCH !
GraphEdit will do the trick. Once you’ve set it up one time, you can save the configuration, so it will only ever be a double-click or so away. I’ve attached a screen shot of what to build - it’s really quite easy. But I need to go to bed! So, unless some other kind soul can fill in the gaps beforehand, I’ll explain in more detail tomorro…

Knuckleheads are alive and unwell throughout the league

Monday, February 19th, 2007

Knuckleheads are alive and unwell throughout the league
San Francisco Gate - It worked, Arenas improved his game — the DVD poker game he plays at halftime. Arenas also launched his Revenge Tour, exacting payback on the people who dissed him when he tried out for the U.S. national team. On his NBA.com blog, Arenas vows

DVD Roundup: 2.20.07
Coming Soon! - “Explore the marvels of the unknown and the mysteries of the deep. Welcome a spectacular underwater world populated by sinister foreign agents, deadly sea creatures, and evil scientists bent on world domination. This is the world of Voyage to the

SlySoft cracks HD DVD copy protection
Pocket-Link.co.uk - 19 February 2007 - The copy protection on HD DVD discs has officially been broken with the release of SlySoft’s AnyDVD HD. The $80 software decrypts your HD DVDs so that you can store them or copy them on to other discs. Because it removes the AACS

The Corporate Curmudgeon by Dale Dauten: Bowling DVD features
Arizona Daily Star - “Bowling is by far the most popular participatory sport in America. More Americans bowled last year than voted.” Robert Putnam, Harvard University, author of “Bowling Alone” If you’re at Blockbuster and all the Oscar contenders are checked out

Affordable high-def camcorders
San Francisco Gate - It records HD video to a 30-GB disk, rather than a DVD or tape. Most operations are almost instantaneous, but Sony software is needed to play back videos on a computer. The quality is very good, but there is frequent jerkiness in moving objects

HandBrake resurrected as MediaFork
Ars Technica - As one of the only tools that could accomplish the entire process from beginning to end on any platform, I’ve found HandBrake to be an indispensable tool for converting a DVD to a single video file. HandBrake always managed to neatly walk the line of

StaxRip 0.9.9.6

Sunday, February 18th, 2007

StaxRip 0.9.9.6
With StaxRip you can easily convert your DVDs and DVB or DV captures into the popular video formats x264, XviD and DivX (maybe more upcoming). Requires .net framework 2.

DVD sales take their toll 

Friday, February 16th, 2007

DVD sales take their toll 
PIRATE DVD sellers continue to trade openly throughout Waltham Forest, much to the fury of local residents and legitimate traders. Leyton MP Harry Cohen recently asked the Secretary of State for the Department for Trade and Industry about the effect of this illegal trade on lawful businesses.

The latest news & announcements about Linux based embedded applications … 

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

The latest news & announcements about Linux based embedded applications … 
The latest news & announcements about Linux based embedded applications … Keywords: Match: Sort by: Jan. 18, 2007 Philips Consumer Electronics has registered a Linux-powered WiFi videophone with the FCC, for possible U.S. distribution.

EFF to fight for digital rights in Europe 

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

EFF to fight for digital rights in Europe 
( InfoWorld ) - Consumers in Europe have another group looking out for their digital rights with the opening of a Brussels office by the U.S. nonprofit group the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). The EFF has battled the U.S. government and corporations to protect the rights of consumers and technologists in areas like free speech, data privacy and digital rights management. It has …

DVD Jon Responds to Steve Jobs’ DRM Address 
Famed DeCSS hacker doesn’t buy into Steve Jobs’ words on DRM…

Interview with muslix64, Developer of BackupHDDVD 
The content protection for HD DVD and Blu-ray has been compromised to what current and future extent is explained by muslix64 in an interview with Slyck.com.

AACS confirms AACS hacked 
DRM is a farce

EFF opens European office 
Consumers in Europe have another group looking out for their digital rights with the opening of a Brussels office by the US non-profit group the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).

Real World Computing

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

Real World Computing
PC Authority - By agreements with Macrovision and Safedisc, these must be closed source. This package should be freely downloadable from the Transgaming Website. Including copy protection is a separate package means the non-subscriber version can be included out of

Post Resume
San Jose Business Journal - Bustamante accused of evading contribution limits [Wednesday] South Korean computer maker bites the dust [Wednesday] Intel’s Texas site approved for federal courthouse [Wednesday] SBA suspends 7(a) business loan program [Wednesday] Macrovision sues 321

History Repeats Itself: How The RIAA Is Like 17th Century French
Tech Dirt - As regular readers know, I’ve been working through a series of posts on how economics works when scarcity is removed from some areas. I took a bit of a break over the holidays to catch up on some reading, and to do some further thinking on the

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Gamasutra - Majesco also highlights the successes of its recent digital distribution agreements with both Macrovision’s Trymedia Network, as well as Valve’s Steam, which published a number of Majesco titles this year, including Psychonauts, BloodRayne 1 & 2 and

Studio threatens to delay films in Canada

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

Studio threatens to delay films in Canada
Canada.com - Studio threatens to delay films in Canada 20th Century Fox combating DVD piracy As much as 50 per cent of the world’s pirated movies come from Canada, prompting the film industry to threaten to delay