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- Creative Commons for students
- I was in a meeting today about an after-school program where students are creating a lot of digital content. As much of this content is being tagged, students need to identify the copyright holder for individual media. While the copyright holder is rightfully the student who created the...
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- Pirates plunder Adobe Creative Suite 4
- Pirates plunder Adobe Creative Suite 4That's how they're the "de-facto" standard.Just like Microsoft would be screwed without pirated copies of Windows floating around street corners across the globe.Without pirated copies of Photoshop, it would have a truly limited market. Look at the bloody price of it to figure out...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- RealDVD: A walk through the complaint
- RealDVD: A walk through the complaintRealMEHI'd love a way to legally copy my DVDs to my computer's HD so I can watch them without a disc in the drive. However, I'd never buy anything from Real to do it.Software doesn't copy DVDs...... people do. Real might want to talk...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- Full encryption stops Amazon Web video leak: Adobe
- Full encryption stops Amazon Web video leak: Adobedo you honestly this this fixwill last? I can almost guarantee by the time you read this, there is a work around. "just use the google" and ye shall find.the most effective way to curb "piracy" is to ask for reasonable prices, gouge...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- EA Spore backlash could help end DRM
- Guest editorial by Oliver Day The backlash over DRM has finally started to gather serious momentum. Everyday consumers started a campaign to give the highly anticipated game Spore one-star ratings on Amazon. Thousands of Amazon users labeled Spore a poor choice because of...
- Blog posts 2008-09-25
- uTorrent Mac client leaked
- uTorrent Mac client leakedI'm happy with Transmission,But I don't get too excited about new torrent clients. Maybe I'm missing some cool new feature? (BTW, the BitRocket link pulls up the Transmission page)
- Discussion threads 2008-09-22
- Apple security not ready for enterprise prime-time
- Guest editorial by Andrew Storms Last week Apple proved that they are not ready for prime time enterprise relationships. Apple has tried to position the iPhone as enterprise-ready, but this last round of software updates demonstrated beyond a shadow of a doubt how far...
- Blog posts 2008-09-19
- Norwegian BitTorrent tracker under DDoS attack
- Norway's largest BitTorrent tracker Norbits (norbits.net) with approximately 10,000 users, is currently under a DDoS attack launched from a group known as MORRADi, which is also speculating that it has managed to compromise the tracker and is threatening to release personal details of its users including IPs, until the tracker...
- Blog posts 2008-09-18
- DECE - Lipstick on the DRM pig
- DECE - Lipstick on the DRM pigRE: DECE - Lipstick on the DRM pigAs long as there is any DRM involve, this is for me.Buy Once -> *cough* *cough* -> Play Anywhere. Unfortunately, not everyone knows how to *cough* *cough* :DWho audits their books?Curious, who is the auditor of Apple's...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-16
- Spam hits the House of Representatives
- Spam hits the House of Representativesit's about timeit's about time Congress was treated to a real-world demonstration of e-mail's potential evils last week when a congressional aide sent out a mass mailing that touted a weight loss pill. That one slice of spam touched off a torrent of replies that...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-15
- Spore DRM could kill PC gaming
- Spore DRM could kill PC gaming4 votes; the tally reads "No: 25%, Yes: 100%"That adds to 125%. I think the calculator behind the poll is crackers.I'm sure Spore will kill gaming. Most people prefer set-top boxes anyway. :)Publishers fault...that Spore is being pirated. DRM is the reason...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-15
- Text message pricing: Is Sen. Kohl fighting the wrong battle?
- Text message pricing: Is Sen. Kohl fighting the wrong battle?I agreeWhile I like most believe the cost of text messaging is too high, surely there are other areas in which the service providers can be scrutinized. Unless collusion can be shown, I don't see anything the companies could be doing...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-10
- Five reasons why Chrome will crash and burn
- Five reasons why Chrome will crash and burnRE: Five reasons why Chrome will crash and burnThe key reason they developed their own browser was for mobile browsing, which is expected to be more and more dominant in coming years. Chrome would be a good browser for the Google Android...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- From Chapter Two: The appliance computing culture
- From Chapter Two: The appliance computing cultureShibboleth?Here's the dictionary definition:1. a peculiarity of pronunciation, behavior, mode of dress, etc., that distinguishes a particular class or set of persons. 2. a slogan; catchword. 3. a common saying or belief with little current meaning or truth. A report, providing...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-29
- Comcast takes broadband cap plunge; Other carriers likely to follow
- Comcast takes broadband cap plunge; Other carriers likely to followHmm, I wonder how long it will take the torrent abusers...... to reach that cap and get kicked? Not talking about the ones who get movies and software and games all illegally but the ones who serve this stuff up?...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Guns n Roses leaker faces prison time
- Guns n Roses leaker faces prison timeI think it should be a civil matter, myself......but if Congress made it a felony, then we can't blame the US Attorney if he takes prompt action. No sympathy for the leaker.BTW: I really didn't want or need to see the cover photo....
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Large Hadron Collider aces pre-launch testing
- Large Hadron Collider aces pre-launch testingBest overview of LHC ever.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtMRE: Large Hadron Collider aces pre-launch testingAhhh, this is just awesome news. I'm so glad the Europeans are picking up the ball on High Energy Particle Physics, as Bush seems hell-bent on catastrophizing particle physics research here in the US, just...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Comcast undecided on network management scheme
- Comcast undecided on network management schemeSo rather than upgrade their outdated networkthey are spending time and money on figuring out how to piss off the customers most likely to jump to FIOS once it comes to their neighborhood. Shrewd.RE: Comcast undecided on network management schemeI have Comcast. I'm one...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-21
- uTorrent silently patches critical vulnerability
- If uTorrent is the client you use to download files, now might be a good time to hit that "check for updates" button. According to security alerts aggregator Secunia, there's a "highly critical" uTorrent vulnerability that could allow remote code execution attacks with rigged .torrent files. ...
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Next Question: A Whole Lot of Traffic Shaping Going On, With Olympics Video?
- The sky didn't fall this week, with NBC's delivery of live events from 25 sports at www.nbcolympics.com. But now, Brick Eksten, the chief executive of Digital Rapids, is wondering: Has there been a whole lot of traffic shaping going on, to make sure the streams appear on computer and...
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
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