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Quick update on an earlier post about Sony’s terrible copy protection software…
The highly controversial XCP digital rights management (DRM) technology bundled by Sony BMG on 52 of its audio CD albums can be defeated by applying a small piece of tape to the discs, according to analyst firm Gartner.
(via vnunet.com)
Amazing…
Black Friday–the day after Thanksgiving–is a huge shopping day (according to Wikipedia, the name comes from the idea that on this day retailers get back “in the black” after operating “in the red”). Last year, consumers spent about $8B on Black Friday alone, driven largely by deep discounts on a range of products.
Most […]
Check out Bruce Schneier’s excellent story in Wired about Sony’s Rootkit/DRM debacle.
The controversy relates to Sony’s desire to prevent customers from illegally copying music CDs.
Here’s what happened: if you bought a Sony music CD and tried to play it on your Windows PC, Sony’s CD would covertly install a batch […]
Services like Wikipedia and Flickr get (well-deserved) good press because the products they offer are functional, effective, and–most important–free. Inspired, I decided to look for other emerging free software. I was surprised by the quantity and quality of product available for download.
To make the list, the product or service had […]
Blog networks are all the rage now–perhaps inspired by Jason Calacanis and the sale of Weblogs, Inc to AOL. While it’s unlikely that all such networks (here is a list of 35) will make money, I think the best do a good job of collecting interesting content. With that in mind, I’m […]
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