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Court orders Sony to pay rootkit victims

...fall when security researchers exposed the behaviour of First4Internet's XCP and SunnComm's MediaMax, which are automatically installed on a user's computer upon... Read more

23 May, 2006 by Anne Broache

Restraints relaxed in CD anti-copying tech

SunnComm is adding a spoonful of sugar to its anti-copying medicine. The... Read more

16 April, 2002 by Gwendolyn Mariano

Copy-protected CD hacked--or is it?

...encryption schemes in one of the first such commercial releases. Phoenix-based SunnComm, which provided the copy-protection technology for the CD, said the leaked... Read more

16 May, 2001 by Gwendolyn Mariano

Utility cracks Microsoft DRM

...sometimes with disastrous effects. Sony is currently suing the DRM provider, Amergence/Sunncomm, over the incident Read more

16 July, 2007 by David Meyer

Sony BMG sues over DRM debacle

...com, Sony BMG has started a lawsuit against Amergence Group, previously called SunnComm International. Out-Law.com explains: "In 2005 software from SunnComm called MediaMax... Read more

16 July, 2007

Rootkits: A sign of things to come

...of other interesting software showing up on Sony music CDs, such as SunnComm Technologies MediaMax, began to trickle in as well, I sat back and... Read more

13 December, 2005 by Jonathan Yarden

Flaw found in Sony DRM patch

...security flaw in Sony's discs is related to software produced by SunnComm Technologies and affects 27 titles that remain on the market. It's... Read more

9 December, 2005 by John Borland

EFF lifts curtain on new act of Sony DRM farce

...restriction software included on some Sony discs created by a company called SunnComm Technologies. The vulnerability could allow malicious programmers to gain control of computers... Read more

7 December, 2005 by John Borland

Sony rootkit farce continues

...hacker attacks. The latest risk is from an uninstaller program distributed by SunnComm Technologies, a company that provides copy protection on other Sony BMG releases... Read more

21 November, 2005 by John Borland

Sony offers to replace rootkit CDs

...also issues copy-restricted CDs using software from digital rights management company SunnComm. But this technology hasn't come under the same kind of attack... Read more

16 November, 2005 by Karen Gomm

Sony suspends production of DRM 'rootkit' CDs

...that contain additional copy-restriction technologies. It also uses antipiracy technology from SunnComm and will keep manufacturing CDs carrying that software, a Sony BMG representative... Read more

12 November, 2005 by Joris Evers

EMI: We don't use rootkits

...recently completed a trial of three content-protection technologies (Macrovision's CDS300, SunnComm's MediaMax & SonyDADC's key2audioXS), and First 4 Internet's technology was... Read more

7 November, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Why Ballmer just doesn't get it

...a particularly dumb flaw in its product occurred this week. The company, SunnComm, threatened to launch action against a student that published a report that... Read more

15 October, 2003 by Patrick Gray

'Shift key' student won't be sued

In an abrupt reversal, SunnComm Technologies said on Friday that it will not sue a Princeton University... Read more

13 October, 2003 by Declan McCullagh

Pushing 'shift' draws lawsuit

SunnComm Technologies, a developer of CD anti-piracy technology, said on Thursday that... Read more

10 October, 2003 by John Borland

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Lonnie

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

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...... and PDP11s too

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Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

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@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

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apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

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Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

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Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

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As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

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