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Week In Review: Copy-protection Drama, Scary Robots And Faster Wireless
News In another copy-protection development, a British programmer released software that strips protections from Microsoft's e-book software, which looks a bit similar to the Elcomsoft vs Adobe case that raised so many hackles.
[January 10, 2003, 16:37]
Hacked Rio To Pose Legal Problems?
News I realise that this has certainly going to be a few questions about why we did it," said the British programmer who created a DOS program using the Snowblind code. The programmer would only give his first name, Matt.
[January 28, 1999, 9:49]
Microsoft Plugs Six Browser Holes
News Larholm, along with British Web developer Tom Gilder, outlined the security slip-ups on their Web site, including the fact that Microsoft posted a set of fixes for the problem last Thursday, but took it down not two hours later.
[February 12, 2002, 11:16]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News Its combination of dogmatic paternalism, barely post-Imperialist ideas about British being ipso facto best, and resolute indifference to change, made it as patrician as Macmillan. In fact, the programmer continues, quite the opposite is so.
[November 14, 1999, 18:44]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Its combination of dogmatic paternalism, barely post-Imperialist ideas about British being ipso facto best, and resolute indifference to change, made it as patrician as Macmillan. In fact, the programmer continues, quite the opposite is so.
[November 14, 1999, 18:44]
Brit Cracks Microsoft's E-book Software
News A British programmer has released software online that is said to dismantle the anticopying technology in the Microsoft Reader e-book software, setting up another potential confrontation in the digital piracy wars.
[January 9, 2003, 10:24]
Legal Napster Alternative To Be Unveiled
News A British computer programmer will next week reveal details on a Napster-like sharing application, that he guarantees will not infringe copyright law. The project -- one of a number from US startup "Uprizer" -- remains classified but London-based...
[August 4, 2000, 9:15]
Anarchist Coders Prime Unfettered File Swapping Service
News This release will move away from Freenet as a research platform," said Ian Clarke, the British programmer who originally conceived Freenet as a university thesis. While the first generation of file-trading technologies fights over Napster's...
[June 19, 2001, 14:46]
Guerilla Tactics Will Defeat Music Industry
News Developed by British programmer Ian Clarke while at Edinburgh University, Freenet has no central server, but moves information around from node to node without identifying source or destination. That and closing down other file-sharing services...
[July 27, 2000, 12:40]
Patent Nonsense: The Case For Unfettered Development
Talkback I think the Patent Office, who are promoting the extension of patents into software, should be asked to give their estimate of the damage this will cause to the British economy. Is there really such a shortage of ideas that a few large companies...
[March 1, 2005, 23:10]
US Attempt To Extradite 'DrinkorDie Pirate' Blocked
News The US and British governments have brought charges against other individuals targeted in the long-running piracy sweep dubbed "Operation Buccaneer," leading to more than 20 convictions and guilty pleas.
[March 26, 2004, 7:05]
Film Censor Dragged Into Legal Row Over Carmageddon II
News SCi and the British Board of Film Classification BBFC are squabbling again over the ratings of the controversial Carmageddon game. But toeing the line is, according to Jonty Barnes Senior Programmer for Lionhead giving SCi the free publicity it...
[October 22, 1998, 8:47]
Sony CD Protection Sparks Spyware Row
News The creator of the copy-restriction software, a British company called First 4 Internet, said the cloaking mechanism was not a risk, and that its team worked closely with big antivirus companies such as
[November 2, 2005, 12:15]
Q&A: Psion's Norman On The Future Of Palmtops
News Psion's release yesterday of the Series 3c and consumer-targeted Siena palmtops was the latest chapter in a remarkable British success story. In Oval [Psion's new Basic-like tools] a programmer could build an application where it's easy for the...
[September 9, 1996, 9:48]
Watch Out For New Apache Worm
News There are 10.4 million active Web sites running on the Apache server, according to British consulting firm Netcraft. From his early analysis of the worm, the 19-year-old Lithuanian programmer believes it was designed to create a flood net -- a...
[July 1, 2002, 8:35]
Guy Kewney's Weekend Diary
News Which leaves me without time to go and see the inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, get his "gong" from the British Computer Society. Tuesday:A programmer hacks into America Online, and calls me to say that they have a rude word...
[July 20, 1996, 11:00]
Inventor Celebrates 30 Years Of Ethernet
Talkback When I started work in computing in 1975 at BNF Metals Technology Centre in Wantage, UK they were already contributing to Lockheed Dialog or were preparing to over the Experimental Packet Switching Service* run by the Post Office (not even yet...
[November 17, 2005, 12:35]
Dutch Treat? Netherlander Takes Credit For 'Anna'
News E-mail service provider Mail.com reported that almost 53,000 copies of the virus were sent to its customers Monday, while British-based rival MessageLabs confirmed another 5,800. New Jersey programmer David Smith, who pled guilty to authoring and...
[February 14, 2001, 8:03]
Hacker Eyes Xbox Reward
News British programmer Andy Green, one of the founders of the Xbox Linux Project, confirmed on Monday that the 007 exploit works and said it "will qualify for some or all of the prize". An anonymous hacker has succeeded in running Linux on an...
[April 1, 2003, 7:52]
Xbox Linux Group Seeks Microsoft Seal Of Approval
News British programmer Andy Green, one of the organisers of the Xbox Linux Project, said the letter is a sincere attempt to sway Microsoft. The group of programmers working to run Linux on Microsoft's Xbox video game console is seeking the software...
[February 20, 2003, 11:30]
