Dell: Throwing Its Weight Around
Talkback I want HD-DVD that at least gives me some options to use the movies I buy the way I want to. It's DRM restrictions are just plan stupid. Customers want Blu-ray? Like Hell. I've been a Dell customer for 7 years, and I can tell you I certainly don't...
[April 13, 2006, 1:19]
Torvalds Rules Out GPL3 For Linux
Talkback This means that anyone using software which conforms to the GPL3 license would be unable to watch any modern films (DVD HD and BD) or copy-protected music. While I admire what Richard Stallman is trying to accomplish, as I've said elsewhere in...
[January 28, 2006, 9:09]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog The trick in writing about IT is knowing what to ignore - and I've found the Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD debate very ignorable so far. Will the lower cost of production and user-friendly name make HD-DVD the people's choice?
[October 7, 2005, 19:30]
An Interesting Sales Tactic
Blog Most recently, it's been used to very good effect to prevent absolutely the distribution of the 128-bit encryption key at the heart of the AACS HD-DVD system. Therefore, say a pair of.companies called Media Rights Technologies and Bluebeat.com, it...
[May 11, 2007, 9:43]
Paul Thurrott's Apple TV Review...
Blog Comment Tiny amount of HD material available. Huge download file sizes - how many HD movies will fit on that tiny 20GB Hard disk? Heavy DRM on MS movies downloaded to the Xbox: DVD. Note the Xbox 360 is actually $600 (twice the price of the AppleTV) as the...
[March 26, 2007, 3:02]
Naked PCs
Talkback If a vendor sells a PC and offers the consumer a choice of OSs the consumer gets the choice the EU is after and the vendor would still pre-install the OS before taking the machine home, either by slotting in a pre-loaded HD and applying a license...
[October 2, 2007, 12:32]
Ethical Implications Of Windows Vista's New DRM Technology
White Papers The new version of Microsoft Windows, known as Windows Vista, "includes content protection infrastructure specifically designed to help ensure that protected commercial audiovisual content, such as newly released HD-DVD or Blu-Ray discs, can be...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Bonkers
Talkback To me it sounded more like the HD-DVD copy protection in Windows Vista that goes bonkers if you change your computer hardware than Windows Genuine Advantage. This could just be another way for Apple to prevent OS X getting onto generic PCs, Apple...
[December 27, 2007, 12:28]
Blu-ray DRM Plans Revealed
News AACS is also being used by HD DVD, the rival disc format. The Blu-Ray Disc Association, which is developing one of two rival high-definition, high-capacity next-generation DVD formats, has formally announced its copy-restriction plans.
[August 11, 2005, 15:25]
