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DRM and unintended consequences
Techguide DRM "protects" content by encrypting it and preventing the user from accessing it in unauthorized ways--including copying it.
Tags: Authentication and encryption
Google in San Francisco: 'Wireless overlord'?
News Responding to a proposal to blanket the city with free wireless Net service, some fret about privacy, others welcome the shake-up.
Tags: Wireless LANs
Microsoft reaches out to Firefox developers
News Invites open sourcers to participate in making sure that the browser will get along with Windows Vista.
Tags: Web sites, Web browsers, Open source
FCC chairman revises wireless broadband plan
News Kevin Martin has dropped Web filtering for porn from his proposal that would create a free wireless broadband service.
Tags: Cable, Politics, Federal Government, Regulations, Wireless Broadband, Spectrum, Wireless, Broadband, T-Mobile, chairman
Will PSP Go keep pirates at bay?
News Like all of Apple's portable devices, the PSP Go will have a sealed in battery that's non user-replaceable. An integrated battery helps save precious space, but in the case of the PSP Go, it was also designed to thwart pirates.
Tags: Game players, Battery, Security, Piracy, Sony Playstation, Sony PlayStation Portable, digital content, firmware upgrade, disc, firmware
Google praises Microsoft's HTML 5 thoughts
News After years of silence on the emerging HTML 5 standard, Microsoft threw its hat in the ring a month ago, and Google is appreciative of its suggestions.
Tags: Business applications, Web Browser, Video, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Search, Ars Technica, HTML, HTML 5
YouTube battling 'Porn Day' campaign
News Users of YouTube rival eBaum's World and the imageboard 4chan site launch mass porn posting on YouTube.
Tags: Web 2.0, Google Inc., Video, phone, YouTube Inc., video service, Search Result, CNET Networks Inc., spokesman, Ars Technica
EA to offer 'Spore' DRM-free
News It will be one of several titles distributed via Valve's Steam platform. The move is likely to win EA points with gamers.
Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Games, Video Game, Electronics, Gamer, FIFA, Electronic Arts Inc., digital-rights management, News.com, blog
Google, Microsoft, Apple sued over preview icons
News Michigan-based networking company sues the tech giants for allegedly infringing on a patent related to document thumbnails used in operating systems.
Tags: Patents, Lawsuits, Web sites, Web browsers, Apple Inc., Cygnus Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Chrome, Google Inc., PC World
Testers get near-final Vista SP2
News Microsoft has started private testing of a "release candidate" version of Vista Service Pack 2. The final version is due out by June.
Tags: Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Service Pack 2, release candidate, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows, public beta
Microsoft closing the book on Encarta
News The software maker decides to shelve its online encyclopedia, no doubt due to the growth of alternatives such as Wikipedia.
Tags: Digital media, Microsoft Corp., Web Analytics, Microsoft Windows Live, Encyclopedia, Microsoft Windows Live OneCare, Encarta.com, layoff, Wikipedia, Digital media
Apple files 'swipe-gesture' patent application
News Technology lets touchscreen users perform certain common functions, such as inserting a space or backspacing by swiping across the key area rather than tapping a particular key.
Tags: Patents, Handhelds, Apple Inc., touchscreen keyboard, Touch Screen, intellectual property, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, keyboard, News.com, Apple iPhone
SCO chief testifies: 'Linux is copy of Unix'
News Open-source fans have dismissed Darl McBride's court comments in the lawsuit brought against SCO by Novell.
Tags: Linux, Open source, UNIX, Lawsuits, SCO Group Inc., Unix, software company, Novell Inc., operating system, intellectual property
Microsoft gets bleeping patent
News The software maker is granted protection for a technology that allows real-time censoring of naughty words.
Tags: Web services, Patents, Software licensing, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Patent, Cell Phone, phone, audio stream, News.com
Next Office will come in 32-bit, 64-bit versions
News Microsoft confirms that Office 14 will be available in a 64-bit version, a first for the productivity suite and for Microsoft's other mainstream desktop applications.
Tags: Business applications, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, 64-bit Version, computer, Server, performance, processor, 64-bit, Microsoft Office
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