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  • Hacker Cracks The Kindle


    SinlungAuthority Authority: 455
    Amazon’s Kindle has copyright protection hacked Amazon hopes to sell a million Kindles by the end of the year An Israeli hacker claims to have broken the copyright protection on Amazon’s Kindle e-reader, reports say. The hack will allow the ebooks stored on the reader to be transferred as pdf files to any other ...
    18 hours ago
  • Hacker Defeats Kindle DRM


    ModCoolAuthority Authority: 157
    Let’s face it, for hackers digital rights management (DRM) protections are a challenge that can’t be passed up. Not just because of the notoriety hacking a DRM brings, but because DRMs are so darned easy to crack--sort of the cybercrime version of wolves culling the weak from the heard. Case-in-point, the Israeli ...
    1 day ago
  • The BBCs digital rights plans will wreak havoc on open source software


    The Guardian - guardian.co.ukAuthority Authority: 986
    The BBC is trying to dictate what kinds of televisions and set-top boxes we use to watch its programmes Last summer, the BBC tried to sneak "digital rights management" into its high-def digital broadcasts. Now, generally speaking, the BBC isnt allowed to encrypt or restrict its broadcasts: the licence fee payer pays ...
    1 day ago
  • DRM Fiasco Takes Down Early Avatar Screening


    Hobbies Fun & entertainment - fun-entertainment.marc8.comAuthority Authority: 165
    One argument against DRM (digital rights management or copy protection) is that it is not failure proof, and when it fails, end users are left helpless. Thus, the fiasco at an early screening of the mega-blockbuster (and soon to be hit) "Avatar" in Germany, as a 3D version of the film was unable to be shown because ...
    5 days ago
  • Microsoft DRM locks Office 2003 users out of their own documents


    Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.ukAuthority Authority: 138
    It seemed like a good idea, but what happens when you cant contact the server to confirm you can open the document you protected? DRM - digital rights management - is usually criticised because the "rights" that get conferred are those youd expect on an analogue product, but which are somehow withheld to be endowed ...
    5 days ago
  • A short history of copying


    Second StindbergAuthority Authority: 484
    [This is a post I made for Rez Magazine in July 2009. Since Rez Magazine is closing down, I saved the post for my own blog.] Copying is a fact. Copying has happened over the millenia. The first cavemen copied fire from lava flows or burning trees. Cultural advancements were based on copying. Things like a number ...
    1 week ago
  • News Story Office 2003 users locked out by Microsoft rights mana...


    Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.comAuthority Authority: 165
    Oh dear, now I do not believe that was meant to happen. It appears that users of Office 2003 who also protect their documents with the Microsoft Rights Management Service (RMS) have found them so well protected that nobody can open them - not even the person who created the documents in the first place. read more
    1 week ago
  • Widevine Closes $15M in Growth Capital for Online Video Platform


    XconomyAuthority Authority: 663
    deals , Software , video Gregory T. Huang wrote: Seattle-based Widevine Technologies announced today it has raised $15 million in equity funding from strategic partners Liberty Global, Samsung Ventures, and an unnamed corporation. The round looks to be an extension of a smaller amount of funding ...
    1 week ago
  • What to do if you’ve been locked out of Office 2003


    VISTA.BLORGEAuthority Authority: 424
    Office 2003 contains a feature named Rights Management Service for protecting secure documents from unauthorized access and editing. And in the past few days that feature has proven much more secure than anyone wants. The feature is used for [...]Related posts: Make Microsoft Office 2003 compatible with Office ...
    1 week ago
  • Widevine raises $15M for delivering web video to consumer gear


    Gadget ReviewsAuthority Authority: 158
    Bookmark this categoryWidevine has raised $15 million in funding for its business of delivering video to web-connected consumer electronics gear.New investors include Liberty Global, Samsung Ventures and third unnamed strategic investor. The Seattle-based company is trying to deliver software that makes it possible to ...
    1 week ago
  • Office 2003 bug locks you out of your documents


    AskWoody.comAuthority Authority: 122
    Remember Windows Rights Management Services, the Windows Server-based piece of %$#@! that companies use to lock up their documents, so you can’t get at certain documents on a server? The Wikipedia listing for WRMS describes it thusly:Specific operations like printing, copying, editing, forwarding, and deleting can ...
    1 week ago
  • Office 2003 Bug Locks Owners Out


    IT Professionals Database (ITPD) - The European IT Professionals Database Networking PlatformAuthority Authority: 137
    I Dont Believe in Imaginary Property writes "A Microsoft Office 2003 bug is locking people out of their own files, specifically those protected with Microsofts Rights Management Service. Microsoft has a TechNet bulletin on the issue with a fix. It looks like they screwed up and let a certificate expire. Theres no ...
    1 week ago
  • Secure… very, very secure. :-)


    Cheshire Cat Photo Blog (... said the Cat: 'we're all mad here....')Authority Authority: 128
    Users of Microsoft Office 2003 with files protected using Microsoft’s Rights Management Service found themselves unable to access those protected files on Friday . Microsoft warned on Friday that a bug in Office was the cause. CNET noted Microsoft’s acknowledgment of the bug on its Office Sustained ...
    1 week ago
  • Conquering Information Risk Management


    Adobe BlogsAuthority Authority: 638
    Managing information risk is a complex business these days, especially when you look at (1) the range of information you need to protect, (2) the breadth of risks you need to mitigate, and (3) the management policies and tools available to todays IT security professionals to protect that information. However: "A ...
    2 weeks ago
  • cc:Betty: A cool web app you may want to block


    Exchangepedia BlogAuthority Authority: 106
    If you havent looked at Palo Alto-based cc:Betty yet, perhaps you should. cc:Betty promises to keep everyone on the same page. Still in beta, its a useful web app that helps users organize their email communication, collects email content, catalogs attachments and files, and also maintains your contacts. Its also ...
    2 weeks ago
  • cc:Betty: A cool web app you may want to block


    MSMVPS.COMAuthority Authority: 592
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    2 weeks ago
  • Updated DRM Reference Table


    Stephen's Web ~ OLDailyAuthority Authority: 584
    The value of this item outweighs the inconvenience of the odd PDF registration form (which will allow dummy values, so if you dont want you dont have to submit real information). Its a pretty complete list "of over three dozen currently available DRM, content protection, and conditional access technologies for ...
    2 weeks ago
  • What VEVO Means for the Premium Content Trend


    Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.comAuthority Authority: 162
    Today marks the launch of a new premium content portal experience, with Universal Music and Google teaming up on the read more
    2 weeks ago
  • AD RMS Certificate Hierarchy and the Protection Process


    TechNet EdgeAuthority Authority: 554
    Enrique Saggese, a Microsoft Senior Consultant, presents an overview of Active Directory Rights Management Services.  In this video he presents “The Hierarchy of Certificates and How They Participate in the Protection Process.”   For more information about AD RMS, see the team blog ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Loose Lips Syncing Shifts


    DealFatigueAuthority Authority: 91
    Back in the 80’s, MTV was cutting edge. To many of us growing up back then, music videos were as much a part of the soundtrack to our lives as the music itself. Inspired, my high school class produced its own music video; a lip syncing production of Devo’s We’re Through Being Cool which was seen by less ...
    2 weeks ago

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