Tag: dvds

  • HD DVD DRM cracker interviewed

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    There is a fascinating interview with muslix64 today on the Slyck.com site. muslix64 is the guy who cracked HD DVD DRM when he released the open source application BackupHDDDVD just before Christmas. HD DVD is one of a pair of new formats of High Definition DVDs (the other format is called Blu-ray). muslix64’s application will…

  • Microsoft Vista finished

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    With the two simple words “It’s time“, posted on the Windows Vista blog, Jim Allchin announced to the world yesterday that Windows Vista has been released to manufacturing. Via Rob (well done Rob, you beat Scoble to the post by 48 minutes!). Vista is Microsoft’s new operating system, replacing Windows XP The official Microsoft press…

  • FairPlay cracked

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    According to an article on CNN Money, Jon Johansen, the hacker who cracked the DVD encryption, (aka DVD Jon) has now broken the ironically named FairPlay. FairPlay is the Digital Rights Management (DRM) software which Apple puts on songs sold through its iTunes store – this DRM stops songs bought through iTunes playing on devices…