Congress, RIAA and Universities prepare for P2P "arms race" The Committee on Science and Technology is losing its patience with file sharing on US college campuses, but witnesses at a hearing warned against entering into a technology arms race with students and the purveyors of piracy tools. June 07, 2007 - 01:18PM CT - by Ken Fisher TiVo, DirecTV may get back together; Comcast to launch TiVo in August DirecTV's new owners may rekindle the love between DirecTV and TiVo. Meanwhile, Comcast is prepping the launch of a DVR produced in partnership with TiVo.
June 06, 2007 - 11:01AM CT - by Ken Fisher Joe St Sauver, manager of Internet2 Security Programs, gave a presentation last week at the Anti-Phishing Working Group Counter e-Crime Summit in which he argued that the US (and the rest of the world) needs a Cyber Center for Disease Control. June 05, 2007 - 11:52AM CT - by Ken Fisher MySQL to Microsoft: Your success depends on open source embrace In the flux of debate over patents, Linux, and GPL v3, MySQL's CEO suggests that some of the most important things have been forgotten: customer trust and real interoperability beyond promises not to sue. June 04, 2007 - 10:30AM CT - by Ken Fisher TiVo has clearly seen the light after years of pushing rather high-end, high-priced HD DVRs out its doors.
The company disclosed in its Q1 earnings call that a reduced-cost version of the TiVo Series 3 is on the way, and not a moment too soon. May 31, 2007 - 11:06AM CT - by Ken Fisher Apple hides account info in DRM-free music, too Just because it lacks DRM doesn't mean you should toss all your iTunes music up on your local DC++ hub. Apple embeds identifying information in all music that it sells, but there's little evidence that this is an anti-piracy move.
May 30, 2007 - 01:39PM CT - by Ken Fisher Windows Vista no more secure than XP: report A new report blasts Vista, saying that it's "equally at peril" compared to Windows XP. The report is instructive but also contains some considerable flaws that show the difficulty of assessing Vista's new security architecture. May 30, 2007 - 12:09PM CT - by Ken Fisher Illinois raids welfare to pay for failed video game violence legislation Recent hearings revealed that the State of Illinois spent $1 million defending unconstitutional video games legislation.
The story gets even worse when you learn where the money came from. May 28, 2007 - 11:52PM CT - by Ken Fisher A studio-backed way to make copies of HD DVD and Blu-ray discs is shaping up, but concerns with AACS cracks and pricing have slowed the rollout. May 24, 2007 - 10:19AM CT - by Ken Fisher OLPC miffed by "shameless" competition in emerging markets If there's one thing the world has a lot of, it's poor people.
The One Laptop Per Child Program is frustrated by competition to serve them—competition which they accuse of playing dirty. May 22, 2007 - 09:57AM CT - by Ken Fisher Don't look now, but Tablet PCs are on the rise Considered a flop by many, the Tablet PC is poised to prove the naysayers wrong. Recent moves by Dell and Microsoft, as well as an aftermarket mod for Apple's MacBook, give a glimpse of a potentially bright future for the concept.
May 21, 2007 - 01:06AM CT - by Ken Fisher Comcast working on simultaneous movie release service: $30-50 per film Comcast says that studios are interested in releasing brand new movies over VOD when the price is right, but theater owners aren't having any of it. May 14, 2007 - 12:37PM CT - by Ken Fisher Darknets live on after P2P ban at Ohio U Ohio University banned P2P late last month, but that has done little to stop so-called darknets from operating around the school. Still, users are feeling the heat.
May 09, 2007 - 12:29PM CT - by Ken Fisher You won't spend any time in jail, but you'll certainly feel like a criminal once the local record shop makes copies of all of your identifying information and even collects your fingerprints. May 07, 2007 - 01:23PM CT - by Ken Fisher Will Sony pass on the $100 in reduced manufacturing costs to consumers, or will they opt to recoup losses stemming from the high production cost of the console. The best choice for Sony should be obvious.
May 07, 2007 - 09:12AM CT - by Ken Fisher AACS LA: Internet "revolt" be damned, this fight is not over What is it they say about history? Those that don't know it are going to look really clueless when they repeat it? Something like that.
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