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1/11/2005


Hackers Tune In to Windows Media Player

Filed under: News — Charlie Summers @ 7:36 pm

From eWeek: Hackers are using the newest DRM technology in Microsoft’s Windows Media Player to install spyware, adware, dialers and computer viruses on unsuspecting PC users.
Hackers Tune In to Windows Media Player

As if users don’t have enough problems with immoral restrictions on use of purchased media, now the licensing system itself is being used by the bad guys.

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EFF: Apple Can’t Strongarm Bloggers

Filed under: News — Charlie Summers @ 2:52 am

From the EFF: Apple sent legal threats to the publishers of the Mac-centric weblogs AppleInsider and PowerPage for posting information about a product code-named “Asteroid.” The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is representing the publishers to protect their right to keep confidential the identities of the people who supplied them with the information.
Apple Can’t Strongarm Bloggers

Geez, Apple, no wonder you’re down below linux on the desktop. You are just way too much like Microsoft.

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