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DRM troubles drive ex-Microsoft employee to Linux

September 26, 2007 Former Microsoft security expert may switch from Windows Media Center to LinuxMCE over frustration with Microsoft's DRM. TAGS: digital-rights management, Microsoft Windows Media Center, Media Center PC, Windows Media, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Microsoft Windows, security, Microsoft Internet Explorer, video

EMI considers opening its DRM to inspection

January 20, 2006 Music industry giant is reviewing request by digital rights group to allow reverse engineering of its DRM software. TAGS: EMI Group Plc., digital-rights management, Macrovision Corp., rootkit, reverse engineering, computer security, spokesman, researcher, CD, security

Analyst: Corel's DRM patch only a bandage

April 10, 2007 Hack of Blu-ray, HD DVDs prompts software company to issue fix. Critics call it waste of time. TAGS: Corel Corp., HD-DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray disc, digital-rights management, hacker, playback, DVD, key, security, software company, e-mail, PC

Will Sony's DRM nightmare affect future policies?

November 12, 2005 Readers weigh in on the security debacle surrounding Sony's rootkit music CDs. TAGS: rootkit, digital-rights management, copy protection, Sony Corp., nightmare, CD, security, music

Security A to Z: Rootkits

November 27, 2006 Hackers aren't the only ones using rootkits. The Sony fiasco brought the toolkits into the mainstream. TAGS: rootkit, Sony Corp., trojan horse, digital-rights management, CD, security, PC

Have e-books turned a page?

August 27, 2004 Steady growth suggests that the publishing industry may finally have a grip on what readers want from electronic books. TAGS: e-book, digital-rights management, publisher, Adobe Systems Inc., security

Sony's antipiracy may end up on antivirus hit lists

November 4, 2005 Security software makers consider adding protection against the cloaking tool in Sony's anticopying technology. TAGS: rootkit, Kaspersky Lab, Sophos Plc., Graham Cluley, Sony Corp., antivirus, digital-rights management, antipiracy, antivirus company, malicious software, malware, consultant, security company, spyware, technique, security

Attack targets Sony 'rootkit' fix

November 16, 2005 Security firm reports Web sites intended to exploit a flaw in a Sony program designed to remedy security problems in copy-protected CDs. TAGS: Websense Inc., rootkit, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Sony Corp., digital-rights management, uninstaller, computer science, flaw, copy protection, malicious code, security, professor, CD, Firefox, Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Stalemate on digital content?

November 6, 2003 Rights-management schemes are threatening to put customers under proprietary lock and key. And critics warn that Microsoft is gaining too much power, from multimedia to corporate memos. TAGS: Leonardo Chiariglione, digital-rights management, portable music player, critic, digital content, copy protection, Napster Inc., rule, standards, Microsoft Office, music player, Microsoft Word, multimedia, Microsoft Corp., Apple iPod, Apple Computer

Microsoft fixes potential antipiracy hole

February 17, 2005 Japanese programmers spotlight flaw in Redmond's antipiracy protections, but the company moves to block the hack. TAGS: David Caulton, antipiracy, hack, digital-rights management, Microsoft Windows Media Player, copy protection, Windows Media, hacker, flaw, media player, programmer, Redmond, spyware, security, programming, Microsoft Windows

IBM bakes security into processors

April 10, 2006 Secure Blue adds encryption technology to processors, promising better security for data on PCs and portable devices. TAGS: encryption technology, IBM Corp., IBM PowerPC, microprocessor, digital-rights management, AMD, idea, security, Intel, PC

Torvalds says DRM isn't necessarily bad

February 3, 2006 'We are not crusaders,' declares the Linux kernel leader in a debate over proposed open-source license changes. TAGS: Linus Torvalds, GPL, GPLv3, Free Software Foundation, anti-DRM, digital-rights management, Linux kernel, Linux, Novell Inc., provision, digital signature, module, leader, Red Hat Inc., e-mail, security

Microsoft: No flaw in Media Player

January 14, 2005 Trojan horses are piggybacking on an antipiracy feature in Media Player, a security firm claims. But Microsoft denies it's a flaw. TAGS: Overpeer, Panda Software, Ben Edelman, Microsoft Windows Media Player, rights-management, spyware, digital-rights management, media player, antipiracy, Windows Media, flaw, P2P, adware, trojan horse, security, Web page

Sony rootkit victims in every state, researcher says

January 18, 2006 Figures suggest that Florida leads the pack in PCs that have rootkit-like software from Sony's antipiracy tool. TAGS: rootkit, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Sony Corp., DNS, digital-rights management, Florida, researcher, U.S., server, security, PC

Wireless content gets new security spec

February 2, 2004 The Open Mobile Alliance reveals a new set of specifications to help protect music and video distributed over the Web through wireless devices--and a group of vendors backs it up with a new coalition. TAGS: Open Mobile Alliance Ltd., content management, Motorola Inc., content company, wireless device, vendor, specification, RealNetworks Inc., digital-rights management, mobile device, Nokia Corp., handset, security, service provider, video, music

Week in review: Hackers put heat on security

August 4, 2006 Black Hat attendees probed tech security to see what shakes out, especially from Microsoft trees. TAGS: hacker, Black Hat, rootkit, Week in review, digital-rights management, Apple Computer, conference, McAfee Inc., Steve Jobs, France, Symantec Corp., VoIP, security, battery, Sony Corp., games

Piracy fears threaten Hollywood innovation

September 29, 2004 Studios cook up new ways of doing business, but security concerns may create too much static. TAGS: Hollywood, digital television, studio, home network, digital-rights management, TV, conference, security, Microsoft Corp., U.S., video, PC

Ballmer sees squeeze on Longhorn deadline

October 5, 2004 Microsoft's CEO lends some insight into the 2006 release date of the slow-moving next version of Windows. TAGS: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Longhorn, Netherlands, digital-rights management, Apple iPod, MP3 player, CEO, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, MP3, security

Phoenix toughens up BIOS

November 26, 2003 The software that sits between the OS and a PC's hardware hasn't changed much in decades. Phoenix Technologies wants to introduce greater security and copy protection. TAGS: Phoenix Technologies, BIOS, utility computing, copy protection, digital-rights management, blade, operating system, notebook computer, information technology, PC, security, server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Sony rootkit settlement gets final nod

May 23, 2006 Record label must stop using controversial anticopying software and compensate customers, settlement says. TAGS: Sony BMG Music Entertainment, settlement, rootkit, class action, CD, copy protection, Sony Corp., digital-rights management, New York, music, security
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