The Way DRM Should Have Been
Here's a neat article about how DRM is dying, but more importantly, how companies are realizing that searching for violators and charging them is far better than trying to implement DRM which doesn't work and ticks off customers at the same time. Duh.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: DRMConfessions of a Geek Squad Technician
This is an amazing essay from a former Geek Squad tech as to why Geek Squad was great, but isn't anymore.
The fact is that you are no more likely to see a real technician at a Geek Squad today than you would be to see a real 5'10" mouse, wearing red suspenders at Disneyland. It is all an act... a show to .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]RFID Worst Case Scenario Has Arrived
The people over at CASPIAN have warned about how companies are trying hard to get RFID tags into all their products without people knowing. Well, now they will. The anti-theft tags that nearly every product currently has will be combined with RFID technology so that nearly every item you walk out of the store with will also transmit a .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Big Business, Consequences, If You Only Knew, RFID, Security Theater, Utter Failure, Your Rights43 Privacy Organizations Unite Against REAL ID
Why they don't do this for other issues, I don't know, but several organizations have banded together to fight the implementation of REAL ID.
HD DVD Crack Gets Widespread Attention
This article is worth reading just from this tagline alone:
Last night, the AACS LA's attempts to keep an HD DVD crack under wraps backfired in a spectacular fashion. Pandora's Box is now wide open, and there's no going back now. The problem with DRM is that they companies are doing this for entirely .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Customer Abuse, DRM, HD DVDHarsh Penalties for Making a Game Map of Your School
Apparently, a student made a game map of his school and uploaded it for his friends to play on. What this means is that anyone who plays on that map could play a given game and have a virtual shootout at the school.
People have lined up on both sides of this issue saying that it was harmless .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: GamingConsumer Affairs on Video Game Violence
The title is the .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Gaming, Video Game ViolencePrivacy Organizations Unite Against Bush Nominee
In what is hardly news, Bush again picks a poor choice for an important position. Michael Baroody, a high-ranking member of the National Association of Manufacturers, has been nomintated as chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (the agency responsible for reigning in manufacturers). What exactly is it about conflict of interest that Bush doesn't understand?
Link to .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: George BushID Theft Taskforce Issues Final Recommendations and Strategic Plan
On April 23rd, the ID Theft Task Force that's chaired by Alberto Gonzales (the US Attorney General) and co chaired by Deborah Platt Majores (the chairwoman of the FTC) has released their final recommendations for reducing identity theft.
Here are a few of their better recommendations:
- Decrease the unnecessary use of social security numbers in .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Vista May Knock Down Microsoft Monopoly
This is an iteresting article about how Vista, with it's poor security, lack of compatibility, high price, and integrated features that users hate (like DRM and security alerts) might make people start to seriously wonder why they're still using Windows.
I don't personally buy the argument that Linux will be the system they run to because I haven't yet .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Microsoft, Windows Vista