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Next-Gen DVD DRM Hacked—Maybe
It was supposed to be unbreakable; a next-gen DRM solution. Yet a hacker named Muslix64 is now claiming he has cracked the Advanced Access...
Google Project Targets Program Crashes
Program crashes are an unfortunate fact of life for software developers. But to protect against crashes, developers need to know which programs are crashing...
Apple Files Late Annual, Quarterly Reports
After a two-week delay, Apple Computer filed its third-quarter and annual financial reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and announced it will...
Readers Respond: Web Is in Grave Danger
Jim Rapozas "hero" forgot to add this tidbit (brought to me by a replica of myself from 2 minutes in the future): AJAX will...
Gentag Patent Adds RFID Sensor Network Feature to Mobile Devices
Gentag, which bills itself as an IP development company, announced Dec. 28 that it has been issued a patent for a way to add...
Kaspersky Ships Vista AV Support
Software maker Kaspersky Lab has released its initial anti-virus products that support Microsofts new Vista operating system.
Shipped on Dec. 28, the software is a...
RFID in 06 and 07: Years of Ups and Downs
It turns out 2006 wasnt quite the banner year for RFID adoption that some analysts had predicted–particularly in the retail and consumer packaged goods...
10 Years Gone: IBM Reappears at CES
It has been a decade since IBM showed up at the Consumer Electronics Show.That 10-year absence will come to an end in a few...
links for 2006-12-29
The Ultimate Distro | Linux Journal
This piece starts out rather promising, going into the first days of Linux distributions, but the history ends rather...
Report: Job Benefits Burden to Fall on Workers
2007 will bring greater expectations of responsibility and self-financing of benefits for U.S. workers, according to a report issued Dec. 28 by Watson Wyatt...