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Submission + - Will secure streams be the finite solution to DRM?

Submitted by Spiff76 on Friday March 02, 2007 @04:35PM

Spiff76 writes: The Secustream Technologies company was one of the head news on Norwegian national TV yesterday (2007-03-02). They state that it will take months to crack their secure streaming technology, and cracking it will only reveals a few seconds of content from a specific stream. The key idea is to use lots of lots of smaller locks rather than using one big lock. More or less all DRM systems yet have been defeated and has been very cumbersome for the user. In this perspective this technology claim to use a brand new approach. Will they succeed? All software used in a non trusted computing setting is crackable. Why won't this be feasible with this technology? They have even hired DVD-Jon to try to find security holes in their technology. http://www.secustream.com/?page=technology

Submission + - Read An Actual RIAA 'Pre-Litigation' Letter

Submitted by TCB on Friday March 02, 2007 @11:45AM

TCB writes: As a follow-up to this week's "RIAA Announces New Campus Lawsuit Strategy," lolcollege has managed to secure one such pre-litigation letter and has it published for your viewing horror.

Submission + - Sun joins the Free Software Foundation

Submitted by Cheeto on Thursday March 01, 2007 @12:06PM

Cheeto writes: Sun Microsystems has joined the FSF! Arstechnica is reporting that Sun has joined the corporate patron program, and will be in the same club as other giants such as IBM, Intel, and Google. With Sun releasing Java under the GPL, and the possibility of releasing OpenSolaris under the GPLv3 — do we see Sun now holding the flag of free software instead of Redhat and IBM?

Submission + - New Free Data Privacy Tool Download

Submitted by

JC

on Thursday March 01, 2007 @12:05PM

JC writes: "Scentric has announced the availability of the Data Privacy Assessment Tool, giving users a proactive assessment of potential data privacy risks. Available as a free download at http://www.scentric.com/ for a 30 day period following user registration on the site, the application provides on-demand classification of files on laptops, desktops, filers and file servers. In the last two years, over 100 million private data records have been lost or stolen, according to the Privacy Rights Clearing House. The Ponemon Institute estimates the average cost of a data breech in 2006 at $182 per record, but the impact of a privacy breech on an enterprise goes beyond the dollar costs involved to include damage to a company's brand image, potential fines, and lost customers."

Submission + - SPAM: Oracle will buy Hyperion for $3.3 billion

Submitted by

alphadogg

on Thursday March 01, 2007 @12:04PM

alphadogg writes: "Oracle has agreed to acquire business intelligence software vendor Hyperion Solutions for $3.3 billion in cash, it said Thursday. Oracle said it will combine Hyperion's software with its own business intelligence (BI) and analytics tools. The deal is the latest big purchase by Oracle, following its acquisitions of applications vendors PeopleSoft and Siebel Systems. [spam URL stripped]l e-will-buy-hyperion-for.html?page=1"

Submission + - Consumer Vista support slashed by Microsoft

Submitted by

Mytob

on Thursday March 01, 2007 @11:52AM

Mytob writes: "Microsoft is to limit support for three versions of Windows Vista, including its most expensive, to five years rather than the usual 10 years. The company defended the difference by noting that the clock just started ticking. "End of life-cycle support for Windows Vista is still five years out," a spokesperson said. http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=8 550"

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