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Submission + - Blu-ray DRM defeated

Submitted by

Aryabhata

on Tuesday January 23, 2007 @02:58PM

Aryabhata writes: "The hacker who broke the DRM technology of HD DVDs is reported to have cracked the copy protection technology used by Blu-ray discs.
muslix64 used much the same plaintext attack in both cases. The latest Blu-ray hack was performed by muslix64 using a media file provided by Janvitos, through the video resource site Doom9, and applied to a Blu-ray copy of the movie Lord of War. BD+, the second type of content protection on Blu-ray, is yet to fall by crackers but this is something of a moot point today as the technology is yet to be widely applied on discs."

Submission + - FSG and OSDL to merge; form Linux Foundation

Submitted by

nanday

on Monday January 22, 2007 @12:04AM

nanday writes: "Newsforge (like Slashdot, owned by OSTG) is running a story announcing the merger of the Free Standards Group (FSG) and Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), two of the major non-profit corporations dedicated to promoting open source software. The new organization is called The Linux Foundation and will be led by Jim Zemlin, the former FSG executive director. The merger will be legally complete in early February, but work on the practical details will begin immediately."

Submission + - Xfce 4.4.0 Released

Submitted by

kelnos

on Sunday January 21, 2007 @11:05PM

kelnos writes: "After more than two years since our previous stable feature release, the Xfce Team is proud to announce the release of Xfce 4.4.0. This release features our new file manager, Thunar, as well as many improvements and feature additions to Xfce's core components.

Head over to our brand-new website and take a look at our visual tour, or go straight to the downloads."

Submission + - Xfce 4.4.0 Released

Submitted by linux pickle on Sunday January 21, 2007 @08:16PM

linux pickle writes: The long awaited 4.4 version of the Xfce desktop environment has been released by the Xfce Team. In this version, Xfce has undergone a major revamp and has been improved in many areas. XFFM, Xfce's original file manager has been removed in favor of Thunar, a modern but lightweight replacement. The window manager now has built-in support for transparency and has undergone some major themability improvements and the panel plugin system has been reworked, making it much more stable overall. A visual tour is available here and the release is available for download here.

Submission + - Democrats Propose Mandatory DRM for Podcasts

Submitted by Knytefall on Monday January 15, 2007 @01:06PM

Knytefall writes: Joe Biden, Dianne Feinstein, and two GOP senators are sponsoring a bill called the PERFORM Act that would require podcasts with music and satellite radio to be locked-up with music industry-approved DRM software, according to a Cnet report and a statement from Sen. Feinstein's office. "All audio services — Webcasters included — would be obligated to implement "reasonably available and economically reasonable" copy-protection technology aimed at preventing "music theft" and restricting automatic recording." Do you really want the RIAA designing software and hardware?

Submission + - Big brother tracking (and taxing) on UK roads

Submitted by Thanster on Sunday January 14, 2007 @06:09PM

Thanster writes: The British government is working on plans to introduce pay per mile with GPS trackers in your car, this has massive big brother implications. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6160877.stm The government's proposal to introduce road pricing will mean you having to purchase a tracking device for your car and paying a monthly bill to use it. The tracking device will cost about £200 and in a recent study by the BBC, the lowest monthly bill was £28 for a rural florist and £194 for a delivery driver. A non working Mum who used the car to take the kids to school paid £86 in one month. On top of this massive increase in tax, you will be tracked. Somebody will know where you are at all times. They will also know how fast you have been going, so even if you accidentally creep over a speed limit you can expect a For any concerned UK slashdotters, a petition has been raised here: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/

Submission + - FreeBSD 6.2 released

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 14, 2007 @04:25PM

An anonymous reader writes: FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE has now been made available. It is around 2 months behind schedule, but the ISO images of the CD's are now available at ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD.

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