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Feed AACS hacked to expose Volume ID: WinDVD patch irrelevant (engadget.com)

From feed by engfeed on Tuesday April 10, 2007 @06:52AM

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/movies/AACS_hacked_again_to_expos e_Volume_ID_WinDVD_patch_irrelevant'; The DRM "protecting" HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc films -- AACS -- continues to unravel at the seams. In parallel efforts, hackers in both the Xboxhacker and Doom9 forums have exposed the "Volume ID" for discs played on XBOX 360 HD DVD drives. Any inserted disc will play without first authenticating with AACS, even those with Volume IDs which have already been revoked by the AACS LA due to previous hacking efforts. Add the exposed processing keys and you can decrypt and backup your discs for playback on any device of your choosing. So yeah, it looks like last week's WinDVD update has been quickly and definitively made useless just as we expected it would be. Well, for XBOX 360 HD DVD drive owners anyway but you can see where this is heading, right? Now go ahead AACS LA, revoke the Toshiba-built XBOX 360 HD DVD player... we double-dog dare ya.

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Submission + - Vista may reach an astonishing 12% of market

Submitted by RockDoctor on Tuesday April 10, 2007 @06:47AM

RockDoctor writes: Harris Interactive, a polling company, have been conducting a survey of users, asking their likelihood of "switching or upgrading" to Vista : 67% no, 20% not sure, 12% yes. The corresponding numbers for before the Vista release were 31%, 49% and 20%. Which you could read as 40% of Vista's potential customers have been turned away by the reality compared to the hype, and many "maybe" people saying "no". The survey is reported at Information Week, and the details are at Harris Interactive.

"A lack of consumer faith in Microsoft's promises that Windows Vista will significantly improve their computing experience is what's behind the low numbers, said Milton Ellis, VP of Harris' Technology Group."

Ahh, poor little Bill, people not believing his Marketing Department. Poor Billy!

Submission + - SCO Attacks PJ of Groklaw

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Litigious Bastards

on Wednesday April 04, 2007 @02:32PM

Litigious Bastards writes: "SCO has just filed court papers saying that they were unable to subpoena PJ of Groklaw. While they quietly disseminated rumors via shills like Dan Lyons of Forbes that they were attempting to subpoena PJ, and apparently sent their crack team of process servers out looking for random people named Pamela Jones, it would appear that they were unable to locate the bright yellow envelope labeled "Email PJ" on the Groklaw website to ask for directions to serve her in person."

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