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Apple Hides Account Info in DRM-Free Music 669

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday May 30, 2007 @05:17PM from the tabs-keeping-tabs dept.

Alvis Dark writes "Apple launched iTunes Plus earlier today, the fruit of its agreement with EMI to sell DRM-free music. What they didn't say is that all DRM-free tracks have the user's full name and account e-mail embedded in them. Is this to discourage people from throwing the tracks up on their favorite P2P platform? 'It would be trivial for iTunes to report back to Apple, indicating that "Joe User" has M4As on this hard drive belonging to "Jane Userette," or even "two other users." This is not to say that Apple is going to get into the copyright enforcement business. What Apple and indeed the record labels want to watch closely is, will one user buy music for his five close friends?'"

Submission + - Xbox 360 To Profit Next Year, Says Bach

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on Friday May 04, 2007 @12:00PM

Anonymous Coward writes: "Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft's entertainment and devices division, has stated he expects the company's console business to finally break even some time in 2008."

Would You Install Pirated Software at Work? 848

Posted by Cliff on Thursday May 03, 2007 @04:50PM from the questionable-PHB-ethics dept.

An anonymous reader asks: "I am an IT professional, and due to budget constraints, I have been told to install multiple copies of MS Office, despite offering to install OpenOffice, and other OpenSource Office products. Even though most of the uses are for people using Excel like a database, or formatting of text in cells, other programs are not tolerated. I have been over ruled by our controller, to my disagreement. I would never turn them in, but I am in tough place by knowing doing something illegal. I want to keep my job, but disagree with some of the decision making on this issue. Other than drafting a letter to the owners of the company on how I disagree with the policy, what else can I do?"

Feed Sony's summer laptop lineup leaked, including Santa Rosa FZ series (engadget.com)

From feed by engfeed on Monday April 30, 2007 @01:12PM

Filed under: Laptops

There isn't quite an abundance of info about these up-and-comers from Sony, but it's better than nothing. Sony is prepping the 15.4-inch FZ series, 13.3-inch SZ5, 11.1-inch TZ11, 13.3-inch CZ and 14-inch CR for a summer launch, and is apparently having a hard time keeping the info under wraps. We've got a few shady specs on screen resolution and whatnot for a few models, but the fact that the 11-inchers on up to the 15-incher are sporting WXGA resolutions seems to cast a bit of doubt on the proceedings. Luckily, we've got the skinny on the FZ19 (pictured above), which includes the new Santa Rosa chipset from Intel, along with integrated X3100 graphics, 2GB of RAM and a 120GB HDD. Most of the laptops, including the FZ series, include built-in webcams and heaping helpings of RAM. The TZ series is a refresh to the TX line of ultraportables, and seems to be making some good strides, including a purported business-friendly redesign and an SSD option due for a later revision. Not too many specifics on launch dates, but July seems to be the general word, at least for the CZ and CR series. Hit up the read link for more detailed specs.

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20 Years of Handheld Console Evolution 74

Posted by Zonk on Monday April 30, 2007 @01:10PM from the watch-darwin-in-gorgeous-8-bit-action dept.

marcellizot writes "It has taken a while for handheld consoles to crawl from the primordial 8-bit slime to today's apex predator polygon juggling brutes. To illustrate just how much things have advanced over the last 20 years, Pocket Gamer has pulled together a few facts and figures in pretty chart form. Pitting the vital statistics of the critical handhelds of today and yesteryear against one another, there are some interesting facts to be gleaned from this infotainment extravaganza."

Feed News: Contest winner: Vista more secure than Mac OS (macworld.com)

From feed by macworldfeed on Monday April 30, 2007 @12:53PM

The security researcher who uncovered a QuickTime flaw involving Java feels that Windows Vista is actually more secure than Mac OS X, and offers some practical advice for how Mac users can prevent problems.

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