Davis Freeberg - Slashdot User

Submission + - DHS Wants Mozilla To Disable Mafiaafire Plugin (wordpress.com)

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Davis Freeberg

on Thursday May 05, 2011 @12:55PM

Davis Freeberg writes: "The Department of Homeland Security is hard at work again, protecting the industry from websites that the big studios don't want you to see. This time they're targeting the Mafiaafire plugin by asking Mozilla to disable the addon at the root level. Instead of blindly complying with the government's request, Mozilla has decieded to ask some tough questions instead. Unsurprisingly, when faced with legitimate concerns about the legality of their domain seizure program, the DHS has decided to clam up."

Submission + - Money For Nothing and The Codecs For Free (davisfreeberg.com)

Submitted by Davis Freeberg on Wednesday June 03, 2009 @09:31AM

Davis Freeberg writes: In an in depth discussion on the codec industry, CoreCodec CEO and Matroska Foundation board member Dan Marlin shares his thoughts on the growing popularity of the MKV container, confusion in the marketplace between X.264/MKV and DivXHD and weighs in on a controversial decision by Microsoft to block third party filter support in future versions of Windows media player. His interview offers a behind the scenes look at an important piece of technology that is helping to power the P2P movement. It also raises the prickly question of whether or not Microsoft is abusing their OS monopoly, in order to rein in competition within the codec industry.

Submission + - TiVo Awarded Patent For Password You Can't Hack

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Davis Freeberg

on Friday May 11, 2007 @02:26AM

Davis Freeberg writes: "TiVo has always been know for thinking outside of the box, but this week they were awarded an unusual patent related to locking down content on their hard drives. According to the patent, they've invented a way to create password security that is so tough, it would take you longer than the life of a hard drive, in order to figure out. They could be using this technology to prevent the sharing of content or it could be related to their advertising or guide data, but if their decryption technology is really that good, it's an interesting solution for solving the problem of securing networks."

Submission + - Take Out Tin Foil Hats TiVo Has Underground Video

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Davis Freeberg

on Saturday September 02, 2006 @02:09AM

Davis Freeberg writes: "TiVo is probably better known for their ad zapping technology then their televison advertisements. In fact other then a few lousy infomercials and a commercial that was rumored to be banned by the networks, TiVo has never really had much in the way of TV advertisements. Apparently though, one of TiVo's more rabid fans did some sleuthing and discovered a hidden Easter Egg video buried deep within TiVo's own website. The video itself exposes the true orgins of TiVo's technology and how they got their hands on that ad zapping photon remote to begin with."

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