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Tue, Nov 25 2008 13:05

Microsoft Patches Restricted Content Errors on MCE 2005

Microsoft patched the Restricted Content errors in Windows Vista a few months back, and today lonely old Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 is getting its fix. The patch (KB956148) is used to resolve “an issue in which a Windows Media Center configuration...
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Fri, Sep 12 2008 8:31

Microsoft Launches New Worldwide Platform for Broadcast TV on the PC

Leading tuner and chipset providers announce support for new Microsoft platform. AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Sept. 12, 2008 — Today at IBC2008, Microsoft Corp. announced it has delivered in the marketplace Protected Broadcast Driver Architecture...
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Tue, Jun 10 2008 13:16

Microsoft Patches “Broadcast Flag”/CGMS-A Issues

Today Microsoft is will a patch to correct the issues seen in last month’s reported “ Broadcast Flag” issues . In reality, the fix is for CGMS-A and the official word is still that Media Center doesn’t support the Broadcast Flag. Last month’s issue propagated...
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Sat, Jun 7 2008 13:52

Short Bits: Digital Copy, tru2way, Big Media

Remember just last month when I said “I’d like to see companies embrace the fact that DVD is still the mainstream format?” Based on a story in CED from this past week studios are starting to realize that’s the key, with one Warner exec saying “…. 64 percent...
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Wed, Jun 4 2008 20:04

Short Bits: Media Center University, Broadcast Flag

Microsoft’s CE Installer blog posted today about the Broadcast Flag issue that I previously talked about proclaiming that “Windows Media Center does not enable or utilize the Broadcast Flag .” They clearly want to make sure that the CE installers and...
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Sat, May 31 2008 19:43

Broadcast Flag Follow-up

I’ve been attempting to learn about the Broadcast Flag over the past few days, and instead of focusing on what it can/can’t do I decided to look at a few other things. First of all, I want to say that I believe the issue early this month with NBC was...
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Fri, May 16 2008 15:56

Short Bits: Broadcast Flag

Broadcast Flag issues? I’d like to write a nice article about the Broadcast Flag and what it is and isn’t. Only problem, there is no good source of factual information at all on the web. The Wikipedia entry doesn’t cite a single source [citation needed...
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Mon, May 5 2008 23:29

Zune Community Brings New Shared Experience to Music

Spring release adds features that inspire people to explore, discover and discuss their favorite music. REDMOND, Wash. — May 5, 2008 — Last November Zune launched “Zune Social,” a music community Web site where music fans can discover new music, browse...
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Thu, Feb 21 2008 16:26

Fact or Fiction: Microsoft and Blu-ray

I’ve gotten a fair amount of reaction to the various articles I’ve posted on Microsoft and Blu-ray, and it still seems the overall consensus on the web is that Microsoft will fall head over heels for Blu-ray in their products. I want to preface this post...
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Thu, Aug 16 2007 9:28

Short Bits: DRM, Vista SP1, Xbox 360, More

Hard to think people are just now getting around to talking about the DRM crap made by Peter Gutmann and Bruce Schneier. I went after Schneier in Feburary , but it’s hard to imagine that these “professionals” up into the ring without knowledge of any...
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Mon, Feb 12 2007 20:24

Another Cryptography Expert Gets Into The Vista DRM Ring

Wired News | Vista Month: Welcome To The DRM? | Wired News has a blog about DRM in Vista, and yet again we have another person writing about something they have no clue about. Michael Calore and Scott Gilbertson basically run down a few of the most popular...
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Tue, Feb 6 2007 17:02

OS X and Linux: CableCARD, DIRECTV, Dish, HD DVD, Blu-ray?

Something that comes up often in my posts about different technologies coming to Windows Vista is why are they always limited to Windows? Well, the answer is that most of them are just not. Starting with CableCARD, the OpenCable Unidirectional Receiver...
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Mon, Jan 29 2007 19:57

Vista PMP Already Cracked?

Update on Driver Signing Bypass (Alex Ionescu's Blog) ( Via Engadget )| Alex Ionescu appears to have takin the first step to defeat that evil DRM that prevents everyone from doing everything (or something like that). He goes through the different ways...
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Sat, Jan 27 2007 13:02

DefectiveByDesign's Anti-DRM Campaign Gets Trashed by Digg Readers

Something that I personally find hilarious is that DefectiveByDesign, the Anti-DRM Group that was formed last year, is getting trashed by the growing user base that actually understands some of the problems behind content protection and DRM. This is a...
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Thu, Jan 25 2007 10:57

What Content Will Be Crippled When Output in Vista?

There are tons of people out there not understanding all of this “Vista DRM”, mainly because of less than accurate media reporting. That’s completely understandable, but lets run down a quick list here of some of the popular content out there. DVD Rip...
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Tue, Jan 2 2007 16:46

"Setting The Record Straight" muslix64 on AACS

muslix64 e-mailed me this bit, as well as posted it at Doom9 and I assume various other places. Text copied directly from e-mail. . . I spent the last few days reading a lot of articles on BackupHDDVD, reading a lot of people's post/comments on various...
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Tue, Jan 2 2007 0:05

Cyberlink Responds to Alleged AACS Crack

With the HD DVD AACS Crack/Hack that supposedly happened last week, I said that Cyberlink would most likely issue some additional information on the matter. I just got an e-mail from the people at Cyberlink with some great information. Above all, Cyberlink...
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Wed, Dec 27 2006 20:16

No, AACS Was Not Cracked

All that happened was the method Cyberlink to decrypt AACS used was semi-compromised. Their implemention kept the key in memory, a key which is needed to legally decrypt the content protection. What is likely going to happen is that specific key will...
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Thu, Nov 30 2006 16:53

CableCARD Recordings On Zune? Why The Answer Is No

Vista: no CableCARD streaming to other PCs (Ars Technica) | Ars Technica has a summery of last weeks No Streaming CableCARD Content to Other Windows PC's , and questions the ability to transfer content to portable device… Quote: “ It's hard to...
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Wed, May 24 2006 22:05

Introducing Media Center Pro, a New Publication Focused on MCE

Introducing Media Center Pro, a New Publication Focused on MCE | The guys (and gals) at CE Pro have introduced Media Center Pro at new published that is focused on Media Center. This is the magazine for “people who build, sell, install, integrate and...
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