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 from CGMS-A being on the analog source data...
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 of consumers said having a digital file gives...
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 integrators using Media Center know this isn’t an...
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 a total fluke. I think a lot of people are getting...
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] about the technical aspect or implementation. In...
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 each others’ playlists, and comment on their discoveries...
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 by saying that I’m not advocating Microsoft not...
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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 of the real issues. Oh well, they might be incredibility...
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 posts online about Vista’s “DRM.” Here’s one...
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 (OCUR) was specifically created to bring native...