Macrovision's appeal for CE makers to stop bypassing the IPG
The channel behind the TV channels you watch could be the most lucrative new advertising platform since the advent of the Web...
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09.01.2009Bypassing Blu-ray, Sony to stream first-run movies to Bravia TV
Sony's Bravia Internet Video Link will receive its first movie premiere, Hancock , on October 28, before it is released on any other media...
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14.10.2008New AACS Protection Cracked Already
The cat and mouse game
continued Thursday between the
movie industry and those
wanting open access to the
content they purchase.
Software vendor Slysoft
released an update to its
popular AnyDVD HD program that
copies the latest HD DVD and
Blu-ray titles - bypassing the
newest AACS copy protection...
betanews.com -
17.05.2007Broadcom bypasses STBs on the one hand, partners with Microsoft on the other
With connectivity between devices being the runaway principal theme of this year's CES, Broadcom is making an intriguing play: Yesterday afternoon,
the provider of technologies embedded in devices announced it's producing the components for HDTV manufacturers to embed video-on-demand-ready
features directly into their sets, bypassing set-top boxes...
betanews.com -
07.01.2008XP downgrade program may continue to hurt Windows 7
Most people know that come the release of Vista, most businesses chose to hang onto to Windows XP due to lacking reviews of the new OS, and the fact
that XP did everything they wanted. Of course, many plan to make the move to the upcoming Windows 7, bypassing Vista entirely, but according to
InfoWorld, this could be harder than expected.
Read full story.....
neowin.net -
17.06.2009Mozilla: Firefox 3 bug claim 'horses**t'
Asa Dotzler used the term to describe his feelings toward a claim that it is bypassing as many as eight out of every 10 Firefox bugs.
A story in the New York Times Thursday by IDG analyst Gregg Keizer claimed that only 20 percent of the bugs within Firefox 3 would be fixed by the
time it will be released next year.
Apparently some 700 bugs are currently marked as "blockers" -- issues that are bad enough
to warrant postponing a release. The company said this is too much, and said that developers need to prioritize what bugs are most important.
winbeta.org -
16.11.2007Vista Performance and Reliability Pack Unofficial Release
Thanks Nekrosoft for the news
on this major update to
Windows Vista that should for
most of us improve the speed
and reliability of Windows
Vista significantly!
Please note: These fixes
break all current methods of
bypassing driver singing
requirements except the good
old F8 during boot (that you
have to do every single time
you start vista)
IF
you are using Rivatuner,
atitool and or Peerguardian on
64bit vista, you will have to
use F8 every single time to
disable driver signing
requirements to use those two
programs. x86 version is
unaffected.
These
updates should go official on
the next patch Tuesday (in one
weeks time). Please read more
for the download links and
information on these
updates.
R
ead full story.....
neowin.net -
30.07.2007Closing the Door to Microsoft Vista
A number of companies are opting not to embrace Redmond's latest operating system and, like GM, are waiting for Windows 7 instead.
General Motors may take a detour around Vista, the latest computer operating system from Microsoft. The automaker has encountered so many speed
bumps getting Vista to work on its machines that it may just wait for the next version of Windows, due in 2010 or 2011. "We're considering bypassing
Vista and going straight to Windows 7," says GM's Chief Systems & Technology Officer Fred Killeen.
winbeta.org -
13.05.2008Analyst says economy leading some users to bypass Office 2007
On the Windows side of the house, Microsoft recently has been advising
customers who haven’t yet begun Vista deployments to skip directly to Windows 7
instead. Although the company hasn’t been offering (at least not publicly) similar advice about Office, it seems a number of IT shops are doing
just that and bypassing Office 2007 in favor of Office 2010.
winbeta.org -
05.06.2009PS3 + Linux + Firefox = Office 2.0 computing
Sony and a technology site are using a conference to show off a confluence of next-generation, monopoly-bypassing technology: a Sony Playstation 3
videogame console running Linux and Firefox as a foundation for Web-based "Office 2.0" applications.
IT|Redux, a site run by blogger and tech adviser Ismael Ghalimi, is showing off the system at the
Office 2.0 Conference in San Francisco. IT|Redux is the show organizer.
Sony called the conference a great opportunity to "showcase the PS3 system's computing power and productivity capabilities."
"Installing Linux and Firefox on the PS3 enables Sony customers to not only enjoy games and entertainment in the living room but also
take advantage of some of the Web browser-based office productivity applications available online today," said Oliver Marks, a senior manager for
Sony Computer Entertainment America. ..
winbeta.org -
06.09.2007Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar delayed, but expanded
Our very own Brad Wardell
aka Frogboy announced on the
official GalCiv II
website&
nbsp;that
Dark Avatar, the
expansion for the highly
acclaimed (and still Starforce
and copy protection free!
) Galactic Civilizations
II: Dread Lords was now to be
delayed until early next year.
But wait! It may be delayed
until next year, but they are
expanding the expansion!
Stardock will take the extra
time to add tons of new stuff,
to the already ton of new
stuff previously
announced. Originally the
expansion would include new
maps, new units, a new
story-based campaign,
user-created civilization
opponents, and lots of other
goodies. But now Stardock will
add even more to the expansion
(hence the expanding expansion
thingie) such as a new
stream-lined tech tree, "Mega
events", super duper
abilities that are unique to
each playable civilization, a
visual once over (tweaks and
such), a more advanced
opponent design feature set,
and of course "tons"
more!
If you pre-order the
expansion, you can take part
in the scheduled public beta
for the game which you can do
here.
The beta will take place
sometime in November and the
release for Dark Avatar is now
February 2007. Which is about
the same time as the release
of Dread Lords
itself.
neowin.net - 10.10.2006
Microsoft: Vista Won't Get a
Backdoor
Windows Vista won't have a
backdoor that could be used by
police forces to get into
encrypted files, Microsoft has
stressed. In February, a BBC
News story suggested that the
British government was in
discussions with Microsoft
over backdoor access to the
operating system. A backdoor
is a method of bypassing
normal authentication to gain
access to a computer without
to the PC user knowing. But
Microsoft has now quelled the
suggestion that law
enforcement might get such
access.
Kudos to boytoy
for submitting this
article!
jcxp.net - 05.03.2006
Hacking Vista's Smart Cards
The recent wave of smart card hacks have been aimed mainly at the cards chip and bypassing physical security, but not this latest one: A former
Microsoft security team member has demonstrated an attack that compromises the smart cards middleware plug-in for Vista machines. (See Black Hat Researcher Hacks Credit Cards and 'Gecko' Penetrates Building Access Systems.)
Researcher Dan Griffin, who previously worked for Microsoft on its smart card
program, has developed a custom fuzzing tool that hacks smart card and third-party vendors plug-in software that use Microsofts Smart Card Minidriver
Interface, which is built into Vista. "Im not focusing on the smart card chip," Griffin says. "If I just attack a few specific parts , it will fall over."
Griffin says these smart cards being used for building and machine access come with Java code
that allows you to write malicious code into the card. "Writing a hacker applet on the card is not that hard or far-fetched," he says. And he
stresses that its "not Microsoft code I blow up," but the smart card or third-party plug-in vendors.
winbeta.org - 15.03.2008
Google Chrome gets updates, pretends to be Safari
Remember Google Chrome? The new browser that was one of Betanews' Top 20
Stories of 2008, and certainly across the Internet as a whole? Well, after the initial hype that Chrome (and its subsequent first vulnerabilities) caused, the browser quietly broke the 1 percent mark of browser share this
month. Google this week released updates addressing one moderate, and one severe security threat, and provides fixes for Yahoo Mail and Windows
Live Hotmail.
The Moderate security update addresses a cross-site scripting vulnerability linked to the Adobe Reader plugin, and the severe
update is for a bug in the V8 JavaScript engine that could allow malicious users to "clickjack" sensitive information by bypassing
same-origin checks.
Previously, the ability to send an email would break Yahoo's Webmail, this issue has been
fixed. The Hotmail bug is actually being worked on by Microsoft's team, as it is not so much a problem with Chrome as it is with Hotmail's
recognition of Chrome. Google has deployed a workaround that changes the user agent string that Google Chrome sends when requesting URLs that end with
"mail.live.com." The result is that Chrome reportedly changes its user agent string to tell Hotmail that it's Safari...
betanews.com - 31.01.2009
Microsoft apologizes for update blunder
Microsoft has apologized for a Windows Server update that automatically installed the Windows Desktop Search (WDS) tool on users desktops without
approval. The mistake happened because Microsoft reused the same update package for when WDS was first published in February as an optional update
that was only applicable to systems with the search tool previously installed. This meant organizations that had approved the February update package
for a limited number of machines had this weeks new update automatically install WDS on all clients because the Windows Server Update Service (WSUS)
is set by default to automatically approve update revisions.
One IT manager affected by the update told silicon.com: "I came into the
office this morning and found that every one of our desktops and servers which are on WSUS have had the WDS tool automatically installed. We were
shocked as we do not automatically approve anything for our systems, unless we have already approved an old version of the same update. So Microsoft
has decided to push this directly out, bypassing any approval opportunity we have set. To say the least we are not happy and were currently reviewing
what we are going to do." In a post on Microsofts WSUS blog Bobbie
Harder, program manager for WSUS, said: "We sincerely regret the inconvenience this has caused and extend a sincere apology to all impacted
customers."
neowin.net - 30.10.2007
Intel 'hacker' sentence expunged
After a battle lasting more
than a decade, in early
February 2007 an Oregon court
gave a clean slate to former
Intel contractor Randall
Schwartz who was arrested and
convicted for bypassing Intel
security systems. Schwartz was
arrested in 1993 after using a
program called "Crack" to
find out the passwords of
various former colleagues in
the Intel Supercomputer
Systems Division (SSD). In
late 1995, Schwartz was
convicted of three counts of
computer crime, and ordered to
pay Intel $68,000
restitution. His sentence also
included five years of
probation, 480 hours of
community service, and 90 days
of deferred (cancellable) jail
time. His legal bill exceeded
$170,000 by the end of
1995.
Schwartz has
argued that his conviction was
unfair, as he had not intended
to cause any malicious damage.
After an appeal, the
restitution was dropped in
1999. Schwartz had left SSD
under a cloud, and told the
court he decided to crack the
Intel passwords to show that
SSD's security had gone
downhill since he had left,
and to re-establish respect he
said he had lost when he left
SSD. In October 2006, Schwartz
appealed for clemency from a
Democratic governor who
" had already granted a few
pardons ." Schwartz said
that it will take a while for
him to absorb the result:
" Even a few weeks later,
I'm still in a bit of shock
that I've reached this point
in this over-13-year journey.
It probably won't fully sink
in until the first time I
travel freely into Canada, or
fill out an contractor form
that asks the question about
criminal history, or apply for
a Small Business
Administration program that
was formerly unavailable to
me ."
neowin.net - 04.03.2007
Airbus A380 to debut at L.A.
The world's largest passenger
jet, Airbus A380, will make
its long-awaited landing
Monday at Los Angeles
International Airport (LAX) as
part of its U.S. debut,
officials in Los Angeles said.
The landing at LAX on Monday
morning is scheduled to
coincide with another A380
touchdown at New York's John
F. Kennedy Airport. The
European airplane maker is
using the U.S. test flights to
burnish its image after
technical problems led to a
two-year delivery delay.
Airbus' woes have helped its
U.S. rival Boeing sell more
planes, including an updated
version of its 747 jumbo that
Airbus had hoped would fade
away when it introduced the
A380. Boeing sold a record
number of airplanes last year
and surpassed Airbus in orders
for the first time since 2000.
Los Angeles World
Airports, the city agency that
operates LAX, has spent more
than 49 million dollars on a
variety of projects to
accommodate A380s, and another
72 million dollars will be
spent incoming years. Mayor
Antonio Villaraigosa and
Airbus officials are expected
to hold a news conference at
the airport after the
super-jumbo jet makes its
landing. With a double-decked
cabin and a wingspan nearly
the length of a football
field, A380 can carry more
than 800 passengers in an all
economy-class configuration,
or 555 with first-class and
business seating. Airbus
officials had originally said
that they would fly the A380
only to New York, and then on
to Chicago, bypassing Los
Angeles altogether. The
decision led to some
last-minute negotiations
between the city and the plane
maker.
neowin.net - 19.03.2007
