Windows 7 RTM and MSDN Academic Alliance MSDN AA Availability Update
At the start of this week, I posted an article informing users of the fact that Windows 7 RTM was available for download via MSDN Academic Alliance (MSDN AA). Looking at the comments that have been piling up I think that an update is necessary to clarify some aspects.
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14.8.2009 Windows Vista Doesn't Add DRM To Unprotected Content
Robert McLaw: Of all the FUD that's out there about Vista, the false information about Vista's DRM is the FUD that frustrates me the most.
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28.2.2007 Silverlight 2, Microsoft's Flash Killer, Gets DRM, Just Like Vista
Microsoft's Flash killer, Silverlight, is on track to get digital rights management just like the company's latest Windows client, Windows Vista. Microsoft has faced a barrage of criticism over the content protection capabilities in Vista, and the subject is bound to yet again come into play with Silverlight 2.
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14.4.2008 Windows Vista RTM appears on MSDN
Microsoft Date/Time Posted: 2006-11-16 21:56:18 (UTC).
File: en_windows_vista_x86_dvd_X12-34293.iso ISO-9660 DVD Image
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16.11.2006 Windows Vista Iso BillGates to MSDN patch 2
Second Little path for BillGates ISO of Windows Vista RTM to transform this release into legit MSDN release.
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18.11.2006 Collection of published Vista SP1 API changes from MSDN
Microsoft might choose not to tell its enthusiasts anything about Windows Vista Service Pack 1, but they can’t afford to keep it a secret to the development community. Thanks to pacpis for this article.
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22.7.2007 A short chat with a MSDN Concierge about Vista SP1
Not long ago, Microsoft has hinted towards the availability of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 on MSDN if not before the public beta. I wanted to find out if this was the case and who better to ask than the MSDN Concierge - open 24 hours, talk about great service. Thanks to pacpis for this news.
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18.8.2007 How much DRM is too much?
Myth: Windows Vista is loaded with new forms of digital rights management (DRM) that will make the Vista experience more frustrating than ever.
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12.10.2006 Windows Vista Iso BillGates To Legit MSDN PATCH
Little path for BillGates ISO of Windows Vista RTM to transform this release into legit MSDN release.
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13.11.2006 Microsoft Releases Vista SP1 RC Preview on MSDN
Microsoft has posted download links to Windows Vista SP1 RC Preview on the MSDN homepage for MSDN subcribers.
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4.11.2007 MSDN subscribers: Vista SP1 to hit by the end of this week
Microsoft is continuing to accelerate its timetable for Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 availability.
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13.2.2008 Zune DRM cracked
A program has surfaced that strips DRM off of tracks purchased from the Zune Marketplace, or traded via Wi-Fi.
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16.7.2007 Windows 7s draconian DRM?
Once again, we see fanciful claims about ludicrous DRM schemes in the new Windows operating system, but a closer look suggests that Windows isn't to blame after all. Most users, in fact, won't even notice Windows 7's DRM.
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18.2.2009 Microsoft announces investment in DRM for mobiles
Today at CTIA WIRELESS 2006, Microsoft announced it will make significant investments in its digital rights management (DRM) technologies for wireless devices.
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5.4.2006 Bill Gates Takes a Jab at DRM
Microsoft recently held a get together for a small group of high-profile bloggers ahead of the Mix Conference.
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17.12.2006 Xbox DRM Transfer Tool Is Released
If there's one thing Microsoft can do right most of the time is protecting its intellectual property. The software giant has always been at the forefront of creating ways to stop other people from stealing the company's work.
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30.6.2008 DRM is "too complicated" - just rip CDs, says Bill Gates
Even Microsoft founder Bill Gates finds it easier to "just buy a CD and rip it" than grapple with the copyright protection used by online music stores.
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18.12.2006 Windows DRM Not Up To Snuff, Claims BitTorrent Founder
"We are using Windows DRM because it is the only solution that has been vetted widely, but we are not happy with how it affects playback," says BitTorrent's Bram Cohen.
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20.3.2007 Microsoft Confirms Move to DRM-Free Musi
Lost amid the hoopla over last week's EMI announcement regarding their decision to sell digital music without digital rights management (DRM) restrictions was the fact that Apple was only the first digital music reseller to sign on for the new offerings. This week, Microsoft admitted that it, too, would offer music without DRM.
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9.4.2007 DRM-Free Music Plays for Microsoft. Sorry, Apple
Apple CEO Steve Jobs is getting exactly what he asked for nearly a year ago: industry movement away from DRM music. But the DRM freedom he wanted is looking more like DRM freedom from Apple.
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8.1.2008 Microsoft AntiSpy program will remove Sony's DRM Rootkit
From antimalware blog:
I've been getting a lot of questions in the last week about Microsoft's position on the Sony DRM and rootkit discussions, so I thought I'd share a little info on what we're doing here. We are concerned about any malware and its impact on our customers' machines. Rootkits have a clearly negative impact on not only the security, but also the reliability and performance of their systems.
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14.11.2005 Yahoo Music continues DRM-free download experiment
Yahoo put another music track without DRM (digital rights management) on sale through its Yahoo Music service Tuesday.
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6.12.2006 Microsoft patents watermark technology that may lock down DRM-free music
Microsoft has won a patent for a digital-watermarking technology that could be used to protect the rights of content owners even when digital music is distributed without DRM protection.
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12.9.2007 Windows 7 beta on MSDN?
Just as many are waiting for the Windows 7 beta to be announced at CES, we have a Microsoft blog saying its available on MSDN!
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8.1.2009 MSDN Opens Up to Firefox, Opera
MSDN announced last week that it had tweaked its subscriber download site in order to make it compatible with both Firefox and Opera. There are some issues, such as extra work needed in installing the File Transfer Manager, however developers are working on a new version of the FTM that should correct final problems.
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Microsoft Releases MSDN Wiki
Microsoft has released its Microsoft Developer Network Wiki for developers.
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9.12.2006 Windows Home Server - Now available on MSDN
A key benefit of Windows Home Server is the versatility and power it offers as a development platform. Even when Windows Home Server software was still in the beta stage, we published a software development kit (SDK) so that 3rd party developers could develop interesting add-ins for the product. See the original post, "Developers, Developers, Developers".
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25.3.2009 XP SP3 Integrated Images on MSDN
Microsoft is pleased to make available integrated retail and volume license installs of Windows XP SP3, to MSDN and TechNet Plus subscribers.
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3.5.2008 Online Windows 7 event: MSDN Unleashed
On February 28, Microsoft organizes an indepth Windows 7 event in Irvine California.
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22.2.2009 Windows 7 To Surface on TechNet/MSDN This Month
We’ve received word from a trusted source close to GeekSmack that Windows 7 will be on TechNet/MSDN before the end of the month, so those of us with a premium TechNet/MSDN account will be able to get the official RTM build about 2 months ahead of when Windows 7 will hit store shelves on October 22nd.
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3.7.2009Vista Doesn't Add DRM To Unprotected Content
Out there, in the blogging
world, a lot of facts can get
mixed up with rumours and
lies. George Ou has attempted
to put an end to the whole
Vista and DRM confusion. I
said he "has attempted"
simply because there will
always be Microsoft haters who
will continue to spew false
information regardless of how
hard the facts slap them in
the face: " A lot of people
have been screaming that Vista
will deprive you of your
rights with the inclusion of
DRM technology. Bruce Schneier
even referred to this DRM
issue as a "security" issue
for Vista even though he's
merely referring to existence
of DRM capability. We're
hearing widespread rumors that
DRM slows down game play. I
even hear people blaming DRM
for the lack of driver support
in Vista ."
Most people will read the
above and shake their heads at
people's ignorance. Others
will mull the idea over in
their head, trying to figure
out how much of it is true.
Many have already accepted it
as fact. It is time to set the
record straight. There is
nothing in Windows Vista that
will stop you from doing
anything you've done on
Windows XP, in terms of DRM
and non-DRM audio or video.
Windows Vista gives you the
ability to play back DRMed
content. It does not prevent
you from playing back
non-DRMed content. It also
doesn't add DRM to your
unprotected content. If
you or anyone you know believe
otherwise, please comment here
- if you can prove it. I, for
one, know for a fact you
won't be able to. This news
entry was written up on
Windows Vista, while happily
listening to music and ripping
a DVD.
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28.02.2007iTunes Lowers Price of DRM-Free Tracks
Apple has silently dropped the price of its DRM-free iTunes Plus tracks, which come as 256kbps AAC. Instead of $1.29, the tracks will cost the same as
standard songs with DRM: 99-cents. The move is seemingly in response to Amazon's launch of its DRM-free music store that sells 256kbps MP3s...
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16.10.2007Apple to go DRM free?
There are rumors and then there are "rumors". This one falls under the later category that Apple may be taking its iTunes DRM free. While not
every rumor makes it to the front page this one can't seem to die off. Again and again we have heard trickles of whispers that it may happen.
The idea is that DRM free services such as Amazon may catch on much faster than Apple's DRM filled iTunes store. It only makes sense that at some
point Apple would finally seal a deal with the major four record labels to sell DRM free songs as well. It was also noted that a subscription based
iTunes model may not be too far off either.
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09.12.2008Sun: Open Source DRM is the Answer
Sun Microsystems has called on the industry to rally around a single standard for digital rights management and is touting its latest project DReaM, or DRM Everywhere Available, as a possible solution. Dubbed the Open Media Commons, Sun will offer its DRM to any interested party free of royalties..
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22.08.2005Flash and DRM: Does Adobe really have any choice?
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is taking Adobe to task for including DRM in Flash Media Server 3 and Flash Player 9. But does Adobe really have
much choice, now that social networking sites such as YouTube are under pressure from content providers to implement DRM?..
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22.02.2008Apple Releases iTunes 7.2, Launches iTunes Plus (DRM Free)
Apple released iTunes 7.2
updated in the Mac OS X
Software Update tonight, which
offers support for "iTunes
Plus", Apple's new DRM-free
$1.29 offerings announced in
April.
With iTunes
7.2, preview and purchase
iTunes Plus musicnew
higher-quality, DRM-free music
downloads from participating
music labels.
Despite the software
update, the Apple iTunes Store
itself does not show any
DRM-Free music currently
available for purchase. The
DRM-Free launch will likely
occur later this morning (Wed,
May 30th)...
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30.05.2007CES Trend #9: Will CE vendors start steering clear of DRM?
Our countdown to next week's CES centers now on whether the CE industry will at last reach a solution to the DRM conundrum. The new trend toward
DRM-free music doesn't appear to be shaking the Blu-ray and HD DVD folks, who continue to cling to proprietary disk formats. Will consumers seek a
video alternative, and might it come from China?..
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31.12.2007Reverse Engineering DRM on CDs Deemed Lawful
The US Librarian of Congress
is recommending that Congress
officially recognize that
engineering intended to expose
flaws in DRM schemes on audio
CDs to be non-infringing.
Soon, the type of work
engineers like Mark
Russinovich and Ed Felten
performed to expose DRM flaws,
will be protected by law...
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29.11.2006Sony BMG Confirms DRM Free Music
Sony BMG Confirms DRM Free Music, But Will Force Customers to Visit A Store To Buy It:
As we reported January 4, Sony BMG will become the last of
the big four record companies to sell DRM free music, but with one very stupid catch. DRM free music from Sony BMG will be available from January 15
to those who purchase a plastic card called the “Platinum Music Pass” for the album they want from a retail store for $12.99. Buyers
will then have to visit MusicPass.com and enter a code to download the DRM free album they selected in the store.
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08.01.2008Most European Music Execs Agree with Jobs on DRM
A report issued last week by
JupiterResearch lead analyst
Mark Mulligan, just two days
after Apple CEO Steve Jobs
published an open letter
advocating the end of DRM,
revealed that in a continental
survey of European music
industry executives, more than
half agree with the statement
that DRM measures are
"overly restrictive."..
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16.02.2007Wal-Mart revamps DRM-free MP3 music site
A few weeks after shutting down its old DRM servers and then turning them on again, Wal-Mart has re-launched its newer DRM-free MP3 music downloads
site...
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29.10.2008First look at DRM for Silverlight
It had to happen sometime: Microsoft announced today DRM is making its way onto the Silverlight platform, powered by none other than the company's
elusive PlayReady content access technology...
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15.04.2008DRM-less Amazon MP3 store now complete with Sony BMG
With the last remaining label of the big four to join the online retailer's new music store, it could be argued that DRM is essentially dead...
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11.01.2008DRM (on music) is dead. Long live DRM (on video)!
CES is best known for what seems like miles and miles of shiny consumer electronics, product demos, and expansive booths. But some of the most
interesting action takes place off the beaten track of the show floor, in meeting rooms where players from opposite ends of the tech world come to
discuss the issues of the day. Such was the case at this year's show. In a discussion called "The True Cost of DRM: What Can't We Do Now?"
moderated by Paul Sweeting of
Content Agenda, four panelists had different takes on impact
of DRM over the past decade, while managing to agree that, when it comes to music, DRM is indeed dead.
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08.01.2008DRM advocates getting nervous about consumer backlash
You all know the slogan: "Guns don't kill people, people kill people." At the
Digital Rights Strategies conference in New York City, a similar message could be heard: "DRM doesn't anger consumers, content
owners abusing DRM anger consumers."
Few, of course, would argue that the mere existence of DRM is a bad thing. Locked away in a
vault somewhere or trapped in one of those nifty mirrors featured in Superman, DRM can do little harm. Such assertions are merely academic, of course.
Tools are designed to be used, and DRM is being used to do what it was designed to do: control how consumers interact with content.
But the growing backlash against DRM is causing dissension in the pro-DRM ranks. Paul Sweeting's
excellent report on the DRS conference records the
frustrations of the DRM community at the tactics of the content industry. They apparently feel that an overzealous content industry is abusing DRM;
this is a bit like Smith & Wesson complaining that bullets can kill.
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24.09.2007Rage over 'Spore' DRM turns into class action suit
EA has been sued in the Northern District of California over DRM software placed in its evolution simulator game Spore , developed by Will
Wright and Maxis...
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25.09.2008Apple hides account info in DRM-free music, too
With great power comes
great responsibility, and
apparently with DRM-free music
comes files embedded with
identifying information. Such
is the situation with Apple's
new DRM-free music: songs sold
without DRM still have a
user's full name and account
e-mail embedded in them, which
means that dropping that new
DRM-free song on your favorite
P2P network could come back to
bite you.
We started
examining the files this
morning and noticed our names
and e-mail addresses in the
files, and we've found
corroboration of the find at
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/05/30
/tuaw-tip-dont-torrent-that-so
ng/>TUAW, as well. But
there's more to the story:
Apple embeds your account
information in all songs sold
on the store, not just
DRM-free songs. Previously it
wasn't much of a big deal,
since no one could imagine
users sharing encrypted, DRMed
content.
But now
that DRM-free music from Apple
is on the loose, the hidden
data is more significant since
it could theoretically be used
to trace shared tunes back to
the original owner. It must
also be kept in mind that this
kind of information could be
spoofed...
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31.05.2007DRM-Free Music Plays for Microsoft. Sorry, Apple
Apple CEO Steve Jobs is getting exactly what he asked for nearly a year ago: Industry movement away from DRM music. But the DRM freedom he wanted is
looking more like DRM freedom from Apple. There has been a whole lot of shakin' going on the last two weeks with respect to DRM-free content:
Warner made its library available to Amazon, as unprotected MP3s. Sony BMG announced plans to release its catalog DRM free. In second quarter, Napster
will go back to its MP3 roots, with a library available in the unprotected format
While the DRM-free moves may be good for consumers, many
labels' have another motivation: DRM freedom from Apple. The iTunes Music store is the biggest seller of DRM music, which should be good for
labels wanting to curb piracy. But as iTunes/iPod dominance has increased, labels have found themselves in an increasing Apple choke hold.
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08.01.2008Windows 7 beta on MSDN?
Just as many are waiting for the Windows 7 beta to be announced at CES, we have a Microsoft blog saying its available on MSDN! Image Courtesy: MSDN
Blogs It is not sure whether it is available now or will be available soon, but you get the word. MSDN subscribers would be lucky enough to get hold
of Windows 7 beta. If you are a MSDN subsriber, can you see Windows 7 listed in there already?
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08.01.2009Power Management in Windows Vista
Eliot Graff: Stephen, a program manager on the Windows Kernal team, posted a response to a question in the
General Windows Vista Development Issues forum, and I thought it
could bear repeating here.
The original question was about how to control the processor
throttle in Windows Vista. Apparently, some of the calls that used to work in an application geared to Windows XP were not acting the same way in
Windows Vista. Here's Stephen's response...
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