DRM-buster DVD Jon has a new target in his sights, and it’s a big piece of fruit. He has reverse-engineered Apple’s Fairplay and is starting to license it to companies who want their media to play on Apple’s devices. Instead of breaking the DRM (something he’s already done), Jon has replicated it, and wants to […]
Month: October 2006
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10 iPod vs. Zune Myths
Poor Microsoft! Its abandonment of PlaysForSure partners and other strategies related to its solo iPod killer efforts have been mercilessly attacked before the company can even get the new device into the hands of users. On top of that, it’s also facing stiff competition in pricing. However, according to proponents of Ten iPod vs Zune […]
On 23 January, 2006 CNet reporters Dawn Kawamoto and Tom Krazit published a story (“HP outlines long-term strategy”) that detailed HP’s plans to improve the technology the company uses to manage its direct sales, its commercial printing efforts and acquisitions of software companies. The story was attributed to “a source with the company.” The Smoking […]
PowerPage Podcast Episode 20 is now available for download from the iTunes Music Store. Episode 20 (1:06:35, 31.5 MB, AAC) is a special edition of the PowerPage Podcast where I recorded Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak speaking at the Philadelphia Central Library on Saturday, 30 September 2006 to promote his book iWoz. You can subscribe to […]
PC World tests indicate that you shouldn’t sweat it too much. Whereas Core 2 Duo desktops racked up dramatically higher test scores than their Pentium D-based counterparts, notebooks got only a small performance boost from the mobile Core 2 Duo… The biggest performance increase over laptops with same-speed Core Duo CPUs was 7 percent — […]