* Gearhead: What’s running? Use What’s Running * Backspin: Demonizing the ‘Net and losing free speech * Gibbsblog: The past 7 days
Gearhead: What’s running? Use What’s Running
Doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun? We were about to reference a column we wrote “a few weeks ago,” but it turns out we actually wrote it in 2004! That must mean we’re having lots of fun.
To read this week’s Gearhead, click here.
Backspin: Demonizing the ‘Net and losing free speech
Recently my colleague Paul McNamara wrote in his Buzzblog about yet another case of the Internet being demonized, and the piece generated quite a bit of feedback.
To read this week’s Backspin, click here.
Gibbsblog: The past 7 days
Cingular and Apple, Psychopathy Loves Company
I was amazed to read an article in Wired’s Listening Post blog which discusses a sneaky clause Cingular has included in its service contracts (I jettisoned Cingular in favor of T-Mobile a couple of months ago — I now have better customer service but less than stellar cellular service. Sigh.).
Blu-Ray DRM Cracked … Who Coulda Guessed?
According to a Wired Gadget Lab article a hacker going by the name of muslix64 claims: “Oups, I did it again! … In less that 24 hours, without any Blu-Ray equipment … I managed to decrypt and play a Blu-Ray media file using my known-plaintext attack”. The article continues by pointing out that “this isn’t a complete solution, but “merely” a successful breach on the DRM curtain wall of AACS encryption (and not the inner keep of BD+ copy protection)”. Maybe but I’d guess a full crack is just a matter of time …
