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Get a Replacement Device and Lose all your DRMed Purchases

Posted on February 12, 2008 by Mark

From cosumerist.com >Microsoft Has No Answer For Their Broken XBOX Live DRM [Drm] >Reader Kevin’s XBOX 360 suffered the usual Red Ring of Death, so he sent it in to be repaired. He got back a different XBOX 360 with … Continue reading →

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Post from Fedora 8

Posted on February 7, 2008 by Mark

Fedora 8 comes with this nifty little “Post Blog Entry” application. Nice, but it assumes that all WordPress blogs are in a subdirectory named “wordpress” on the server. There’s a way around it, but still. Anyway, lets see how this … Continue reading →

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Time to Delete my Yahoo Account

Posted on February 1, 2008 by Mark

It’s a shame that Yahoo has just agreed to support OpenID only days before Microsoft announces they want to by them. I’d love to use OpenID with my account, but I won’t go near anything from Microsoft…

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If True, Apple’s Rental Model is Doomed

Posted on January 7, 2008 by Mark

According to reports, Apple is planning on offering movie rentals via iTunes. Apparently, these will be $3.99 for 24 hours. What a crock. Apple seems to forget that the 90s are over. Selling a rental for a specific time, downloaded … Continue reading →

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DRM for Real World Objects

Posted on January 1, 2008 by Mark

Imagine if real world objects, like paintings, photographs, digital cameras, etc had DRM. I just got a new camera and I’ve been having fun taking pictures of my daughter. But every time I take a picture, I’m probably violating somebody’s … Continue reading →

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