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Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Are You Infected by Sony-BMG's Rootkit? — As we've mentioned before, Sony-BMG has been using copy-protection technology called XCP in its recent CDs. You insert your CD into your Windows PC, click "agree" in the pop up window, and the CD automatically installs software that uses rootkit techniques to cloak itself from you.
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Suzi Turner / ZDNet:
CA targets Sony DRM as spyware — Computer Associates, maker of security software, has announced their anti-spyware program PestPatrol will detect and remove Sony's rootkit-enabled DRM software. I spoke to Samuel Curry, Vice President, Product Management of Computer Associates …
Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing:List of CDs infected with Sony's rootkit DRM
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Ina Fried / CNET News.com:
Apple tries to patent 'tamper-resistant software' — Apple Computer, which is in the process of switching to computers based on the omnipresent Intel processor, has filed a patent application describing a method for securely running Mac OS X on specific hardware.
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Kai Schmerer / ZDNet:
Apple Mac OS X on x86: a first test — Steve Jobs might not approve, but Apple's latest operating system can be installed on any x86 hardware. How well does it function? Read our preliminary labs test to find out. — Back in June, when Apple boss Steve Jobs announced the platform change …
Mike Davidson / Interactive Design …:
Unstealth! Get Ready For Newsvine... This morning, news broke that our new company, Newsvine, is about to hatch. Remember that name. — Newsvine. — You'll be hearing it a lot over the next year. — First things first. I apologize to all Mike Industries readers for keeping this a secret …
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Om Malik / Om Malik's Broadband Blog:
Introducing, Newsvine — Chris Anderson, editor of Wired Magazine, on his blog had some stark statistics about the declining fortunes of the old media, especially the newspapers. Will the old media will whither away or not, I can't say. What I can add though, is theat the current state …
Susan Kuchinskas / internetnews.com:
Google Automat to Spew Classifieds? — Google's rumored classifieds service is not only in the works, it's patent-pending, according to analyst firm Classified Intelligence. — Analyst John Zappe discovered the patent application, which includes screen shots for Google Purchases …
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Dan Bricklin Log:
I'm working on a new product called wikiCalc — After months of waiting, I'm finally ready to explain my next product. I wanted to wait until I had something you could actually use so there would be a better understanding of what it was and what it wasn't.
Martin LaMonica / CNET News.com:
IBM to analyze digital scuttlebutt — IBM said it is developing an application to analyze how discussions on blogs and other Web sites are affecting a given corporation's image. — The computing giant on Monday described a service, called the Public Image Monitoring Solution …
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Rebuilding Media
Reuters:
Japan's Olympus to shrink compact camera business — TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Olympus Corp. said on Wednesday that it planned to shift the focus of its digital camera business away from compact models and sell more high-end single lens reflex cameras to boost profitability.
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Engadget
bit-tech.net:
Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion interview — Xbox 360 is less than 2 weeks away now, and gamers everywhere are getting fired up. We are here at bit-tech, too, as you can probably tell by our Deputy Editor's often lustful comments about the upcoming addition to the Project Gotham Racing series.
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TechSpot
Julie Clothier / CNN:
Dutch trial SMS disaster alert system — (CNN) — The Dutch government is testing a mobile phone danger alert system that sends text messages to people who could be affected by natural disasters or terrorist attacks. — The system, called Cell Broadcast, uses GSM technology to identify cell phone users in a particular area.
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Gizmodo
microsoft.com:
AP, MSN Align for New Internet Video Network — Represents first relationship to syndicate MSN Video player. — NEW YORK — Nov. 9, 2005 — The Associated Press (AP) and MSN today announced that they are teaming to develop the AP Online Video Network to provide AP members with news video for their Web sites.
Stephen Baker / Business Week:
Blogging For Fun And Profit — Startups can start good buzz on the blogosphere — if they're careful … Allison Gower was already running two companies, one a promotional packaging outfit and the other an advertising startup called qtags. So she had plenty of doubts when she sat …
