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John Leyden / The Register:
First Trojan using Sony DRM spotted  —  Virus writers have begun taking advantage of Sony-BMG's use of rootkit technology in DRM software bundled with its music CDs.  —  Sony-BMG's rootkit DRM technology masks files whose filenames start with "$sys$".  A newly-discovered variant …
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Paul F. Roberts / eWEEK.com:
Microsoft 'Concerned' by Sony DRM  —  Microsoft Corp. is concerned about rootkit features in CDs from Sony BMG artists and is evaluating the situation to see if any action needs to be taken, a spokesperson said.  —  The Redmond, Wash., software maker said that the security of its customers' information is a …
news.bitdefender.com:
First Trojan Using Sony DRM Detected
Discussion: Ego Food and Spyware Confidential
Mark Russinovich / Mark's Sysinternals Blog:
Sony: You Don'T Reeeeaaaally Want To Uninstall, Do You?
Brian Krebs / Security Fix:
Calif. Lawsuit Targets Sony
Brian Krebs / Security Fix:   Sony's Attitude Has a History
Kathleen Craig / Wired News:
Riya Eases Pain of Pile of Pix  —  The field of online photo-sharing sites is becoming pretty crowded, but a new service hopes to distinguish itself by automating the tedious job of tagging pictures by using artificial intelligence and face-recognition technology.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
TechCrunch Meetup #4 - Riya Launch Party  —  Riya is holding its launch party here at the TechCrunch house next Friday, November 18, 2005.  If you are in the area, make sure to drop by.  Our last party/meetup was a blowout and I expect this one to be even bigger.
Scobleizer / Microsoft Geek Blogger:
Paying attention to the post-memo blogs  —  In the aftermath of the Ray Ozzie and Bill Gates memos and emails I am seeing a few trends in the reaction.  Five blogs in particular got my attention:  —  1) Steve Gillmor's Don't Mention It  —  2) Joshua Porter's Why Should I Trust Microsoft with My Attention Metadata?
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Jeremy Zawodny / Jeremy Zawodny's blog:
Google is Building Yahoo 2.0  —  In his posting titled Reading the Google Tea Leaves, Tristan compares various product offerings from Google against those of the "big three" (AOL, Microsoft, and Yahoo!) and concludes: … I've been giving a much shorter verbal version of his post for many months now.
Paul Thurrott / windowsitpro.com:
Exclusive: Microsoft Hits Windows Vista Beta 2 Delays  —  Sources at the company told me this week that Microsoft will soon delay the release of Windows Vista Beta 2 from December 7, 2005 to sometime in January or February 2006.  However, because the Vista development schedule is extremely time constrained …
Discussion: Neowin.net and OSNews.com
Alfred Hermida / BBC:
Katamari creator dreams of playgrounds  —  A man widely considered to be one of the most imaginative and creative figures in the world of video games has bad news for his fans.  —  He cannot see a long-term future in making games.  Instead the creator of the bizarre, surreal Katamari Damacy game wants to design playgrounds.
Discussion: Joystiq
Mary Hodder / Napsterization:
Intelliseek: Using the Outdated Terminology... It's Users, Not Consumers  —  Yesterday, Pete Blackshaw and Intelliseek put out this press release:  —  Consumer-Generated Media Exceeds Traditional Advertising for Influencing Consumer Behavior, Finds Intelliseek Study
Discussion: Epeus' epigone and Supr.c.ilio.us
Business Week:
Netflix: Starring in Merger Story?  —  After facing down Blockbuster and Wal-Mart, the online DVD-rental company may be an acquisition target — but it won't go for cheap  —  It's the oldest plot in the movies: Upstart takes on the champ, wins a few rounds, gets his nose bloodied, then gets back up and wins the fight.
Discussion: PaidContent.org and The Stalwart
Reuters:
IBM, Sony, Philips form Linux alliance  —  New organization could help ease the adoption of Linux, challenging Microsoft's software dominance.  —  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Three of the world's biggest electronics companies — IBM, Sony and Philips — have joined forces …
Discussion: OSNews.com
Martin LaMonica / CNET News.com:
OpenDocument format gathers steam  —  Big guns in the software industry are massing behind OpenDocument as government customers show more interest in alternatives to Microsoft's desktop software.  —  IBM and Sun Microsystems convened a meeting in Armonk, N.Y., on Friday to discuss …
Discussion: digg and OSNews.com
Simson Garfinkel / Wired News:
Microsoft's Secret Bug Squasher  —  It turns out that a good portion of all those Windows crashes over the years are not caused by the operating system itself, but by buggy device drivers — low-level pieces of code that allow the operating system to communicate with external devices …
Rkuo / SnapStream Blog:
Beyond TV 4 now available  —  Oh yes, it's here.  —  We've covered some of what's new in Beyond TV 4 in previous blogs, so if you need the quick rundown of what's been going on, check out our previous posts:  —  Beyond TV 4, coming to a website near you  —  New HDTV PVR products bundled with Beyond TV

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