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1. Editor's Note: Digital-Rights Management Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better
2. Today's Top Story
- Apple Leaps Ahead With Intel-Based Computers
- Shift To Intel Chips Likely Bumpy For Some Apple Users
- LANDesk Extends Support To Macs
3. Breaking News
- Microsoft Fixes Nasty Outlook, Exchange E-Mail Bug...
- ...And Dubs New WMF Bugs 'Performance Issues'
- SCO Group Seeks To Add Novell To Unix Infringement Suit
- Information Security Salaries Rise
- Indianapolis International Airport Takes Step Toward
Registered Traveler Program
- Last Of 'Million-Dollar' Pixels For Sale On eBay
- IBM In Drive To Improve Quality Of U.S. Patents
- Commentary: Windows Vista Gets Harder To Multiboot
- Last Week Of 2005 Set Record For Digital Music Downloads
- 'Forehead Guy' Is Ready To Wear Ads Again
- Anti-Spyware Strategies, Part 1: Clean Out Your System
- Allen Launches Site Dedicated To DEC
4. Grab Bag: News You Need From Around The Web
- Verizon's Music Service Hampers MP3 Ability
- Ultrawideband's Macworld Twirl
- Apple To Sell 'SNL' Skits For iPod Use
5. In Depth
- Mercury Interactive To Buy Systinet To Bolster SOA Move
- Actuate Buys Performance-Management Software Firm
- CA Acquisition Targets Application Management
- Internet Moves Drive M&A Among Media Companies
- Symantec Acquires IM Security Vendor
6. Voice Of Authority
- For Sale: Your Phone Records
7. White Papers
- Understanding VoIP
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Quote of the day:
"Music is spiritual. The music business is not." -- Van Morrison
Fresh off the multiple scandals surrounding Sony's use of
rootkit-implanting digital-rights management technology, Google
is now facing the wrath of some bloggers who are complaining
about its foray into this arena.
As part of Google's announcement last week of its online video
store, where it will sell content from CBS, the National
Basketball Association, and others, the company said it has
developed its own DRM software to prevent people from
distributing downloads in violation of its partners' copyrights.
But this isn't going over well in some camps. Among
other things, people are saying we don't really need another DRM
system that doesn't play nicely with anyone else's. And sure,
they're right about that--but the need to protect online content
isn't going away anytime soon, and that need will grow and morph
as different forms of content are delivered by various types of
middlemen like Google. Apple, Yahoo, and others will no doubt
soon join the DRM party as they gear up to deliver video content.
Most online services and entertainment-related concerns, I'm
hoping, learned lessons from Sony about what *not* to do with
DRM, sure, but there aren't a lot of models yet about how to do
DRM right. I think we're going to have to face a lot more
attempts at this--companies like Google that are in the middle of
online-content-hungry consumers and the people who create said
content and expect to be fairly compensated.
There are going to be more attempts at this DRM business--and it
will be different for different movie studios and music
companies, and so on--before the industry gets it right. There
will probably be a standard at some point, but it may take a
decade to get there. In the meantime, if we consumers get sick of
it all, there's always the possibility of listening to vinyl
records on the old Victrola, as my dad used to call the manual
record player.
To read more about this, or to comment, please see my blog entry.
Johanna Ambrosio
Apple Leaps Ahead With Intel-Based Computers
Related Stories:
Shift To Intel Chips Likely Bumpy For Some Apple Users
LANDesk Extends Support To Macs
Microsoft Fixes Nasty Outlook, Exchange E-Mail Bug...
...And Dubs New WMF Bugs 'Performance Issues'
SCO Group Seeks To Add Novell To Unix Infringement Suit
Information Security Salaries Rise
Indianapolis International Airport Takes Step Toward Registered
Traveler Program
Last Of 'Million-Dollar' Pixels For Sale On eBay
IBM In Drive To Improve Quality Of U.S. Patents
Commentary: Windows Vista Gets Harder To Multiboot
Last Week Of 2005 Set Record For Digital Music Downloads
'Forehead Guy' Is Ready To Wear Ads Again
Anti-Spyware Strategies, Part 1: Clean Out Your System
Allen Launches Site Dedicated To DEC
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Verizon's Music Service Hampers MP3 Ability (AP)
Ultrawideband's Macworld Twirl (Wired News)
Apple To Sell 'SNL' Skits For iPod Use (New York Times--reg. required)
Mercury Interactive To Buy Systinet To Bolster SOA Move
Actuate Buys Performance-Management Software Firm
CA Acquisition Targets Application Management
Internet Moves Drive M&A Among Media Companies
Symantec Acquires IM Security Vendor
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1. Editor's Note: Digital-Rights Management Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better
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Steve Jobs showed off a retooled iMac with the new Intel Core Duo
processor, the MacBook Pro, and upgrades to Apple's consumer
content-creation suite, iLife '06, and its presentation and
productivity package, iWork '06.
Users PowerPC-based machines will have a harder time with the
switch than will those of dual-core processor-based machines, one
analyst predicts.
The company's security products stop infected or unprotected
systems from connecting to business networks.
Microsoft serves up two more "critical" bug fixes, including one
for a bug that allows attackers to hack into any Exchange server
or Outlook owner's PC just by sending a malformed E-mail message.
Security company Symantec warned users Monday that three new
vulnerabilities could allow maliciously crafted Windows Meta File
files to crash and likely compromise computers. Microsoft
disputes this characterization.
Motion charges Novell with copyright infringement and breaching
the noncompete provisions of a 1995 agreement.
Information security pros with bachelor's degrees don't get any
more money than high school grads, but a master's or doctorate is
convertible to higher salaries, according to the study. Moreover,
communications skills rate more important than technical skills
for career advancement.
Transportation Security Administration guidelines for the program
are due Jan. 20.
As of Tuesday morning, bids had topped $160,000 for the final
1,000-pixel block; the auction ends this afternoon.
IBM said it's working with the Patent Office and others to
improve the way patent applications are reviewed.
If you have more than one operating system on your system,
boot.ini lets you tweak your options under Windows 2000/XP.
Vista, however, has changed that, and not for the better.
The downloads were apparently driven in part by gift cards and
one of the most popular gifts of the holiday season, Apple's iPod.
Andrew Fischer, who's already earned more than $50,000 for
wearing ads on his forehead, said he's ready to wear another as a
temporary tattoo for 30 days.
Do you suspect that your system is infected with adware, spyware,
or other malware? Here's how to get rid of it.
Paul Allen, a co-founder of Microsoft, launched a Web site
Tuesday that highlights old Digital Equipment Corp. mainframe and
minicomputers from his collection.
Salaries rising for IT security experts, solar energy, music
downloads hit new highs, and more.
Microsoft designs second generation of smart watch.
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The first edition of a new music service from Verizon Wireless
hampers a cell phone's ability to play MP3 songs acquired
elsewhere, a handicap the company says is purely temporary and
unrelated to larger battles over digital copyright restrictions.
Ultrawideband is an ultrafast wireless-networking technology that
may lead to amazing products like wire-free flat-screen TVs and
handheld radars that see through walls. It's been long hyped, but
the first real products are finally on display at Macworld this week.
Apple is set to announce that it will sell a limited number of
archived "Saturday Night Live" skits through its iTunes Music
Store for $1.99 each, for viewing on video iPods or PCs.
Systinet's technology lets users track, control, and ensure
integrity of the various services that comprise SOAs.
The reporting software maker hopes to deliver more well-rounded
performance management capabilities as a result of the transaction.
The $375 million purchase of Wily Technology is expected to
provide CA customers with more tools to manage IT environments
from applications to infrastructure.
Mergers and acquisitions hit a five-year record last year.
The two have a history of cooperation, ranging from Symantec's
participation in IMlogic's IM Threat Center to already integrated products.
Rack it up as another chink in your already-scuffed and dented
privacy armor, J. Nicholas Hoover says. For $110, he could buy
records of the last 100 calls made from your cell phone. Somehow, it's
(sort of) legal, and the government has known about it for a while.
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