Apple iTunes content throwing HDCP flags on new MacBook / MacBook Pro (4)
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Filed under: Industry, Misc, Cables, Ports, Apple Man, you just can't win these days. So Apple offers up an energy-efficient, forward-thinking Mini DisplayPort on its latest MacBook / MacBook Pro, and now users that are still rocking displays sans HDCP-compliant HDMI / DVI ports are up fecal's creek without a paddle. Apparently select content in the iTunes Store is laced in HDCP, which isn't all that unexpected in and of itself; the problem comes in ...
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Bwana said:
I loathe HDCP
Das geteilte Berlin 1945–1990 (1)
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Ich war nie in Berlin, als es noch geteilt war und wenn ich mir es heute so anschaue, dann finde ich’s ziemlich gut so: ungeteilt. Deshalb üben die Bilder aus diesem Flickr-Pool auf mich eine seltsame Faszination aus, wenn ich daran denke, dass ich vor zwei Jahren 100 Meter von der Stelle entfernt, an der dieses Bild geschossen wurde, ein super Eis mit einer noch superen Freundin gegessen habe. History is spooky, sometimes. Das geteilte ...
Why the majors should go DRM-free with iTunes (1)
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Major labels are happy now to sell DRM-free music through retailers such as Amazon and 7Digital, but Apple remains locked out, with three of the four majors denying it permission to sell tracks DRM-free through its iTunes Plus service - even though it’s the largest US music retailer. But this may soon change. 9to5Mac claims Sony [...]
Apple’s iTunes will face Norwegian gov’t investigation (1)
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Apple has issued a response to the Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman in relation to plans to launch action against iTunes before the country’s Market Council, says PC World. Apparently Apple’s answer to accusations its media service breaches the Norwegian Marketing Control Act has failed to impress consumer advocates in Norway. In a statement issued at the end of [...]
15th Anniversary: Tracking Big Brother Over the Past Decade (12)
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Back in December 1996, sci-fi novelist David Brin warned that street cams would soon be everywhere ("The Transparent Society"). In his dream for the future, every citizen would have full access to the image stream. So far, the authorities have enjoyed a one-way view. But Brin was right that each year, surveillance tech would get tinier, more mobile, and more clever. Camera Boom Eyes on the Street Small-Town Sentinel Estimated value of the US surveillance ...
Historical Archives: Citizens Are Now Free to Practise Any Form Of Protestantism They Want (2)
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In their infinite Wisdom and Compassion, the Founders of our Young Republic have seen fit to bestow upon we Americans, the Wise and Enlightened Sons of the Re-Formation, the Religious Freedom to practise with out re-percussion, any of the number...
