Tag Archives: Software

Security firm mi2g offers some fascinating insight into the malware epidemic: As new variants of malware continue to arrive faster than they can be analysed or remedied, the malware tsunami is overwhelming both its victim organisations as well as anti-virus toolkit companies and security professionals across the world. Most security …

The most egregious aspect of the vile DMCA is the anti-circumvention provision that says you cannot abet copy-protection circumvention, even though the consumer has the right to make a fair use copy of a DVD. This catch-22 mentality has now been reaffirmed by a San Francisco federal judge: In a …

With Microsoft controlling 95% of the computer operating system business, has this created a “monoculture” that is ripe for disaster? Surely this latest round of virus troubles emphasizes the vulnerability of the system: Dan Geer lost his job, but gained his audience. The very idea that got the computer security …

Profile of BitTorrent developer Bram Cohen in the NY Times: AFTER working for a parade of doomed dot-com startups, a young programmer named Bram Cohen finally got tired of failure. “I decided I finally wanted to work on a project that people would actually use, would actually work and would …

More on Australian Kazaa raids begun last Friday: The man behind the raid is Michael Speck, the head of ARIA’s Music Industry Piracy Investigations (MIPI) unit. “We started an investigation six months ago and it was based on technical and physical changes in the infrastructure of Kazaa,” Speck said. ….Although …

Big doings Down Under: The enforcement arm of the Australian record industry has raided the premises of Sharman Networks and its proprietor, Nicola Hemming, in what it says is a bid to stop illegal copying of music through the Kazaa network. Yesterday, Music Industry Privacy Investigations obtained court orders allowing …

We’ve been waiting for a comprehensive plan to replace the current business model with regards to music and other content over the Internet. Check out this one from Harvard University Professor Terry Fisher, as discussed in the Register: Fisher actually lays his philosophical armory down for us to inspect at …

This is an interesting dilemma: Apple’s iTunes leads the legitimate music download biz, and with nominal margins and profits in the per-song approach, Apple head Steve Jobs has made it clear that he’s in it to drive iPod and computer sales. So if he’s selling music to drive iPod sales, …

I have no problem whatsoever with Adobe incorporating anti-counterfeiting technology into Photoshop: the downside for consumers is negligible and the upside that the currencies of the world aren’t flooded with perfect digital reproductions is pretty powerful. BUT, why didn’t Adobe just tell its customers about it in the first place? …

RealNetworks recently sued Microsoft for antitrust – now they’re unveiling a new media player and a digital music store. Coincidence? “We have redefined how consumers can find and enjoy music on the Web,” said Dan Sheeran, RealNetwork senior vice president. The Seattle-based company is calling its latest media software RealPlayer …