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  • DRM creeps into our hard drives

    The Trusted Computing Group announced it will be publishing a specification describing how hard disc drives will include Digital Rights Management (DRM) to support the Trusted Platform that is being pushed in preparation of PCs that will be completely secured against free flow of information and to avoid hackers and pirates to steal information. This…

  • Trusted Computing Platform – Not for the consumer

    Trusted Computing Platform is an initiative that is going to help the media companies (music, movies, etc.) securing the media they sell in a strong way. Essentially, it’s intent is to keep everything encrypted to avoid users to have a direct access to it. This approach promises to stomp out pirates. The problem is that,…

  • 1 Million Free and Legal Music Tracks

    After all, it’s not only a matter of downloading a lot of MP3’s from the web. Sometimes, if you avoid the top-50 list of songs, you could be finding a lot of tracks that will be satisfying your thirst for music in a legal way: Many artists offer their music for free and this is…

  • Shameful images – again

    How many images, how many repetitions of the same photos will we need before publicly admitting that the American autorities in Irak (and maybe in Washington) went overboard and that the image of western democracy is torn down by the acts of those soldiers who told they were coming to bring democracy, peace and freedom…

  • Official: US girls are easy…

    Official: US girls are easy…

    US girls are easy to date online! At least, that is what is told by The Register. Don’t miss that special issue article for Valentine’s day. I thought this one was for you, Frank 😉

  • Social and political issues (archives)

    If you are interested in getting news I published previously (in 2005 and before) about social and political issues, just have a look at the original page.