Author: Aaron Zollo

RealDVD allows Legal DVD Ripping With DRM Aplenty

Sep 8, 2008 | |

  

  On Monday, Real Networks will unveil its RealDVD program.  This allows you to rip your DVD’s and then catalog them with the DVD cover.  You can rip all the DVD’s you want as long as you have space on your hard drive.  The difference which makes this legal as opposed to all the DVD ripping programs people have used for years is that RealDVD keeps the copy protection in tact and then adds another level of DRM.  No idea if they are going to charge for the program yet, if they do, check out handbrake and rip the DVD’s you paid for, DRM free, and continue feeling guilty for watching what you own.

 

It does have a nice looking interface though.

 

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E-ink Makes it onto Magazine Cover

Sep 8, 2008 | |

  

 On the cover of the new October Esquire magazine, 99,999 of you will find a new E-ink display which changes every second or two.  The magazine will continue to work for about 90 days on its current set of batteries.  This is a first in the implementation of E-ink being used cheaply and being displayed everywhere.  The technology is used in the popular Kindle E-book reader from amazon and the same technology is used on the magazine.  We are not sure what the cost is to Esquire, but we hope it’s low enough to see in many future applications.

 

[The Dastardly Report]

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Spore’s DRM is Unevolved

Sep 8, 2008 | |

  

  Spore, one of the most anticipated games to come out recently, now has a new following of hate growing around the way the game implements DRM.  Digital Right Management is on just about every piece of software in one way or another, but the methods Spore is using is a bit overstepping the boundaries.  The DRM on Spore is provided by securom.  Securom is sometimes referred to as malware or a virus in that it installs itself to your computer and modifies the CD-ROM’s q-channel in order to make a protected original distinguishable from a copy.  

 

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Intel Shipping Lower Voltage Eco-Friendly Xeon’s

Sep 8, 2008 | |

  

  Intel today annouced it has began shipping its new Quad-Core 45nm halogen-free Intel® Xeon X5492, X5470 and L5430 processors.  The fastest of these processors run at 3.4GHz and the low voltage versions only use 12.5 watts of power per core.  The slightly faster x5270 uses 80 watts of power and runs at 3.5 GHz.  Prices begin at $562 dollars and increase up to $1172 for the fastest chipset.  

 

[Intel]

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iTunes 8 Released Early and Then Removed?

Sep 8, 2008 | |

  

  Apple Insider is reporting that they received a tip that iTunes 8 was released and then pulled tonight.  Apparently the "download now" button appeared in the middle of the screen and a few lucky people were able to grab it.  The button has since disappeared from the page. The people who did claim to grab it will not release details to avoid the force of Apple coming upon them. Lets hope someone lets us know so we can enjoy the rumors until Tuesday.

 

UPDATE:  apparently this is a hoax says Gizmodo.  The person who caught this picture only had iTunes 6 and was prompted for iTunes 7 to be downloaded.

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