DVD Utilities and Tools
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From the archive
October 2002
82 posts
DVD Sales up Film Studios Scared
With the price of a DVD burner coming down and the price of DVD Blank Media starting to drop the movie studios are worried that the revolution that occured in the Music Ripping world is about to strike them. [MSNBC] I am of the opinion if that I am desperate enough to download multi megs of Video files to rip
UK Officials arrest 20 suspected CD Piraters
More than 20 people have been arrested after officials seized more than 8,500 pirate master CDs and copying equipment. [The Register]
New Web Portal
Here is a hot new web portal that is high quality AND has NO banners or popups. It's very convenient to quickly check the major news services like: AP - Reuters - New York Times - CBS - MSNBC [News My Way]
Is your Cable company tracking your Surfing Habits?
Broadjump provides the software for Comcast, AT&T Broadband, SBC Communications, and Time Warner Cable and the software builds a database of subscriber demographics and buying behaviors to help evolve and refine marketing efforts. You don't need this software for your service to work but it was probably installed by the technician when your broadband internet was setup. Even if you
E-mail Greeting Card Hides Porn Ads that Spread!
The e-mail looks harmless enough: A link to a greeting card that appears to be sent by a friend. But clicking on the link can place porn images on a desktop, download a barrage of x-rated ads, or send similar e-cards to those listed in Outlook's address book. There is no downloadable e-mail attachments to install or programs to run.
Real Networks releases source code
In a move that I applaud Real Networks has released some of the source code to there flagship products interesting move to say the least and I am sure Microsoft is scratching there heads about it. [Yahoo News]
Wireless Wardrive
I think I have found the perfect way to spend a Friday night in the coming weeks. I think I am going to try and arrange a Wireless Wardrive and see how unsecure the Wireless Networks are in Hawaii. I will of course have to get with the people that do this and get the legalities worked out and stay
RSS & XML Feeds are Terrific
As I scour the net for Information I have come to rely on a war chest of tools and a lot of these tools take advantage of RSS & XML there is a great article today on the technology that is allowing average Joes like you and I to scour the net for Information. [Chicago Sun Times]
Freenet Here we Come!
A new version of Freenet has been released and some will shout for joy and the recording industry will have another target but ion the scale of things this is a pretty significant event. As written in a article from [Cnet] "Freenet has long been a kind of peer-to-peer promised land, with its developers promising technical features far beyond the
ICANN Targets DDoS Attacks
After last weeks DDOS attack they are meeting for a regular scheduled meeting and will be making some changes and making recomendations to ISP and major hubs. [Eweek] In my personal opinion this is long overdue and about time.
Art Bell
What can I say I love to listen to this guy on the Radio and usually end up getting less sleep than I need because of the wild personalities he has on the Radio if you get a chance check out his program you can listen live on the Radio or via the net his program is broadcasted on almost
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