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RSS DRMBBC iPlayer hacked… again
News Just hours after the BBC said it had fixed the iPlayer streamed TV service to prevent DRM-free file downloads, a London-based programmer has bypassed the new protection. Paul Battley, a developer for crowd-sourced... [17 Mar 2008]
BBC plugs iPlayer hack loophole
News Hackers have been exploiting the loophole to download content stripped of its digital rights management (DRM) restrictions, which include the automatic deletion of downloaded programmes after 30 days. [13 Mar 2008]
Managed Testing Service for a Digital Rights Management Product
White Paper The company is a leader in electronic licensing, installation, and Digital Rights Management (DRM) technologies. Over 50,000 software publishers and hundreds of Fortune 1000 companies rely on company's technology to... [25 Feb 2008]
iPlayer: Download version coming to Macs
News He explained that with the availability of "robust, compatible" DRM software for PCs meant a Windows-based service was the first to emerge. The download version of the BBC's iPlayer will be available for Mac users by the... [08 Feb 2008]
BBC iPlayer gets 3.5 million hits
News In an exclusive interview with silicon.com, Ashley Highfield discussed the iPlayer, DRM and more. More than 3.5 million BBC programmes have been watched using the BBC's online on-demand iPlayer TV service during the... [15 Jan 2008]
Ethical Implications of Windows Vista's New DRM Technology
White Paper The new version of Microsoft Windows, known as Windows Vista, "includes content protection infrastructure specifically designed to help ensure that protected commercial audiovisual content, such as newly released HD-DVD or Blu-Ray discs,... [12 Jan 2008]
Minority Report: 12 months that changed Apple
Comment A month or so later, in a move that Jobs described as the "next big step forward in the digital music revolution", EMI and Apple made a joint announcement that the label would start selling DRM-free tracks on the iTunes... [21 Dec 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Encryption
Cheat Sheet Another modern day example of where you can see encryption at work is on the likes of DRM protection for music, where the music is coded so it cannot be played on unauthorised machines. Encryption? Isn't that something... [28 Nov 2007]
Telco Speeds Up and Cuts Costs on Its PC Video on Demand Service
White Paper The service delivers live video streaming, static content (ring tones, wallpapers) and dynamic DRM-based content (movies) for its Indian customers on a pay-per-view basis. VSNL is a major global communication services... [06 Nov 2007]
BBC tech chief hits back at iPlayer critics
News In the interview Highfield also talks about the future of DRM and 'BBC 3.0'. The BBC has hit back at criticisms from the Mac and open source communities over the iPlayer only being available for Microsoft's Windows XP... [30 Oct 2007]
Q&A: Ashley Highfield, head of BBC's Future Media and Technology unit
Comment The BBC is not wedded to DRM or any form of DRM. The launch of the iPlayer, however, hasn't been without controversy - attracting criticism for the delay in Mac and Linux versions and restrictive digital... [30 Oct 2007]
Windows XP Hacks: Convert From Apple iTunes Format
White Paper This part of the paper will show how to strip the Digital Rights Management (DRM) features from the purchased music so that one can choose the time and place one listens to the music. The iTunes software itself is a... [10 Oct 2007]
Microsoft Zune gets a makeover
News She said the company began scaling back its DRM efforts last year in order to throw more resources at improving the Zune. Not only is the company one of the major providers of digital rights management software but... [03 Oct 2007]
AMD makes friends in the Linux community
News In areas with intellectual property concerns such as copy protection and DRM, AMD won't share details with the open source programmers, reserving support for those features only for the proprietary driver. [07 Sep 2007]
Electronic Delivery and Redemption of Promotional Offers: The Voupon Solution for Mobile Messaging
White Paper Carriers need to take back ownership of their customers for mobile message marketing purposes. The Voupon Solution uses the carrier's customer credit card on file for auto pay as the electronic redemption mechanism for mobile message... [07 Sep 2007]
