Archive for May, 2007
Blocky Game
Blocky: a rather addictive flash game.
Have Joost, Will Invite
What Is Joost? “Joost is a new way of watching TV on the internet. With Joost, you get all the things you love about TV, including a high-quality full-screen picture, hundreds of full-length shows and easy channel-flipping.” I have posted a walkthrough of the Joost install on Flickr. Want to try it out? I have [...]
David Bowie – Life On Mars – Lyrics
David Bowie – Life On Mars – Lyrics Buy at Amazon.co.uk It’s a God awful small affairTo the girl with the mousy hairBut her mummy is yelling, “No!”And her daddy has told her to goBut her friend is nowhere to be seenNow she walks through her sunken dreamTo the seats with the clearest viewAnd she’s [...]
Latest AACS crack ‘beyond revocation’
The Register gives us the latest DRM gem: “The key can be extracted after de-soldering the HD DVD drive’s firmware chip, reading its contents, and then reconnecting it. The approach bypasses the encryption performed by the Device Keys, so revoking these keys as applied by the WinDVD update. Although the latest approach involves voided warranties [...]
You Can’t Keep HD-DVD Locked Down
For those of you with a life you might not have heard that an AACS encryption key – the encryption protecting HD-DVD discs – has been discovered. The MPAA are sending cease and desist letters to sites that are sharing the key, and people don’t like it. “How can you ‘own’ a number and say [...]