Here's a great reason NOT to buy Intel motherboards
[Richard Bluestein's Weblog] Officially launched worldwide on the May 26, the new offerings come DRM-enabled and will, at least in theory, allow copyright holders to prevent unauthorized copying and distribution of copyrighted materials from the motherboard rather than through the operating system as is currently the case.
Some slightly related from Technorati and Google.
[Northwest Noise] You Just Got P0wned: Intel adds DRM to new chips: "Officially launched worldwide on the May 26, the new offerings come DRM-enabled and will, at least in theory, allow copyright holders to prevent unauthorized copying and distribution of copyrighted materials from the motherboard rather than through the operating system as is currently the case."
[Litinform.com] Intel quietly adding DRM to chips: Intel caused quite a stink several years ago when they tried to add unique identification to every chip, but they slipped this new feature in secretly. While it aims to prevent unauthorized copying of software and content, it’s not to hard to imagine this feature being exploited and abused by software/entertainment companies, not to mention all the times you might have trouble reinstalling programs after a system crash. Can you imagine being blocked from playing a mp3 unless you loaded the CD into your PC to prove you owned it?
[Policani's Digital Media Blog] Intel Quietly Adds DRM to New Chips: Officially launched worldwide on the May 26, the new offerings come DRM-enabled and will, at least in theory, allow copyright holders to prevent unauthorized copying and distribution of copyrighted materials from the motherboard rather than through the operating system as is currently the case.
[Attivissimo.blogspot.com] attivissimo.blog/: Arriva Palladium, grazie a Intel il DRM è sul chip: ... has moved a step closer with Intel Corp. now embedding digital rights management ... the new offerings come DRM -enabled and will, at least in theory, ...
[Bluestein.com] Richard Bluestein's Weblog: Officially launched worldwide on the May 26, the new offerings come DRM-enabled and will, at least in theory, allow copyright holders to prevent unauthorized copying and distribution of copyrighted materials from the motherboard rather than through the operating system as is currently the case.
[Northwestnoise.com] Northwest Noise: Ramachandran of the University of California at San Diego and his colleagues tested four patients who had experienced damage to the left angular gyrus region of their brains. All of the volunteers were fluent in English and otherwise intelligent, mentally lucid and able to engage in normal conversations. But when the researchers presented them with common proverbs and metaphors such as "the grass is always greener on the other side" and "reaching for the stars," the subjects interpreted the sayings literally almost all of the time. After being pressed by the interviewers to provide deeper meaning, "the patients often came up with elaborate, even ingenious interpretations, that were completely off the mark," Ramachandran remarks.
[Itdiaries.com] » ITdiaries.com: "Intel is heavily promoting what it calls "active management technology" (AMT) in the new chips as a major plus for system administrators and enterprise IT. Understood to be a sub-operating system residing in the chip's firmware, AMT will allow administrators to both monitor or control individual machines independent of an operating system."
[Neuronbucket.org] neuronbucket.org | yet another blog...: grqb writes "Reuters is reporting that strong growth for portable devices such as laptop computers, game and music players, PDAs and mobile phones is expected to pressure battery manufacturers to improve their products, which are quickly becoming the limiting step in portable technology development. The lithium-ion battery technology that is commonly used hasn't changed in several years. The race is on to find battery technologies that are lighter and have increased life, but major breakthroughs don't seem to be on the horizon other than the lithium polymer battery, which can squeeze roughly 10-20% more life than lithium-ion. Micro fuel cells that run off of methanol are touted to be the next major wave for portable power, although logistics and price still make these fuel cells long shots, which is why Nokia recently dropped development of this technology."
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Posted at June 02, 2005 12:56 PM
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