SONY FLAILS

The Sony DRM debacle will continue to be in the news. Sony was hit with a class action lawsuit in California yesterday, and new information has emerged about the software that Sony has made available to uninstall its malware – namely, that Sony has made it...

SONY’S LICENSE AGREEMENT

Sony is taking a lot of heat for the malware installed on people’s computers by Sony’s DRM software. Here’s my writeup and links, and some followup information.Cory Doctorow at BoingBoing.net has dissected the license agreement on Sony CDs, which is...

SONY IN HOT WATER

There’s a lot of talk online today about the malicious software installed when you play a protected Sony CD. Here’s my first reaction to it a few days ago, and here’s an article in the Washington Post and one from PCPro, for example.Watching...

SONY AND AUTORUN IN A WORLD GONE MAD

The “Autorun” feature on your CD and DVD drives is starting to be abused and now creates another opportunity for bad people to damage your computer. I recommend disabling it. Here are instructions about how to disable Autorun in different versions of...

XBOX 360 & MEDIA CONNECT

When XBox 360 is released in a few weeks, Microsoft will be doing two different promotions.The gamers will be told that the XBox 360 is the best gaming console yet, combining raw power and a huge video card with high definition output. Some new game will be promoted...

GUIDE TO DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT IN ONLINE MUSIC

There are a variety of options for purchasing music online – iTunes, RealNetworks, Yahoo Music, Napster, and others. The files arrive encumbered by serious restrictions on your ability to play them, copy them, burn them onto CDs, and share them, but frequently...