03.22.09

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Posted in DRM, Microsoft, Security, Windows at 8:49 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Microsoft kills Windows Mobile honeycomb

VOLE HAS CHANGED the distinctive honeycomb interface on the new Windows Mobile 6.5 following shedloads of complaints.

Dear Microsoft, Fix Digital Rights Issues on Xbox 360

Because the DRM used on the Xbox 360 is based off of the hardware ID the content was downloaded on and one’s Gamertag, I now must be online for your server to authenticate me, and unlock my content. In essence, all my DLC is being held hostage until I get online, get a new unit, or both.

Why? I am so glad you asked. After swapping my Elite hard drive to a 360 that does work, two of my Gamertags have become corrupted, seemingly in a blink of an eye. The hardware that the DRM is tied to cannot even play the games needed to use said DLC, and the Gamertags that my content is tied to are corrupt. A third Gamertag on the same hard drive, which has purchased nothing, is perfectly usable.

The Conficker Worm: April Fool’s Joke or Unthinkable Disaster?

Conficker is a program that is spread by exploiting several weaknesses in Microsoft’s Windows operating system. Various versions of the software have spread widely around the globe since October, mostly outside the United States because there are more computers overseas running unpatched, pirated Windows. (The program does not infect Macintosh or Linux-based computers.)

An estimated 12 million or more machines have been infected. However, many have also been disinfected, so a precise census is difficult to obtain.

Diebold Admits Audit Logs in ALL Versions of Their [Windows-based] Software Fail to Record Ballot Deletions

CA SoS Bowen described the Diebold audit logs as “useless”.

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