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Philips Targets Wireless TV Retransmission At Home

Posted by timothy on from the make-sure-people-can't-use-it dept.

cadfael links to this EE Times story, excerpting: "Philips is attempting to start yet another industry initiative to tackle digital rights management, this time focusing on the wirelessly networked home. 'At stake here,' said Leon Husson, executive vice president of consumer businesses at Philips Semiconductors, 'is the "free-floating" copyrighted content that will soon be "redistributed" or "rebroadcast" to different TV sets throughout a home by consumers using wireless networking technologies like IEEE802.11.'"

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  1. Aww, How SWEET! by cliffiecee · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What he really saying is this:


    "I'm tired of everybody disappearing into their own rooms to watch the same damn program. From now on we will sit together like a REAL FAMILY."

  2. Oops.. by jdrogers · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Awe.. Did somebody miss a tag when posting?

  3. Re:FIRST PRETZEL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic



    Gerry: Hi! Pleased to meet you, I just moved in. My name is Gerry Ford.

    Homer: [gasps] Former President Gerald Ford? Put her there! I'm Homer Simpson!

    Gerry: Say, Homer, do you like football?

    Homer: Do I ever!

    Gerry: Do you like nachos?

    Homer: Yes, Mr. Ford.

    Gerry: Well, why don't you come over and watch the game, and we'll have nachos? And then, some beer.

    Homer: Ooh!
    [they walk across the street]
    Gerry, I think you and I are going to get along just --
    [they both trip]

    Both: D'oh!

  4. the make-sure-people-can't-use-it dept. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You mean not closing your tags?

  5. Re:With Implied Oral Consent... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I think the same thing happened when they rolled out the porta-potty

  6. 49th post by First_In_Hell · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    49th post i will be el numero uno someday. i just have to squeeze harder............ bowels hurt...

    1. Re:49th post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      El mensaje . . . primero!

  7. LOL. Yeah. by Unknown+Poltroon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    My mom bought the company phone from them, with the .10 cent a month complete repair pacakge back in 1960 something. She had it for 30 years or so, it was really funny seeing the phone guy come out to change the phone cable when the dog ate it. It got to the point after this had happended for the 3-4th time, where he just gave us 2-3 cables for the phone. We wouldnt have bothered, except well, since we weren't allowed to have those other 6 phones plugged in, well then, they can dam well come out here and fix this one. The phone finaly died when the house caught fire.

    *moment of silence for the death of a noble communications device*

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    All Troll + "offtopic" mods are meta moderated as "Unfair", because you abused the system.
  8. Re:Wireless by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Didn't the exact same thing happen when the porta-potty was unveiled?

  9. I've got to admit... by greenfly · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    it's getting better all the time.

  10. Yes.. and true Geeks recommend A LOT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's two words.. *sigh*

    Why is it so difficult?

    Btw... you can LOOSE the hounds on someone....
    but there's no garuntee they'll LOSE the race.

    Be kind... use proper grammar :(

  11. Re:This will eventually have to be regulated... by theCoder · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I don't remember (too young), but we used to have a phone with no ringer. Apparently, the phone company used to call their customers and test the voltage used by the phones for ringing (or something like that) to tell how many phones were in use. The phone still worked, it just didn't ring. Gotta love that circumvention technology!

    I don't remember what happened to the phone. Either it finally broke and we got rid of it, or it's sitting somewhere unused since we don't have any phone jacks that support it (it's cord looks like a power cord except it has 4 prongs).

    --
    "Save the whales, feed the hungry, free the mallocs" -- author unknown
  12. Nightmares! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    [Color Scheme]
    Name=Xp2
    activeBackground=0,86,228
    activeBlend=2,107,254
    activeForeground=255,255,255
    activeTitleBtnBg=229,87,44
    alternateBackground=240,240,240
    background=248,246,230
    buttonBackground=242,242,237
    buttonForeground=0,0,0
    contrast=7
    foreground=0,0,0
    inactiveBackground=72,110,176
    inactiveBlend=78,125,194
    inactiveForeground=195,195,195
    inactiveTitleBtnBg=106,114,160
    linkColor=0,0,192
    selectBackground=49,106,197
    selectForeground=255,255,255
    visitedLinkColor=128,0,128
    windowBackground=255,255,255
    windowForeground=0,0,0

  13. Re:This will eventually have to be regulated... by justinstreufert · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You can get an adapter for that. My grandparents' home has those crazy 4-prong outlets all over the house and they have a great deal of adapters to plug their modular (RJ-11) phones into them.

    It's funny to see archaic telephone outlets and broadband in the same house.

    Justin

    --
    "Why would God give us a waist if we wasn't supposed to rest our pants on it?" - Rev. Roy McDaniels
  14. I fear by S.+Allen · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I fear that this is one area where porn will not lead a technical revolution.