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Palladium, 'Trusted PCs' in the News

Posted by michael on from the spin-control dept.

Reuters is carrying a fairly lengthy article on Palladium and 'Trusted Computing'. Worth reading - remember that what the Reuters/AP wires carry is all that most people will ever know about any particular issue.

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  1. I don't get it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    How does replacing silicon with palladium transform open hardware into trusted hardware?

  2. Re:Bill's Quote by Kwil · · Score: 2, Funny

    (to the tune of the Mickey Mouse Club)

    M-O-N..
    Any way they can..
    O-P-O..
    Oh you'll pay sooner or later..
    L-Y-Yessiree!

    G'night folks!

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    That Jesus Christ guy is getting some terrible lag... it took him 3 days to respawn! -NJ CoolBreeze

  3. White box computers? by Saint+Mitchell · · Score: 3, Funny

    So, what about the screwdriver-shack white box PCs? Is Intel going to make CPUs only for the new "trusted" computers? If so then will we have only HP and crew to make our hardware? Please tell me VIA isn't on the list. If they are not, then all is ok, we'll still have the DIY computers. I'd take a slow CPU Cyrix/Via made over one that sends my keystrokes to the feds "just in case". And even worse, what if some cool-arse-must-have-new-game comes out that only runs on this new crap from MS. May the flees of a thousand camels come to nest in the genitalia of the people responsible for that mess.

    Then again, I'm known for my xfiles style paranoia.

  4. Re:Rewarding those who put content on the 'Net by Salsaman · · Score: 3, Funny
    If we're going to get content on the 'Net, somehow we're going to have to reward the people who put it on there

    I'll tell you what - here's the deal - you don't put your content on the "'Net", and I won't bother with DRM. How does that sound ?

  5. Re:Bill's Quote by Stapler · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you give us a $20 and ask for three fives and five singles, we can do that. Special orders are no problem.

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  6. Palladium Hard Drive Sighted on eBay by Powercntrl · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's already begun! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item =2051153825

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    DRM is like antifreeze, to the MPAA/RIAA it's sweet, to the consumers it's poison.
  7. Right by aztektum · · Score: 3, Funny

    We all know it's Al Gore's Internet

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