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Intel to Build DRM into Next-Generation CPUs

Posted by michael on from the goodbye-personal-computing dept.

mdecerbo writes "The Boston Globe is reporting that next year's Intel processors will include hardware support for Microsoft's "Palladium" DRM system. There are chilling privacy implications. AMD, here I come."

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  1. I'm glad Slashdot is on the web... by Reality+Master+101 · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...because if all the tin-foil hats that this story will draw were in one physical place, it would draw a lightning strike so huge that it would wipe everyone out in one fell swoop.

    I leave it as an exercise to the reader as to what percentage of Slashdot readership would be left.

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  2. Well what if AMD... by PovRayMan · · Score: 1, Funny

    What if AMD starts putting in DRM too?

    I guess we'll have to move over to the Mac...

    Then if the Mac adapts it...

    We'll have to go outside! :-(

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  3. Re:Sorry but... by jazman_777 · · Score: 5, Funny
    From what I hear (father of someone I know is a big guy at AMD), many folks there are edgy about supporting it, but they're in it because they don't want to "miss the boat."

    Which boat? The Titanic or the Lusitania?

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  4. Re:Does this really matter? by mlrtime · · Score: 2, Funny

    hopefully the popup-ads will require Palladium.