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

    hopefully the popup-ads will require Palladium.