That depends on what kind of GPU VMware emulates. Remember that OS X offloads a lot of stuff to the GPU, and only if it's a modern one. If VMware is emulating good ol' VESA, OS X is going to be slow.
...anyone and everyone will be able to run VMMs on their stock machines. One way to limit some of the damage of viruses/spyware is to make it a habit to run with multiple VMs. Even grandmothers should do this. (on top of security, VMs have a wide range of other benefits that make them hard to sideline)
I've read about this scenario in various places, but I don't see how its usability would be much better than a spyware-infested machine. (It's easy enough to test: give grandma a copy of VMware Workstation and see how much safer it makes her. I suspect the result would be multiple spyware-infested VMs...)
Several industry insiders on AVS Forum have stated that HD DVD and Blu-ray players do not require any Internet connection, and I believe them above Tom's Hardware. (I guess we could try to read the AACS spec, but it's not finalized, it's not all publically available, and I'm too lazy.)
Local affiliates get screwed by that model, since no one would see the local commercials. Personally I think that's fine, but never underestimate the wrath of a complacent incumbent pseudo-monopoly.
The most interesting part of this deal is that Vonage are cutting a little niche around cell phone providers, just like they have done landline providers.
Not really, because this Vonage/TowerStream service is not mobile.
Haven't these Wimax claims been touted for well over a year now?
Yeah, WiMax is still not officially out yet, but companies like TowerStream are pushing "pre-WiMax".
Why didn't I see any Wimax cards last time I was at Best Buy?
Because that's not how it works. When you sign up for WiMax service, the ISP gives you a CPE. (And the CPE is a box, not a card, but it doesn't really matter.)
You're assuming no spatial reuse, which would be possible with mesh or really small cells. But yeah, you can't put 20 pounds of data in a 10-pound bag.
I dont' think Bittorrent or any other p2p technology makes sense for commercial distribution, because it's inherently wasteful of last-mile bandwidth, which is scarce.
But that idle last-mile bandwidth is essentially free, and bandwidth from central servers or CDNs is not free. Thus BitTorrent is cheaper, even if it is in some sense less efficient.
I just don't see a scheme where 10k people in 5 mi^2 can all have 1Mbps wireless without using way more spectrum than will ever be allocated to unlicensed consumer products.
You never know; there is 7GHz of unlicensed spectrum in the 60GHz band. That stuff is years away from commercialization, though.
The real question is can software authenticate the TCPA chip through the kext. To do so, the chip would have have a private key embedded in it that was chained to a public key embedded in the OS.
I think this is possible, but you can just patch the OS, replacing the vendor's public key with your own.
Virtualization cannot defeat remote attestation, but Rosetta isn't using that.
Virtualization cannot defeat sealing either. Sealing is usually used with data, but you could also seal code (it's not clear how the code would get installed). However, if the system allows a kernel debugger, then you can probably dump the code after it has been unsealed.
Virtualization can easily defeat "is the TPM there?" kind of checks, which may be what Rosetta is doing. In fact, it would be even easier to just write a different kext that exposes the same API, but always reports that the TPM is there.
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AltiVec (or whatever the generic name is)
Intel's version is called SSE.
HyperTransport
Intel has their own version of that called CSI.
But VMware emulates a generic PC, not a Mactel. Thus if OS X runs on VMware, it's not far from running on a real generic PC.
That depends on what kind of GPU VMware emulates. Remember that OS X offloads a lot of stuff to the GPU, and only if it's a modern one. If VMware is emulating good ol' VESA, OS X is going to be slow.
Yeah, heaven forbid that the users of the GPL would have any say in how it works.
Am I the only one who's tired of hearing that GPL v3 is coming real soon now? What's the use in talking about it if there are no drafts to discuss?
(Obligatory: I wonder if Duke Nukem Forever for the Phantom console will be licensed under GPL v3...)
...anyone and everyone will be able to run VMMs on their stock machines. One way to limit some of the damage of viruses/spyware is to make it a habit to run with multiple VMs. Even grandmothers should do this. (on top of security, VMs have a wide range of other benefits that make them hard to sideline)
I've read about this scenario in various places, but I don't see how its usability would be much better than a spyware-infested machine. (It's easy enough to test: give grandma a copy of VMware Workstation and see how much safer it makes her. I suspect the result would be multiple spyware-infested VMs...)
Several industry insiders on AVS Forum have stated that HD DVD and Blu-ray players do not require any Internet connection, and I believe them above Tom's Hardware. (I guess we could try to read the AACS spec, but it's not finalized, it's not all publically available, and I'm too lazy.)
In particular, software-only copyright protection is usually fairly quickly cracked, since it's not hard to put it inside a box and debug it.
MS has solved this problem in Vista: if you have a debugger installed, an HD DVD or Blu-ray software player will refuse to start. It's not foolproof, but it will make DVD Jon's life harder.
The players won't have to be connected to the Internet; the self-destruct code can be delivered on discs.
That's called SPDC. It's pretty interesting in an evil sort of way.
Local affiliates get screwed by that model, since no one would see the local commercials. Personally I think that's fine, but never underestimate the wrath of a complacent incumbent pseudo-monopoly.
Link-level encryption was designed into WiMax from the beginning. There are plenty of resources about it.
The most interesting part of this deal is that Vonage are cutting a little niche around cell phone providers, just like they have done landline providers.
Not really, because this Vonage/TowerStream service is not mobile.
Haven't these Wimax claims been touted for well over a year now?
Yeah, WiMax is still not officially out yet, but companies like TowerStream are pushing "pre-WiMax".
Why didn't I see any Wimax cards last time I was at Best Buy?
Because that's not how it works. When you sign up for WiMax service, the ISP gives you a CPE. (And the CPE is a box, not a card, but it doesn't really matter.)
It's shared by all the customers in one sector.
I would guess they're targeting new businesses. Why wait for the telco to get around to putting in your T1 when you can install wireless in no time?
You're assuming no spatial reuse, which would be possible with mesh or really small cells. But yeah, you can't put 20 pounds of data in a 10-pound bag.
I dont' think Bittorrent or any other p2p technology makes sense for commercial distribution, because it's inherently wasteful of last-mile bandwidth, which is scarce.
But that idle last-mile bandwidth is essentially free, and bandwidth from central servers or CDNs is not free. Thus BitTorrent is cheaper, even if it is in some sense less efficient.
A technology that provides more gain can be used for higher speed at equal distance or greater distance at equal speed.
I just don't see a scheme where 10k people in 5 mi^2 can all have 1Mbps wireless without using way more spectrum than will ever be allocated to unlicensed consumer products.
You never know; there is 7GHz of unlicensed spectrum in the 60GHz band. That stuff is years away from commercialization, though.
The real question is can software authenticate the TCPA chip through the kext. To do so, the chip would have have a private key embedded in it that was chained to a public key embedded in the OS.
I think this is possible, but you can just patch the OS, replacing the vendor's public key with your own.
Virtualization cannot defeat remote attestation, but Rosetta isn't using that.
Virtualization cannot defeat sealing either. Sealing is usually used with data, but you could also seal code (it's not clear how the code would get installed). However, if the system allows a kernel debugger, then you can probably dump the code after it has been unsealed.
Virtualization can easily defeat "is the TPM there?" kind of checks, which may be what Rosetta is doing. In fact, it would be even easier to just write a different kext that exposes the same API, but always reports that the TPM is there.
No, HD-DVDs actually have more space (30GB) than regular DVDs (8.5GB).
Really, this isn't hard to understand.
Xbox 360 games must be on DVD; they cannot be on HD-DVD. Thus there is no problem.