I have never seen people complaining about the Apple DRM, yet everytime when somebody else is using DRM everybody screams like hell.
I also don't understand the iPod fashion. For me is the other way. If everybody has an iPod I'd rather buy something else. There are devices out there that even they may not be as good as iPod they are so close that it does not matter.
As for now the Yahoo subscription is by far the best way to fill my device with music. Hey, it even works with my cell phone (Audiovox SMT5600):)
I also have this phone and I am use it for music and movies. It rocks! Why would anyone want to use a stand alone mp3 player when this one has it all? You need a cell phone anyway.
People do not believe me that I watch full movies with clear subtitles on this one. They make really big eyes when they see it.
Internet users are directed every day to many web pages they did not choose to go. Think about ads or other information displayed in pop-ups and iFrames. You may consider this a security threat but it does not mean it is a security breach.
Once you start typing an url in the browser you don't know where it will go from there.
The problem is with IE that is not idiot proof enough.
It seems that 99% of slashdotters didn't understand the article. The article author also has no idea about the subject. Even the "research note" is not perfectly clear.
This is not a security breach in Windows Media Player.
Here is what happens. A wma/wmv DRM protected file needs a license to be played. When WMP plays a file that does not have a license it will open a dialog with a web browser control inside and navigate to the "license store url" that was written inside the file. This feature is called "superdistribution" and it is present in other DRM enabled players as well.
That is all that Windows Media Player does. At most WMP can be acused of not displaying more information about why the dialog was opened. If even the slashdot crowd has problems understanding this, imagine the rest of the computer users.
Once the IE opens the web page it is no different than going to that url yourself in IE.
Or you can pay a monthly fee and fill the device with music (even 40GB devices).
Currently there are 2 services that offer this subscription service:
- f.y.e. Download Zone
- Napster To Go
Both are accessible from Windows Media Player 10 from the service selector (combo-box on the right top corner). I think the price for the portable subscription is 15$ per month.
Currently the devices that are compatible are:
- Creative Zen PMC
- Samsung YH-999 PMC (both these support video and pictures as well
- iRiver H320 and H340
- Audiovox SMT5600 smartphone (i love this phone)
More devices to come. Check the www.playsforsure.com site for more compatibility info.
I just did a couple of comparative searches on google and the new http://beta.search.msn.com/ and it is the first time lately when I saw another search engine returning more results and faster than google. At least for some keywords.
This would allow labels to insert broken music/video content into p2p networks without the network being able to defend.
They can take a pirated file, change it a little and add it back to the p2p network. The MD5 is the same but the file may be unplayable.
When a bug doesn't reproduce in debug or you just cannot use the debugger you have several options:
- logs (they always work even if it's time consuming to add them)
- build a release version with debug info (usually this will do the trick)
- run a debug version and try to attach the debugger when the error happens (for example if you use some 3rd party code that prevents you using the debugger (like Windows Media DRM), this is the best way to go)
When you have a consistent way to reproduce a bug half of the problem is already solved.
The real pain in the ass is when there is no consistent reproduction.
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I have never seen people complaining about the Apple DRM, yet everytime when somebody else is using DRM everybody screams like hell.
:)
I also don't understand the iPod fashion. For me is the other way. If everybody has an iPod I'd rather buy something else. There are devices out there that even they may not be as good as iPod they are so close that it does not matter.
As for now the Yahoo subscription is by far the best way to fill my device with music. Hey, it even works with my cell phone (Audiovox SMT5600)
I also have this phone and I am use it for music and movies. It rocks! Why would anyone want to use a stand alone mp3 player when this one has it all? You need a cell phone anyway.
People do not believe me that I watch full movies with clear subtitles on this one. They make really big eyes when they see it.
Internet users are directed every day to many web pages they did not choose to go. Think about ads or other information displayed in pop-ups and iFrames. You may consider this a security threat but it does not mean it is a security breach.
Once you start typing an url in the browser you don't know where it will go from there.
The problem is with IE that is not idiot proof enough.
It seems that 99% of slashdotters didn't understand the article. The article author also has no idea about the subject. Even the "research note" is not perfectly clear.
This is not a security breach in Windows Media Player.
Here is what happens. A wma/wmv DRM protected file needs a license to be played. When WMP plays a file that does not have a license it will open a dialog with a web browser control inside and navigate to the "license store url" that was written inside the file. This feature is called "superdistribution" and it is present in other DRM enabled players as well.
That is all that Windows Media Player does. At most WMP can be acused of not displaying more information about why the dialog was opened. If even the slashdot crowd has problems understanding this, imagine the rest of the computer users.
Once the IE opens the web page it is no different than going to that url yourself in IE.
Or you can pay a monthly fee and fill the device with music (even 40GB devices).
Currently there are 2 services that offer this subscription service:
- f.y.e. Download Zone
- Napster To Go
Both are accessible from Windows Media Player 10 from the service selector (combo-box on the right top corner). I think the price for the portable subscription is 15$ per month.
Currently the devices that are compatible are:
- Creative Zen PMC
- Samsung YH-999 PMC (both these support video and pictures as well
- iRiver H320 and H340
- Audiovox SMT5600 smartphone (i love this phone)
More devices to come. Check the www.playsforsure.com site for more compatibility info.
Convert the search text into an image to look as written by hand.
Then do an image search on the documents. You will need a powerful image recognition software.
This would be news.
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I just did a couple of comparative searches on google and the new http://beta.search.msn.com/ and it is the first time lately when I saw another search engine returning more results and faster than google. At least for some keywords.
Try it yourself.
This would allow labels to insert broken music/video content into p2p networks without the network being able to defend. They can take a pirated file, change it a little and add it back to the p2p network. The MD5 is the same but the file may be unplayable.
- logs (they always work even if it's time consuming to add them)
- build a release version with debug info (usually this will do the trick)
- run a debug version and try to attach the debugger when the error happens (for example if you use some 3rd party code that prevents you using the debugger (like Windows Media DRM), this is the best way to go)
When you have a consistent way to reproduce a bug half of the problem is already solved.
The real pain in the ass is when there is no consistent reproduction.