There is no questions that Google will enter the auction market whatsoever. I think they're probably just stuck on googlePay or similar. The auction site itself is probably piece of cake for them.
And what's interesting is with their monopoly on Searches and the GoogleAds, they could use that to promote their auctions. Could you imagine Auction hits showing up after every Google serach or within your GMails?
NGSCB and Trusted Computing can be used to intentionally and arbitrarily lock certain users out from use of certain files, products and services, for example to lock out users of a competing product, potentially leading to severe vendor lock-in. This is analogous to a contemporary problem in which many businesses feel compelled to purchase and use Microsoft Word in order to be compatible with associates who use that software. Today this problem is partially solved by products such as OpenOffice.org which provide limited compatibility with Microsoft Word file formats. Under NGSCB, if Microsoft Word were to encrypt documents it produced, no other application would be able to decrypt them, regardless of its ability to read the underlying file format.
NGSCB and Trusted Computing are ineffectual at solving the majority of contemporary security problems, for example computer viruses and trojans. Despite this fact, Microsoft has in the past claimed that NGSCB was necessary to combat the threat of future virus outbreaks against Microsoft Windows users[3]. Microsoft is no longer making claims that NGSCB will solve these virus problems[4].
So there's no risk to Microsoft opening up the format, they'll just DRM the document in VISTA.
-goro-
Sounds like it's just an excuse to drop a marginally used item. Or they could be noticing an increase in the binaries usage (particularly alt.binaries.dvd.*, alt.binaries.multimedia.*, alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.*) and perhaps be afraid of ramifications from MPAA or RIAA?
I'm surprised that alot of these binaries groups are still active (and getting more so). In fact, alt.binaries.tv replaces a need for a dvr and pay-tv (HBO). Every sunday, ROME is posted at about the time it broadcasts on the west coast.
If the RIAA or MPAA wanted to clamp down on binaries groups, it should be MUCH easier than trying to stamp out p2ps.
I agree with most of the positive sentiments here. I'm really looking forward to seeing what this looks like in final FIRST form. Likely it'll be some form of streaming video with some measure of DRM. Hopefully the resolution will be nice. Sounds like the show selection will be broad.
One thing that I hope will be a side-benefit will be that WB will be able to track what old shows are really popular and may use that data to release DVD sets. They may even be able to add petitions to the tail end of some eps ("Would you be willing to buy this set on DVD?")
>Anyway it is how evolution works, by random creations and statistics i gues in the end a few survive.
Evolution's not supposed to give superior genetic traits to gay people!
Maybe the guy's just scared that the Gov't will force him to procreate and pass on these genes.
-goro-
Slashdot Mirror
-goro-
"Why don't you tell me about your problem?"
"How do you feel about that problem?"
It sounds kinda cool...
paying that much (hel paying HALF that much) just makes my head hurt.
NGSCB and Trusted Computing can be used to intentionally and arbitrarily lock certain users out from use of certain files, products and services, for example to lock out users of a competing product, potentially leading to severe vendor lock-in. This is analogous to a contemporary problem in which many businesses feel compelled to purchase and use Microsoft Word in order to be compatible with associates who use that software. Today this problem is partially solved by products such as OpenOffice.org which provide limited compatibility with Microsoft Word file formats. Under NGSCB, if Microsoft Word were to encrypt documents it produced, no other application would be able to decrypt them, regardless of its ability to read the underlying file format.
NGSCB and Trusted Computing are ineffectual at solving the majority of contemporary security problems, for example computer viruses and trojans. Despite this fact, Microsoft has in the past claimed that NGSCB was necessary to combat the threat of future virus outbreaks against Microsoft Windows users[3]. Microsoft is no longer making claims that NGSCB will solve these virus problems[4].
So there's no risk to Microsoft opening up the format, they'll just DRM the document in VISTA. -goro-
Sounds like it's just an excuse to drop a marginally used item. Or they could be noticing an increase in the binaries usage (particularly alt.binaries.dvd.*, alt.binaries.multimedia.*, alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.*) and perhaps be afraid of ramifications from MPAA or RIAA? I'm surprised that alot of these binaries groups are still active (and getting more so). In fact, alt.binaries.tv replaces a need for a dvr and pay-tv (HBO). Every sunday, ROME is posted at about the time it broadcasts on the west coast. If the RIAA or MPAA wanted to clamp down on binaries groups, it should be MUCH easier than trying to stamp out p2ps.
I agree with most of the positive sentiments here. I'm really looking forward to seeing what this looks like in final FIRST form. Likely it'll be some form of streaming video with some measure of DRM. Hopefully the resolution will be nice. Sounds like the show selection will be broad. One thing that I hope will be a side-benefit will be that WB will be able to track what old shows are really popular and may use that data to release DVD sets. They may even be able to add petitions to the tail end of some eps ("Would you be willing to buy this set on DVD?")
>Anyway it is how evolution works, by random creations and statistics i gues in the end a few survive. Evolution's not supposed to give superior genetic traits to gay people! Maybe the guy's just scared that the Gov't will force him to procreate and pass on these genes. -goro-
I wonder if Sony is pre-installing the rootkit on all the computers they are selling? It seems a natural thing for them to do.