Bury your memories bury your friends, Leave it alone for a year or two. Till the stories go hazy and the legends come true, Then do it again. Some Things never end. From “Eleventh Earl of Mar” Genesis John Brandon has an article in ComputerWorld, Famous tech myths that just won’t die. Wherein he attempts [...]
Archive for September 27, 2008
Great stuff that never happened
Posted: September 27, 2008 in general, UncategorizedTags: Al Gore, Apple, Bill Gates, internet, Internet2, iphone, MacTablet, PC Gaming, tech myths, Ted Stevens
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DRM is a security threat
Posted: September 27, 2008 in general, professional, securityTags: Alone in the Dark, antipiracy, Atari, Ben Yahtzee, bittorrent, computer games, Digital Rights Management, DRM, EA, Electronic Arts, malware, MediaDefender, Nick Webster, open source, p2p, Revision3, security threat, SecuROM, software, software cracks, software piracy, Spore, warez
For my entire career I’ve designed, developed, maintained and secured commercial software products. So it is definitely not lost on me that the revenue generated by sales of those software products is what pays my bills. If customers don’t pony up then my employers quit paying me. So believe me, I’m certainly not advocating that [...]
