Comment In some countries download caps are the norm (Score 1) 259
Download caps are the norm for many ISPs in Australia.
Comment Just move to Australia (Score 1) 678
Just move to Australia and let Senator Conroy do it for you as he tries to go one better than the Great Internet Wall of China!
Comment Harmonisation (Score 1) 122
Just wait - the other states and the Feds will all move to harmonise their laws with NSW.
Comment statute of limitations (Score 5, Interesting) 299
They should provide access as long as one might reasonably need it which is at least as long as the statute of limitations give one to take legal action.
TurboLinux to Sell Wizpy Media Player Worldwide 158
MsManhattan writes "TurboLinux will attempt to lure Windows users over to the Linux operating system in baby steps this June when it starts selling its Wizpy media player worldwide. The pocket-sized device, which plays audio and video files, is really a Linux carrot of sorts, in that it also allows users to store a complete Linux desktop in its memory. You can plug the Wizpy into a PC's USB port and boot up the Linux system with all its user settings, passwords, bookmarks, etc. It originally launched in Japan, where TurboLinux marketed it to 'early adopters who are curious about using Linux but either don't want to or can't install the operating system.' The company will now target the same crowd around the globe, starting in the U.S., the U.K., Australia, India and Singapore."
Submission + - New AACS "fix" hacked in a day
VincenzoRomano writes: "ArsTechnica has just published an update to the neverending story about copy protection used in HD DVD and Blu-ray discs and hacker hefforts against it. Quoting the original article:
It seems it'll be a long way to an effective solution ... if any.
One could also argue whether all those money spent by the industry in this reace will be worth the results and how long it would take for a return on investment."
The article proposes a simple description of the protection schema and a brief look back at how the cracks have slowly chipped away at its effectiveness.The ongoing war between content producers and hackers over the AACS copy protection used in HD DVD and Blu-ray discs produced yet another skirmish last week, and as has been the case as of late, the hackers came out on top.
The hacker "BtCB" posted the new decryption key for AACS on the Freedom to Tinker web site, just one day after the AACS Licensing Authority (AACS LA) issued the key.
It seems it'll be a long way to an effective solution
One could also argue whether all those money spent by the industry in this reace will be worth the results and how long it would take for a return on investment."
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