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Submission + - HD-DVD and Blu-Ray Fully Broken

Submitted by gEvil (beta)
gEvil (beta) writes: According to an article at BoingBoing, the processing keys for the AACS encryption scheme used by both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray video discs have been extracted, and a crack has been released. What this means is that there is now a method to extract the copy-protected content of any HD-DVD or Blu-Ray disc out there. This is different from Muslix64's previous crack, which only extracted the volume key for each disc. This new method bypasses this step and allows anyone to extract the data without first requiring the volume key.
Sci-Fi

Submission + - Human Species May Split In Two

Submitted by gEvil (beta)
gEvil (beta) writes: According to an article at the BBC, an evolutionary theorist in London suggests that humanity may split into two sub-species within the next 100,000 years. From the article: "The descendants of the genetic upper class would be tall, slim, healthy, attractive, intelligent, and creative and a far cry from the "underclass" humans who would have evolved into dim-witted, ugly, squat goblin-like creatures." Admittedly, this guy is from the London School of Economics, but if true, where would the Slashdot crowd fit into the new societal order?

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