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Homeland Security gives Sony the slapdown on DRM

Scott November 13, 2005 Security No Comments

Hopefully this will be my last post about the Sony DRM rootkit stuff. Sony has announced that they are stopping production of all CDs with the rootkit DRM software, at least temporarily. This decision could be related to the slapdown they received by the Department of Homeland Security. Stewart Baker, the DHS’s assistant secretary for policy said the following at an event on combating intellectual-property theft.

“I wanted to raise one point of caution as we go forward, because we are also responsible for maintaining the security of the information infrastructure of the United States and making sure peoples’ … Continue Reading

The story of my lack of a Mac Mini

Scott November 09, 2005 Apple No Comments

I’ve been considering purchasing a Mac for a few years. I was never overly impressed with older version of Mac OS, but ever since OSX was released I’ve been excited about the possibility of having a high quality Unix based desktop OS. Now before anyone can say “but what about Linux/FreeBSD/Solaris x86/KDE/Gnome/whatever?” let me say that I have used every one of these in the past and actually liked most of them. I ran a Linux desktop as my primary PC for around 3 years and would still be running it if I didn’t have a need for a few … Continue Reading