Auckland University computer science researcher Peter Gutmann is in the Sunday Star Times today for his work as part of a team that has cracked chip-based passports.
According to the SST, Gutmann and two other scientists (British computer expert Adam Laurie and Amsterdam academic Jeroen van Beek) “successfully copied the contents of a British boy’s electronic [...]
First came the “I’ve been thinking…” memo from Steve Jobs which showed his desire to pursue a DRM-free future for iTunes music. Now he’s signed a deal with record label EMI to feature music at higher quality (256Kbps compared to 128Kbps), for US30c more per track and with no DRM. That means, when it comes [...]
You must read the Microsoft memo on Wired writer Fred Vogelstein that the Redmond giant’s PR company accidentally emailed to Fred Vogelstein. Man, as a reporter, you just dream of documents like that falling into your hands. I’ve been CCed in on emails I shouldn’t have been and got some juicy tidbits in the process, [...]
Here’s a link to an article I wrote a couple of weeks ago, but only ran in the Herald today. It’s about the formation of Merlin, a worldwide organisation that bands together independent music trade groups to give them better bargaining power when it comes to negotiating online music and mobile phone download deals with [...]
Good bag of feedback to today’s Webwalk column which was in turn based on the deluge of feedback to the last story I wrote about broadband. The horror stories keep pouring in. Microsoft’s response to Peter Gutmann’s criticisms of the DRM features of Windows Vista, is the subject of this Herald story I wrote in [...]
Welcome to anyone checking in to this infrequently updated blog. I can’t count you as a constant reader, but that’s my fault, not yours. My blogging technique has been pretty…scattergun, but it’s been a very busy time and I plan to get things back on track from now on…regular posts, tweaks to improve the site, [...]