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Euro-virus extorts 'fines' from U.S. users with content-piracy accusations

Posted May 9, 2012 - 10:42 am

A technically savvy gang of East Europeans that has been extorting money from Europeans using 'Police Trojan' ransomware for two years is also responsible for the rush of ransomware in the U.S., after Americanizing its social engineering pitch, according to TrendMicro.
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Intel builds graphics chip into CPU

Posted January 3, 2011 - 2:42 pm

Intel rolled out its combination CPU/GPU chipsets at CES in Las Vegas this week, beating AMD to the punch and pleasing Hollywood with content-control hooks.
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Ubisoft's DRM service fails; paying customers can't play

Posted March 7, 2010 - 9:13 pm

Everyone saw this coming, but even the most pessimistic of us didn't think it would happen so soon. Ubisoft's DRM servers failed today, leaving paying customers unable to run the software they paid for.
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Gaming: New DRM to combat piracy, drive away customers

Posted February 18, 2010 - 11:41 pm

The two gaming platforms with the biggest piracy issues are the Sony PSP and the PC. This week a couple of new DRM schemes were introduced, one for the PSP and one for a PC game. Neither is bound to be popular with legitimate customers, but will they help reduce piracy?
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QuickTime update fixes DRM glitch (sort of)

Posted November 26, 2008 - 1:50 am

Apple solves the most glaring problem, but the media cabal puts a real fix out of reach.
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DRM-afflicted Macs enrage users; Apple eerily silent

Posted November 19, 2008 - 7:05 pm

C'mon, can't you at least make some hang-wringing excuse about how the studios made you do it?
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Apple vs. Hollywood

Posted September 15, 2008 - 9:25 pm

The iTunes Store made long-time underdog Apple an 800-pound gorilla -- and now all of Hollywood is looking to end its reign of simian terror.
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Terrible vengeance to be served on the iTunes store?

Posted August 18, 2008 - 9:24 pm

Could a mercurial firing bite Steve Jobs on his blue-jeaned behind? And will breathless tech pundits ever remember to figure DRM into their equations?
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