Hidden Open Source Code In XCP Designed To Make CDs Work With iPods?
Published Wednesday, April 19, 2006 by Technology Monster.| Just as the whole Sony BMG/First4Internet rootkit fiasco story was first breaking, there was another story making the rounds about how Sony BMG was specifically using the copy protection not to protect, but to try to pressure Apple into opening up their own copy protection scheme. Lots of people had complained about how Apple doesn't open up their copy protection, so no one else can create copy protected songs that go on the iPod. |
Mac OS X 10.4.4 and iTunes 6.2 Update
Published by Technology Monster.| Three things in the Mac OS X 10.4.4 update caught my eye: .Mac now syncs which RSS feed items you have and haven't read in Safari. On the other hand, I am quite pleased that now I no longer have to decide, via the pop-up menu in the lower right hand quadrant of the iTunes window, whether I want to use external speakers via the Airport Express, or my computer's built-in speakers; now there's a third option, that uses both, "Multiple speakers." |