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posted by: Sean F, 18:06 AEST, Sun June 9, 2019
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending June 9, 2019
posted by: Sean F, 15:06 AEST, Tue June 4, 2019
Apple rebrands iTunes, but the piece of software almost everyone hates will still be around in spirit
posted by: Sean F, 18:06 AEST, Sun May 12, 2019
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending May 12, 2019
posted by: Sean F, 07:41 AEDT, Sun November 25, 2018
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending November 25, 2018
posted by: Sean F, 06:50 AEDT, Sun October 28, 2018
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending October 28, 2018
posted by: Sean F, 10:19 AEDT, Sun October 21, 2018
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending October 21, 2018
posted by: Sean F, 16:59 AEST, Sun September 30, 2018
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending September 30, 2018
posted by: Sean F, 18:01 AEST, Sat September 29, 2018
Fan effort to recreate the entire USS Enterprise-D using the Unreal Engine shut down by CBS
posted by: Sean F, 21:30 AEST, Sun September 23, 2018
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending September 23, 2018
posted by: Sean F, 20:57 AEST, Sun June 10, 2018
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending June 10, 2018
posted by: Sean F, 12:26 AEST, Sun June 10, 2018
New data shows people aren't using their smart TVs as much as their streaming media devices
posted by: Sean F, 15:10 AEST, Sat May 19, 2018
Roku blocks YouTube and Netflix for pirated content, accidentally, says the company
posted by: Sean F, 14:41 AEDT, Sun March 11, 2018
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending March 11, 2018
posted by: Sean F, 16:58 AEDT, Fri March 9, 2018
Square Enix's huge mistakes allows full game to be played without Denuvo, and may finally allow measurement of Denuvo's performance hit
posted by: Sean F, 18:33 AEDT, Sun February 25, 2018
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending February 25, 2018
posted by: Sean F, 20:55 AEDT, Sun February 18, 2018
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending February 18, 2018
posted by: Sean F, 18:05 AEDT, Sat February 17, 2018
A new version of VLC adds Chromecast support in beta form
posted by: Sean F, 16:57 AEDT, Sun February 11, 2018
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending February 11, 2018
posted by: Sean F, 15:01 AEDT, Thu January 11, 2018
Apple joins Amazon, Google and Microsoft to help push next-gen video codec that has its heart on replacing HEVC
posted by: Sean F, 23:09 AEDT, Sun November 12, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending November 12, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 16:07 AEDT, Sun October 29, 2017
HEVC given ward for its contribution to the television industry
posted by: Sean F, 13:13 AEDT, Sun October 8, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending October 8, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 17:33 AEST, Thu August 3, 2017
HBO victim of massive hack, TBs of data stolen including Game of Thrones content, some of it already leaked online
posted by: Sean F, 19:57 AEST, Sun July 2, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending July 2, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 16:20 AEST, Sun June 4, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending June 4, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 10:33 AEST, Sat May 6, 2017
Possible breakthrough in the cracking of AACS 2.0 leads to the first ripped Ultra HD Blu-ray movie
posted by: Sean F, 17:11 AEST, Sun April 23, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending April 23, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 16:01 AEST, Sun April 9, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending April 9, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 14:40 AEDT, Sun March 12, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending March 12, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 13:45 AEDT, Sun February 12, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending February 12, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 16:47 AEDT, Sun February 5, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending February 5, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 18:09 AEDT, Fri February 3, 2017
Google makes it impossible to disable controversial DRM
posted by: Sean F, 17:17 AEDT, Wed February 1, 2017
Denuvo protected game 'Resident Evil 7' gets cracked in record time - is the end nigh for this much vaunted anti-piracy system?
posted by: Sean F, 13:52 AEDT, Sun December 18, 2016
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending December 18, 2016
posted by: Sean F, 16:55 AEDT, Sun December 11, 2016
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending December 11, 2016
posted by: Sean F, 16:18 AEDT, Tue December 6, 2016
Next major version of PowerDVD will likely get Ultra HD Blu-ray playback feature, as software receives official UHD Blu-ray certification
posted by: Sean F, 15:57 AEDT, Sun November 27, 2016
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending November 27, 2016
posted by: Sean F, 16:07 AEDT, Sat November 26, 2016
Netflix subscribers faced with DRM hurdles if they want 4K playback on their PCs
posted by: Sean F, 17:26 AEDT, Sun October 23, 2016
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending October 23, 2016
posted by: Sean F, 17:46 AEDT, Sun October 2, 2016
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending October 2, 2016
posted by: Sean F, 17:19 AEST, Sun July 31, 2016
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending July 31, 2016
posted by: Sean F, 15:14 AEST, Wed June 29, 2016
DVD, Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending June 18th 2016
posted by: Sean F, 11:40 AEST, Tue June 28, 2016
Security researchers find Google Chrome bug that lets pirates download Netflix streams
posted by: Sean F, 14:38 AEST, Sat June 4, 2016
You can now get free copies of selected Steam games added to your GOG account, no strings or DRM attached
posted by: Sean F, 17:03 AEST, Sun May 29, 2016
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 29 May 2016
posted by: Sean F, 22:49 AEST, Sun May 22, 2016
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 22 May 2016
posted by: Sean F, 12:10 AEDT, Sun March 13, 2016
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 13 March 2016
posted by: Sean F, 12:45 AEDT, Fri March 4, 2016
Games to work on both Windows 10 and Xbox One, while the Xbox One may get hardware upgrades, reveals Xbox boss
posted by: Sean F, 14:18 AEDT, Mon February 15, 2016
Chinese cracking group returns from short-lived hiatus to release crack for Denuvo
posted by: Sean F, 18:40 AEDT, Sun January 10, 2016
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 10 January 2016
posted by: Sean F, 23:13 AEDT, Sun December 6, 2015
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 6 December 2015
posted by: Sean F, 18:15 AEDT, Sun November 22, 2015
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 22 November 2015
posted by: Sean F, 21:33 AEDT, Sun November 15, 2015
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 15 November 2015
posted by: Sean F, 00:00 AEST, Mon August 31, 2015
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 30 August 2015
posted by: Sean F, 15:25 AEST, Mon August 24, 2015
You can't play some old games on Windows 10 due to their DRM, and privacy issues force some torrent trackers to ban the OS entirely
posted by: Sean F, 17:10 AEST, Sat May 30, 2015
More homes in Australia have VCRs than Blu-ray players, more box CRT TVs than 3D TVs
posted by: Sean F, 17:56 AEST, Mon May 18, 2015
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 17 May 2015
posted by: Sean F, 15:23 AEST, Mon May 4, 2015
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 3 May 2015
posted by: Sean F, 18:01 AEST, Mon April 27, 2015
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 26 April 2015
posted by: Sean F, 23:19 AEST, Sun April 19, 2015
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 19 April 2015
posted by: Sean F, 12:27 AEDT, Mon March 30, 2015
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 29 March 2015
posted by: Sean F, 23:38 AEDT, Sun March 8, 2015
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 8 March 2015
posted by: Sean F, 23:37 AEDT, Sat January 31, 2015
YouTube starts transition to HTML5, abandoning Adobe Flash in the process
posted by: Sean F, 23:13 AEDT, Sun December 7, 2014
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 7 December 2014
posted by: Sean F, 18:59 AEDT, Sun October 5, 2014
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 5 October 2014
posted by: Sean F, 16:35 AEST, Sun September 28, 2014
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 28 September 2014
posted by: Sean F, 17:38 AEST, Sun August 31, 2014
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 31 August 2014
posted by: Sean F, 21:39 AEST, Sun June 8, 2014
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 8 June 2014
posted by: Sean F, 17:27 AEST, Sun July 28, 2013
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 28 July 2013
posted by: Sean F, 17:36 AEDT, Sun March 10, 2013
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 10 March 2013
posted by: Sean F, 14:49 AEDT, Sun October 28, 2012
US Copyright Office issues new, and revokes some, exemptions to current copyright laws, once again highlighting the arbitrary nature of copyright exemptions
posted by: Sean F, 00:43 AEDT, Mon October 8, 2012
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 7 October 2012
posted by: Sean F, 14:53 AEST, Sat October 6, 2012
YouTube makes changes to its sometimes controversial Content ID program, in a bid to avoid the number of "unintentional claims" and to provide uploaders with a better appeals process
posted by: Sean F, 12:55 AEST, Fri September 7, 2012
Ubisoft backs down on the use of 'always-on' DRM, citing customer feedback. But is it too little too late?
posted by: Sean F, 11:30 AEST, Thu August 30, 2012
Sony to cease making PC optical drives under the Sony Optiarc brand, and instead will focus more on drive-less devices such as smartphones and tablets
posted by: Sean F, 13:34 AEST, Mon August 13, 2012
Google will start demoting website that receive "too many" DMCA notices
posted by: Sean F, 13:42 AEDT, Tue December 6, 2011
Kaspersky will withdraw from the Business Software Alliance to protest the lobby group's support of the controversial Stop Piracy Online Act
posted by: Andrew K, 21:06 AEDT, Fri November 25, 2011
Ubisoft "cancels" two PC ports over piracy concerns, saying "95% of (their) consumers" are pirates, while game retailers disagree with Ubisoft's stance
posted by: Sean F, 17:35 AEDT, Wed November 16, 2011
A who's who of Internet companies, including Google, Facebook and Twitter, have penned an open letter urging Congress to reconsider the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act, which they say could kill off innovation and put the country at risk from cyberthreats
posted by: Sean F, 15:02 AEDT, Mon November 14, 2011
The Electronic Frontier Foundation warns that clauses in SOPA could kill of software development, and make many current essential industry tools and services illegal, under the new "reckless" legislation
posted by: Sean F, 15:46 AEDT, Sun November 13, 2011
Good Old Games's managing director says that DRM does more harm than good, and warned publishers to stop using it, while also revealing the full dominance of Steam in the digital game distribution market
posted by: Sean F, 14:57 AEDT, Fri November 11, 2011
Steam gets hacked, with 35 million user data being accessed by hackers, including (encrypted) credit card numbers
posted by: Sean F, 17:01 AEST, Sat September 24, 2011
Early beta version of Diablo III shows the worst aspects of the "always-on" DRM Blizzard decided to use for the upcoming game, with no ability to pause the game, and the high probability of losing unsaved progress due to Blizzard's own flaky servers
posted by: Sean F, 13:04 AEST, Mon September 5, 2011
The founder of Avalanche Studios, Christofer Sundberg, has come out attacking "always-on" DRM, saying that there are better solutions to the PC piracy problem
posted by: Sean F, 18:37 AEST, Sat September 3, 2011
Google says they've done a lot of hard work in tackling the Net piracy issue, and their new tools, filters and review process is now better than ever
posted by: Sean F, 18:03 AEST, Sat September 3, 2011
Two Pirate Bay co-founders launch a new file hosting service to take on the likes of RapidShare and Dropbox, but the MPAA/RIAA need not to worry (or at least not worry more than they do about similar services) - BayFiles will be fully legit
posted by: Sean F, 13:50 AEST, Thu September 1, 2011
Major setback for Hotfile, as the court grants the MPAA permission to, in the words of Hotfile's defence, "murder" the file hosting company
posted by: Jason F, 13:11 AEST, Tue August 30, 2011
DRM makes games "worth less", and it's a backwards way of fighting piracy, says Valve's Gabe Newell
posted by: Andrew K, 22:59 AEST, Thu August 4, 2011
Diablo 3 will have an "always-on" DRM, meaning you cannot play the game if you don't have a good Internet connection
posted by: Sean F, 17:31 AEST, Sat July 30, 2011
Ubisoft says Ubi DRM has helped to reduce piracy rates, but stay silent as to whether the controversial DRM scheme has helped to raise or even lower sales
posted by: Sean F, 17:52 AEST, Fri July 29, 2011
A bug in the Windows 7 built-in Blu-ray burning tool causes failures if users try to use up the full capacity of these discs
posted by: Anne N, 17:53 AEST, Wed July 6, 2011
Hulu's launch of their Facebook Connect feature bombs, as users report being able to access other user's accounts due to programming error
posted by: Sean F, 18:12 AEST, Tue July 5, 2011
The MPAA tries to use recent headlines to say that pirated movie downloads may be endangering the entire Internet
posted by: Anne N, 18:02 AEST, Tue June 28, 2011
Sony movies were removed en masse last Friday from Netflix's digital streaming service, thanks to an old agreement that now seems shortsighted due to Netflix's surging popularity
posted by: Sean F, 14:54 AEST, Sun June 26, 2011
Prince is fighting online piracy, changes in the music industry, and even digital music, by promising to not release any new albums until these problems get solved
posted by: Jason F, 13:02 AEST, Thu June 23, 2011
AT&T, Comcast, and Verizon are set to introduce a three-strikes system to help the music and movie industry in their fight against web piracy
posted by: Andrew K, 22:32 AEST, Mon June 20, 2011
Microsoft has just made it even easier for Kinect hackers to play around with the motion detection system, as the beta version of the Kinect Windows SDK has just been released
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