TalkingTech
The view from the top of IT with TechWorld Editor Rohan Pearce
This vendor-written tech primer has been edited to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach.
By Eric Vanderburg, CISSP, and director of Information Systems and Security at consultancy JurInnov | 15 February, 2012 04:25
Face it, consumer loath digital rights management restrictions on content. Here are six ways the latest Hollywood DRM scheme, Ultraviolet, can suck less.
By Jared Newman | 21 July, 2010 07:07
Tuesday May 4 has been named as this year's Day against Digital Rights Management (DRM) by the President of the Free Software Foundation.
By Carrie-Ann Skinner | 02 March, 2010 03:15
The iBook store, the marketplace for electronic books on Apple's forthcoming iPad, will sell e-books wrapped in digital rights management software, according to sources quoted in the L.A. Times. Apple phased out DRM songs from the iTunes store a year ago, but a majority of publishers are expected to use FairPlay copy protection software for their e-books.
By Daniel Ionescu | 17 February, 2010 01:46
Offering movies is the latest thing some vendors are trying to lure users as the battle for mobile phone buyers becomes more challenging.
By Mikael Ricknäs | 01 June, 2009 04:40
The news that iTunes will offer songs from the three of the largest labels free of copy protection software was music to the ears of many users. Privacy experts say it's a sign the industry is realizing how counter-productive digital rights management (DRM) limitations actually are.
By Jennifer Kavur | 24 February, 2009 08:14
Imagine bringing home a music CD from Best Buy and discovering that it will only play on some of your stereo equipment. Moreover, you're limited in the number of times you can switch the CD from one stereo to another.
By Eric Lai | 19 February, 2009 09:37
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