Cracking DVDs
Two MIT students have written a 7-line program that unscrambles protected DVDs. It’s downloadable. The legal issue is whether source code deserves protection on par with freedom of expression.
Two MIT students have written a 7-line program that unscrambles protected DVDs. It’s downloadable. The legal issue is whether source code deserves protection on par with freedom of expression.
I’m graduating today, and there’s a live webcast of the IIM-B convocation starting 6:15PM IST.
Adobe lets you create PDF files on the Web without using any software.
I can’t seem to locate the access log (which used to be on unix2 at /usr/local/apache/logs/access_log). So, sorry — can’t give any more statistics on the hits.
Warner Brothers are making a Harry Potter movie.
Human Spell Check tosses out some glaring spelling mistakes at famous websites — which presumably would have run a spell-checking software on their site. Mind you, I personally do not.
With the Internet economy booming despite the collapse of dot-coms, the OECD countries are getting ready to tax the Internet.
IBM has been accused of aiding Nazis during WWII.