blog.wired.com - 11/20/2008
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Appearing to cave to Hollywood demands, Apple has quietly added a restrictive copyright
protection mechanism to its new MacBooks that is preventing customers from watching movies on external displays.
Apple has secretly included a copy protection scheme called High-bandwidth Digital ...
gearlog.com - 11/21/2008
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gearlog.com —
Ever run your MacBook or MacBook Pro without
the battery installed? Most people don't, but some notebook
users pop them out when their systems are running on AC with hopes of extending the life of their battery by a few months. While I was ...
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Apple Notebooks Take Huge Performance Hit without Battery
industry.bnet.com - 11/21/2008
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industry.bnet.com —
Just how much Apple spends on advertising has
been a fun guessing game among bloggers and analysts
recently, particularly given Appleâs successful âIâm a Mac, Iâm a PCâ campaign. Not only have the spots starring John Hodgman as the hapless ...
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Apple’s Advertising Budget: Revealed! | ...
appleinsider.com - 11/20/2008
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MacBook Owners Up In Arms About New Copyright Software
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... Wired says Intel bowed the technology back in 2001, but Apple began quietly embedding it in new MacBooks this year as a way to appease Hollywood studios wary of licensing content to iTunes. Since iTunes files get downloaded right to a user's hard drive, a film could feasibly be burned to a DVD and recopied ad nauseum. Analysts say that's why the iTunes movie library is anemic in comparison to the libraries of Netflix ( ...
Apple To Boost Piracy, Competition With Unfriendly Anti-Piracy Feature (AAPL)
Silicon Alley Insider —
... According to Wired, Apple has quietly added anti-piracy technology to its new MacBook laptops. If you hook your laptop up to your digital TV, projector, external monitor, etc. -- which we do on a near-daily basis -- to watch movies, it will block you from playing movies you've paid for from iTunes unless you have a "High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection" compatible display. ...
Apple News: Orb, Boxee and Icky HDCP
NewTeeVee —
... And finally, it looks as though Apple has kow-towed to Hollywood and has implemented a bummer of a content protection scheme on its new MacBooks. According to Wired’s Gadget Lab Blog, Apple has added something called High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP). In a nutshell, it prevents users from playing video content purchased through the iTunes store on many external displays, forcing people to watch their movies and TV shows on their smaller laptop screens. Blech. ...
Apple enables HDCP in iTunes, limits playback for many MacBook users
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... Conversations: Apple Bends to Studios, Adds Copyright Protection to MacBooks [Wired: Gadget Lab] ...
GBTV #467 | GeekBrief.TV
GeekBrief.TV —
... breaks Boxee. I’m sure Boxee will come up with a fix soon enough, but I’m disappointed, as I am in the copyright protection on the MacBooks and MacBook Pros. Thanks to ...
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Apple Bends to Studios, Adds Copyright Protection to MacBooks.
Gadget Rumor: The New Mac Mini
GadgetReview —
... been refreshed since August 2007 so it’s definitely due for an upgrade.
According to Wired.com these are the possible specs:
Similar to the MacBooks, the Mac Mini will sport a silver enclosure composed of a block of aluminum.
Some internal parts will be PVC-free, and combined with its size and low power requirements, Apple will tout this as the “greenest Mac ever.”
For video output, the Mac Mini will use the DRM-crippled DisplayPort for connectivity, whichApple is offering to manufacturers for a no-fee ...
2008's Most Disappointing Internet Stuff
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... (Nasdaq: AAPL)s newest MacBooks and MacBook Pros. This year, Apple touted its video output slot, the Mini DisplayPort, but forgot to mention that the new port detects whether an external device, such as a monitor, TV, or projector, is compatible with the High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) protocol. If youre trying to view a movie -- which you may have bought on Apple iTunes or any legitimate download service -- on a monitor that isnt HDCP-compliant, you might be stuck . A notice could pop up on your laptop that says, This movie cannot be played because a ...
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