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blogs.zdnet.com - 11/3/2008

BD+ busted - Blu-ray on Linux one step closer?

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A small group of dedicated researchers over on the Doom9 forum have successfully defeated BD+, the Blu-ray copy-protection system. This was the copy-protection mechanism that Richard Doherty, a media analyst with Envisioneering Group, claimed wouldn't likely be broken for 10 years.

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thevarguy.com - 10/30/2008

Novell Turns Linux Desktop Setback Into Victory

— thevarguy.com — When Lenovo de-emphasized Novell SUSE Linux on ThinkPads, some skeptics thought it was a serious setback for... desktop Linux and Novell’s own open source efforts. The VAR Guy knew better. Fact is, Lenovo was bolstering its Novell relationship in two ... (more) Novell Turns Linux Desktop Setback Into Victory

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lifehacker.com - 10/30/2008

Battle of the Thumb Drive Linux Systems [Lifehacker Faceoff]

— lifehacker.com — These days, it only takes an increasingly-cheap USB thumb drive and a program like UNetbootin to create... a portable Linux desktop you can run on any computer that can boot from a USB port. But check... (more) Battle of the Thumb Drive Linux Systems [Lifehacker Faceoff]

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itmanagement.earthweb.com - 10/29/2008

50 Must-Have Open Source Tools for Security

— itmanagement.earthweb.com — The area of open source security software is growing rapidly, with a cornucopia of apps for every... use: anti-spam, firewalls, forensics, encryption, log monitoring, passwords – the list is growing even as you read this. In many cases, these open ... (more) 50 Must-Have Open Source Tools for Security

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Has Blu-ray's copy protection been cracked?
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk — ... , though if you find the 11-page going too heavy there ("I have had a look at the difference of the output of dumphd and anydvd for a bd+ movie. Using vbindiff i compared the 00001.m2ts") you could get the simpler version via Adrian Kingsley-Hughes at ZDnet: ...

Blu-ray BD+ copy-protection cracked?
SlashGear — ... Blu-ray BD+ was intended to be used with both hardware and software players, this has apparently given the Doom9 team a head-start.  Still, if you listen to the analysts, BD+ was supposed to remain unhackable for at least 10 years.  What this means is open-source Linux playback of Blu-ray content is one step closer, and people who were holding off from investing in a Blu-ray player because they couldn’t back up their media might begin to reconsider it.  [via ZDNet and Guardian] ...

BD+ Blu-ray copy protection cracked (again)
CrunchGear — ... darn fascinating. The long and short of it: the Doom9 guys cracked BD+ by recreated a BD+ virtual machine in software. With crack in hand, this opens up the possibility of Blu-ray playback in Linux and other open source solutions. Will it savethe format? When you can stream Netflix right to your TV, when you can “tolerate” upconverted standard DVDs there’s little reason to fork over so much money to jump aboard the Blu-ray train. via ZDNet