The product manager for Microsoft's digital media division used an interesting analogy in a story Tuesday about how the company is bending over backward--and investing considerable technological resources--to make sure Hollywood studios are happy with the next version of Windows.
"The table is already set," said Marcus Matthias. "We can come in and eat at the buffet, or we can stand outside and wash cars." Click here for the full story.
What's the point of being a soul-crushing monopoly if you just roll over for pitiful opponents such as the RIAA and the MPAA? No, this quote must be disingenuous - Microsoft playing good-cop to the movie industry's bad cop, but they're really in it together. If Microsoft built tools with no DRM, the MPAA would be forced to provide the media.
What's the point of being a soul-crushing monopoly if you just roll over for pitiful opponents such as the RIAA and the MPAA? No, this quote must be disingenuous - Microsoft playing good-cop to the movie industry's bad cop, but they're really in it together. If Microsoft built tools with no DRM, the MPAA would be forced to provide the media.
Mozilla plans to release a beta version this year for Microsoft's upcoming Windows interface. It'll be a lot of work, but Mozilla doesn't really have a choice.
The Samsung Galaxy Mini 2 S6500 could make its debut at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona later this month, according to a leaked promotional image.
The space agency powers down its last System Z machine, years after IBM stopped selling them for the mathematical calculation jobs for which NASA originally bought them.
A group calling itself Evil Shadow Team reportedly hacked into Microsoft's online store in India, stealing usernames and passwords of the site's customers.
