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New Tech Prevents DVD Copying, Kills “Rippers”
Content protection company Macrovision plans to announce on Tuesday that it has developed a way to eliminate the vast majority of DVD copying. The technology, called “RipGuard DVD”, will be licensed to the company’s partners: studios who are part of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), executives told ExtremeTech. RipGuard isn’t foolproof, but the…
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Perot and EDS Grow, Avnet Adds CRM/Services Bundle, BearingPoint Narrows Focus
Perot Systems Corp. on Tuesday reported a spike in both its fourth quarter revenue, its net income and a series of 2004 contract wins. The $466 million in revenue Perot Systems generated during the most recent quarter is an 18 percent increase over the year-earlier period. Net income surged 174 percent to $27.1 million. Part…
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Novell CEO: Linux’s Time Is Now
BOSTON—Novell Inc. CEO Jack Messman delivered a Linux valentine to CIOs at the opening keynote at LinuxWorld here on Tuesday, taking pains to emphasize that Linux is business-ready in terms of security, certification, indemnification, and being able to run in entire hardware and software stacks, including on the desktop. “A great deal of progress has…
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Microsoft Changes Course: Plans Standalone IE for XP
In a complete about-face, Microsoft has decided to deliver a new, standalone version of its Internet Explorer browser in order to stem potential customer defections due to security and feature concerns. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates announced at the RSA Conference in San Francisco on Tuesday that Microsoft will deliver Internet Explorer (IE) 7.0 for Windows…
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EMC Bridges SANs for Smaller Businesses
EMC Corp. is embracing full Internet SCSI support across its storage system portfolio to help small and midsize businesses deploy lower-cost SANs using their existing IP network infrastructure. However, EMC, with its late entrance to satisfy escalating SMB demand for iSCSI offerings, faces an uphill battle in wooing midtier storage customers that were forced to…
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HP, Novell to Open Up More Code at LinuxWorld
As the open-source and Linux faithful flock to Boston for the annual East Coast LinuxWorld Conference this week, they are going to be met with news that Novell Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. both plan to announce the open-sourcing of some new technology at the event. Novell, which has embraced Linux across all its product lines,…
