8th January 2006 Archive

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• Is Google DRM crippling culture as great as it seems?

  CES Opinion We don't know

  Anyone the least bit concerned about DRM (digital rights management) technology would likely have been put off by Google co-founder Larry Page's ho-hum approach to revealing the company's new proprietary media locks. And with good reason. "We have our own DRM that we're using," Page said, during a keynote at CES. "We'll be open …

  Music and Media 8 Jan 2006, 00:23

• Disk, laptop and sport heaven spotted through the smoke

  CES Reg hack escapes stoning undaunted

  Without question, the highlight of this year's CES (Consumer Electronics Show) for us was watching the Black Crowes play at an AMD-sponsored event. Not to gloat, but we managed to make our way backstage after the concert and meet the band. At least we think it was the band. The thick smoke – yes, that kind – made it tough to see …

  PCs 8 Jan 2006, 02:11

• Open Source for the Enterprise

  Book review A different kettle of fish

  Whether it’s IDEs like Eclipse, build tools like Ant or testing tools like the xUnit family or even entire languages like Perl, Python or PHP, there are plenty of developers who have added open source software to their toolkit. Moving open source to IT infrastructure or onto the desks of end-users is a different kettle of fish …

  Developer 8 Jan 2006, 10:32