Monthly Archives: May 2005

DRM, tremblez : DVDJon est là ;-)

Posted on 20 May 2005 by Mayel de Borniol

Certains avaient probablement vus que Jon Lech Johansen avait fait un logiciel – PyMusique – permetant d’acheter des morceaux sur iTunes qui ne soient pas protegés (pour les transferer sur un lecteur MP3 autre que l’iPod par ex.) Apple l’avait … Continue reading →

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Anti-DRM for iTunes

Posted on 20 May 2005 by Mayel de Borniol

Jon Johansen (the guy who cracked DVDs) is worth his weight in gold. He just released JusteTune for windows. If you have music you bought from the iTunes store just drag and drop it into his program and it will … Continue reading →

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WiFi security broken in 3mn

Posted on 15 May 2005 by Mayel de Borniol

WEP, the access-control system for WiFi, is notoriously shit. Now FBI computer scientists have shown an attack that can break a WEP key in three minutes. Using a second computer to re-send the same packet back to the router, thus … Continue reading →

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Real ID Act passed by Congress

Posted on 12 May 2005 by Mayel de Borniol

The Senate passed the controversial Real ID Act unanimously yesterday. The House approved the new legislation by 368-58 last week. The legislation was slipped in with a “Support the Troops” bill designed to increase military spending by $76 billion and … Continue reading →

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Grands Défis des 20 prochaines années dans le domaine de l’informatique

Posted on 12 May 2005 by Mayel de Borniol

Un groupe de scientifiques britanniques appartenant à  la British Computer Society vient de publier un rapport sur les grands défis que leurs disciplines devront affronter dans les 10 à  20 prochaines années. Il s’agit du Grand Challenges Report. Le concept … Continue reading →

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