{"id":2080,"date":"2003-10-08T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-10-08T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/?p=2080"},"modified":"2021-05-26T11:34:30","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T15:34:30","slug":"yesterday-in-tech-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2003\/10\/08\/yesterday-in-tech-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Yesterday in Tech News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/images\/techbug.gif?resize=65%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"65\" height=\"20\">&nbsp; &nbsp; Although they&#8217;re a day old, a couple tech stories have caught my eye. The first, from this <a href=\"http:\/\/news.com.com\/2100-1025_3-5087875.html?tag=nefd_top\">C|net article<\/a>, is that the latest copy-protection implemented by BMG on its new CDs can be defeated by simply holding the Shift key down when loading the disc into a CD-ROM drive. These discs include WMA-encoded files (along with the uncompressed CD audio), which BMG provides in an effort to satisfy home-users but also limit file-sharing. However, pressing the Shift key breaks Windows&#8217;s Auto-Run feature, and allows a user full access to the full disc.<br><div style=\"float:right; margin: 15px;\"><center><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/images\/deluxedigital.jpg?resize=150%2C110&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"150\" height=\"110\" style=\"border: 2px solid #555;\"><br><small>A Division of Deluxe Global<br>Media Services LLC<\/small><\/center><\/div>&nbsp; &nbsp; \u2022 The second story comes from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedigitalbits.com\/#mytwocents\" title=\"Link to news page. Look for the 10\/7 story\">The Digital Bits<\/a>, who report a repeat of the jagged interlacing problems seen on the new <i>Monty Python&#8217;s The Meaning of Life<\/i> DVD (first discussed <a href=\"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2003\/08\/31\/warning-of-life\/\" title=\"Link to previous entry\">here<\/a>). This time the problem can be found on the DVDs for the Spielberg mini-series <i>Taken<\/i>, screwing up more of my DVD-buying plans. Reportedly, the interlacing problems are not as bad; and interestingly, the same production house, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.disctronics.co.uk\/services\/\">Deluxe Digital<\/a>, was used for both releases. I&#8217;m no expert, but I would suggest they need some better mastering software.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; \u2022 In further DVD news: the much-anticipated (by me) second season box set of <i>Cheers<\/i> was finally <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvshowsondvd.com\/releaseinfo.cfm?ReleaseID=3155\">announced<\/a>.  It will be released January 6.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Although they&#8217;re a day old, a couple tech stories have caught my eye. The first, from this C|net article, is that the latest copy-protection implemented by BMG on its new CDs can be defeated by simply holding the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2003\/10\/08\/yesterday-in-tech-news\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,5,8,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","category-movies","category-news","category-tech"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2080"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2087,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2080\/revisions\/2087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}