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Linux and Digital Rights Management (DRM)
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| The principles of open source software and the film and record companies'
| perceived need to control how film, video and audio recordings are consumed
| seem incompatible. This article explores the issues.
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http://www.h-online.com/open/Linux-and-Digital-Rights-Management-
DRM--/features/114008
10+ buzzwords that should be banned at the office
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| 11: Cutting edge: So modern, itâs to die for. Example: Sleeperamaâs cutting-
| edge mattress will take the country by storm.
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| I was going to try to leverage all of the above to produce an essay, but I
| was afraid that in the effort, I would want to take a cutting edge to my
| throat. Anyway, word to the wise: Now that these expressions have been
| officially identified as irritating jargon, you might want to give them up.
| Unless your boss is planning to circle back to reach out to interface and
| socialize to your value-add. What can I tell you? It is what it is.
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http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=982
Digital "rights"...
Recent:
Should the Gates Foundation support Mac, Linux PCs
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| Let me tell you a little story about the imbalance of computer platforms in
| public libraries. The year was 2005. Fairfax County Public Libraries, in
| Fairfax, Virginia, started offering free audiobook downloads in Windows
Media
| Audio (WMA) file format. These audiobooks could not be heard on any Linux
| computer, Macintosh computer, or iPod. Not only were the audiobooks in WMA
| format, they were under DRM (Digital Rights Management.) So if you happened
| to be blind and you owned an iPod, you could not listen to these audiobooks.
| Then again, blind people don't need to listen to audiobooks, right?
|
| I engaged in a friendly dialogue with the folks in the Fairfax County Public
| Libraries, who insisted that these audio files could play on Macintosh
| computers. These audio files most decidedly could not play on Macs. I know.
| I've spent about 20 years of my life earning a living as a Mac trainer and
| consultant.
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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137423/Should_the_Gates_Foundation_support_Mac_Linux_PCs
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