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n95 clone

Move Over Meizu: China's Clone "Gods" do Nokia N95 Too

It's not just the iPhone that's being cloned: now this black 8GB Nokia N95 clone has joined the party. With dual slider keypads, a two megapixel camera with flash, another small camera, media player, Bluetooth and microSD card slot, it's actually not all that bad. It doesn't have the 8GB, of course. But you've got to admire the brazen advertising: "STRAIGHT FROM THE CLONING GODS OF CHINA! WE BRING YOU THE ALL NEW N95 DUAL SLIDE VERSION!" It gets worse. More »

6:34 AM on Tue Mar 25 2008
By Kit Eaton
7,749 views, 16 comments

Latest by bungee: I've less issues with the Chinese copying the design (which is still wrong) than trying to pass this off as the real thing. At least Meizu doesn't label their copies the same way as the originals. I can just see more »

cracked

AnyDVD HD Is Here, So Start the Blu-ray BD+ DRM Crackin'

Late last year, disc-copying software maker SlySoft claimed they cracked the BD+ DRM protection in Blu-ray discs. They weren't kidding. The newest version of AnyDVD HD strips Blu-ray discs of BD+, allowing you to copy even the most locked-up Blu-ray discs (*cough*Fox*cough*) to your heart's content—assuming the copies are for personal use, of course. On the DVD front, the updated software rips movies that can't be read by Windows, and can now get around most ARccOS protection. Sounds like a reasonable temptation to all you pirate types, so run along, have at it and report back to us. [SlySoft] Thanks, Mike!!

4:35 PM on Wed Mar 19 2008
By Benny Goldman
19,085 views, 37 comments

Latest by Zlevee: @deadatbirth440: Actually they did that first, several releases ago. more »

format war

Blu-ray Copy Protection Cracked, Disk Copying Software Out by Year's End

Slysoft, the makers of AnyDVD, CloneDVD, and many other disc-copying software apps, have just cracked the Blu-ray BD+ copy protection. This means, if Slysoft's predictions are correct, a commercially-purchasable suite to copy Blu-ray movies will be available by the end of the year. However, Blu-ray blanks—especially dual-layer ones—are still so costly right now ($40+ for a writable) that it's not financially feasible for people to be duping their own movies. You know, unless you really enjoy the blank disc look over the professionally done Blu-ray disc with the proper case and materials. Weirdo. [Golem via Inquirer]

2:32 PM on Tue Oct 30 2007
By Jason Chen
8,847 views, 31 comments

Latest by Aaron Martin-Colby: @xenobread: It has everything to do with piracy. I'm saying that pirates only get the game, and the game isn't the only thing that's valuable. The cost efficiency of the PS2 is a recent thing, but piracy was a major problem more »

drm

It's Legal to Break DVD DRM in Finland

Do you hear that sound? That's thousands of nerds cheering loudly, then coughing uncontrollably, then reaching for their inhalers thanks to a court ruling in Finland that rules CSS protection for DVDs ineffective. Why does this matter? Because under Finnish law, cracking DRM is only illegal when it's "effective," and CSS has become so ineffective that it's no longer illegal.
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2:20 PM on Fri May 25 2007
By Jason Chen
5,355 views, 12 comments