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Microsoft keeps its habit

Posted on 23 September, 2011 by Stef

Even after Microsoft explanations things haven’t changed: As things stand, Windows 8 certified systems will make it either more difficult or impossible to install alternative operating systems. via mjg59 | UEFI secure booting (part 2). Tweet

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Google extends copyright with YouTube Store

Posted on 31 May, 2011 by Stef

Copyright is a set of exclusive rights granted to the author or creator of an original work, including the right to copy, distribute and adapt the work (Wikipedia). Google is adding a new right: the right to exclude you from … Continue reading →

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Stories from the most revered brand in tech

Posted on 23 May, 2011 by Stef

A normal day for an Apple customer: my nine-year-old daughter, Flora, bought a new £39 iPod shuffle with her pocket money, and I treated myself to an iPhone 4. I connected the shuffle to our computer, but a message came … Continue reading →

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Nintendo is evil and they admit it too

Posted on 21 May, 2011 by Stef

I can’t believe what Nintendo just said! In a statement to respond to information campaign launched by Defective by Design the company said: Nintendo would like to reassure any concerned consumers that under our European terms and conditions and in … Continue reading →

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The horrible Terms of Service in Nintendo 3DS

Posted on 11 May, 2011 by Stef

Free Software Foundation has published a new campaign to inform Nintendo 3DS users that the Terms of Service of the machine are offensive and dangerous. The 3DS has a videocamera that may be used to take pictures and videos of … Continue reading →

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Apple and software freedom clashing again

Posted on 10 January, 2011 by Stef

Another app has to be removed from the Apple iTunes mobile App Store. This time, after GNU Go, it’s the iOS port of the popular free VLC Player because the terms of the GNU General Public License are incompatible with … Continue reading →

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iPad DRM endangers our rights

Posted on 28 January, 2010 by Stef

The Free Software Foundation guys are ready to remind us the real threat that iPad furthers: The iPad’s unprecedented use of DRM to control all capabilities of a general purpose computer is a dangerous step backward for computing and for … Continue reading →

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Get the facts of DRM, don’t buy CRAP

Posted on 17 April, 2009 by Stef

Did you think Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) can be good for society? If that’s your opinion, you better start looking at facts. Ars Technica reports that Some Kindle users are angry because Amazon blocked them from their Kindle accounts, thereby … Continue reading →

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New MacBooks are Defective by Design

Posted on 19 November, 2008 by Stef

The new MacBook not only have reflective screens and miss a FireWire prot, but they also hide a stupid DRM locks in the video signal called HDCP. CrunchGear reports: What is HDCP? It’s essentially a digital standard that tells your … Continue reading →

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Free Software Foundation year end fundraising campaign

Posted on 13 November, 2008 by Stef

I had the feeling that 2008 was an important year for FSF. We’ve seen new campaigns take off, like End Software Patents and Support Open Document Format; the established campaigns Defective By Design, Play OGG, Expert Witness Fund have received … Continue reading →

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