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1. Apple Store carries ad for DVD Jon's software

   (Software/Software Features)

   doubleTwist, the software company co-founded by Jon Lech Johansen, AKA DVD Jon, has poked famously-humorless gadget maker Apple in the eye by posting an ad for its open source player enabling iTunes ...

2. Apple to ship iLife '09 tomorrow

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... unveiled iLife '09 at Macworld Expo this January. The updated application suite brought major new features to the already strong set of iMovie, iPhoto, iDVD, GarageBand and iWeb. iPhoto '09 now features ...

3. Monty Python hits the Internet

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   ... for decades to ensure that Monty Python is not lost. The name continues through books, DVD’s, a Broadway show, video games, concert tours, and even ringtones. He is now making an effort to place Monty ...

4. Takei, Curry, McCarthy, others starring in Command & Conquer Red Alert 3

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

   ... shows. The publisher said those wanting to see more of the cast in action can order a special limited edition of the game, debuting this fall for the PC and Xbox 360. It includes a bonus DVD showing interviews ...

5. Creative finally launches true X-Fi PCI Express parts

   (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

   ... and, of course, THX. The software bundle includes a ton of creative applications as well as and PowerDVD with DD-EX and DTS-ES support. Creative includes UAA compliant drivers for Vista. The X-Fi PCI ...

6. 'Hacker' launches iTunes copying

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

   ... when he released software which cracked the encryption codes on DVDs, aged just 15. His firm, DoubleTwist, has now released software allowing users to share digital media files across devices. Read the ...

7. Tech Tour Intel: Gainestown spotted in the microsurgery silicon debug lab

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   ... Still, each and every one of them play an important role in making sure your CPUs, and other silicon products, can play your favorite YouTube video, create that picture DVD to send to your grandmother, ...

8. DVD Jon takes first steps in cracking the iPhone

   (Security/Security Brief)

   Jon Lech Johansen, also known as “DVD Jon” and as the software engineer who released software code that cracked the DVD content-scrambling system in 2002, apparently has found details about ...

9. Amazon to launch DRM-free digital music store

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Amazon today announced that it will be launching a new music download store with DRM-free content later this year. The company said that it will offer “millions of songs” from more than 12,000 ...

10. DVD Jon cracks Apple's iTunes

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Jon Lech Johansen, aka DVD Jon, has done it again by hacking Apple's iTunes encryption. Johansen claims this allows people to move their purchased songs to other players which could break Apple's stronghold ...

11. With Grouper.com acquisition, what is Sony getting itself into?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... worldwide cinema market, coupled with reduced growth in DVDs and other secondary markets, Sony, like others, is finding itself having to follow its audience to wherever it's going at the moment. In an ...

12. Cellphone games: Small size, big money

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... Playstation 3 cost around $10 to $25 million to make. Console games are usually bought at a retail store like a Best Buy or Electronic Boutique. Typically housed in a flashy package that comes with a CD/DVD, ...

13. DVD Jon signs up with digital music company

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      The Norwegian hacker who was arrested, and ultimately exonerated, for reverse-engineering DVD copy protection has taken a job with Michael Robertson's latest venture, a digital music company called ...

14. DVD Jon hacks Media Player file encryption

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      Norway's best known IT export, DVD Jon, has hacked encryption coding in Microsoft's Windows Media Player, opening up content broadcast for the multimedia player to alternative devices on multiple ...

15. 'DVD Jon' breaks Google video lock

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Brief)

    ... Johansen, also known as 'DVD Jon' for his work on decrypting DVD security codes, has created a patch for the Google Video Viewer - less than 24 hours after the search giant shipped the video playback plug-in, ...

16. DVD Jon cracks Apple's iTunes

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      The Norwegian who drew the ire of Hollywood by breaking the encryption code for DVDs has devised a program to circumvent the anti-piracy system for Apple's iTunes music download service. The Norwegian ...

17. Apple disables iTunes hack

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Brief)

    ... emerged last week as a copy protection-free back door into the popular iTunes store. One of the creators was Jon Johansen, the Norwegian programmer responsible for releasing DVD-copying software in 1999 ...

18. DVD Jon cracks AirPort encryption

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      Norwegian hacker DVD Jon is back again. Norwegian hacker DVD Jon is back again. This time he has broken into Apple Computer's wireless music streaming technology. Read the complete story here. ...

19. Hacker cracks Apple's streaming technology

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      The Norwegian hacker famed for developing DVD encryption-cracking software has apparently struck again - this time breaking the locks on Apple Computer Inc.'s wireless music streaming technolog'y. ...

20. DVD hacker asks compensation in acquittal

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      A Norwegian man who became a hacker hero for cracking security codes on Hollywood DVDs wants police to compensate him now that he's been acquitted twice of computer piracy, his lawyer said Tuesday. ...

21. Verdict in 'DVD Jon' appeal expected Dec. 22

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      The Oslo Court of Appeals (Borgarting lagmannsrett) heard closing arguments Wednesday and Thursday in the trial of Jon Lech Johansen, also known as "DVD Jon." A verdict is expected on Dec. The ...

22. Appeal of DVD hacker's acquittal begins

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      The appeal of a Norwegian acquitted of piracy for making available a program that cracked DVD security codes started Tuesday in a trial observers called a key test of the country's computer protection ...

23. Norwegian DVD Cracker Teenager Posts iTunes Hack

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ... posted on a Web site for which the teen, Jon Lech Johansen, is listed as the registrant. "A young Norwegian who became a global hacker hero by writing and distributing a program to crack DVD security codes ...

24. DVD Jon breaks iTunes security

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      The man responsible for writing software that allowed people to circumvent copyright technology on DVDs has posted software on the Internet that may allow devotees of Apple Computer's new iTunes ...

25. The Long Arm of the Law Grabs at Norway Teen Again

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ... by an Oslo court, a Norwegian court will retry Jon Johansen, a hero to hackers and a nemesis to the Hollywood media establishment. Known as "DVD Jon," he was initially tried on charges that he broke the ...

26. "Vid Kid DVD-Jon" Acquittal to be Appealed

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      The recent acquittal of DVD code cracker (known now as "DVD-Jon") Jon Lech Johansen will be appealed, according to Norwegian prosecutors. The recent acquittal of DVD code cracker (known now as ...

27. Wind Up Your Cell Phone

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ... Review & Forecast 2001-2007 encompasses "subscriber television boxes such as cable and satellite, and advanced set-top boxes including game consoles, DVD video players, Internet television, entertainment ...

28. DVD code-cracker arrested

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      Police in Norway have arrested a 16-year-old student in connection with a software program that breaks the encryption code on DVDs. Police in Norway have arrested a 16-year-old student in connection ...