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Software Electronics

Ultra HD Blu-ray discs can be ripped using DeUHD software, bypassing copy protection

Cat and mouse between DRM developers and crackers continues

By Greg Synek, October 4, 2017, 8:05 AM 11 comments

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News Around the Web

Weekend tech reading: IBM Model F keyboard is back, DIY remote PC starter, DRM for the web?

Good tech reads for the weekend

By Matthew DeCarlo, July 9, 2017, 11:00 AM

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News Around the Web

Weekend tech reading: Prey's 22-year development history, 32 anti-virus products tested, DRM to be dead by 2025?

By Matthew DeCarlo, May 7, 2017, 10:06 AM

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News Around the Web

Weekend tech reading: Verizon to close its email service, first Windows 10 ARM PCs coming Q4, RIP Harry Huskey

By Matthew DeCarlo, April 23, 2017, 10:00 AM

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Pick up 'Saints Row 2' for free courtesy of GOG

Bonus: it's DRM-free

By Shawn Knight, April 20, 2017, 4:45 PM 7 comments

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Netflix can now be streamed to PCs in 4K (just not your PC)

Blame Hollywood

By Shawn Knight, November 22, 2016, 7:30 AM 18 comments

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Shadow Warrior 2 is out now, and Nvidia is giving away $50,000 worth of free copies

By Rob Thubron, October 14, 2016, 6:15 AM

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Software Gaming

Denuvo, the strongest game DRM available, has allegedly been cracked

By Tim Schiesser, August 10, 2016, 5:30 AM 23 comments

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Gaming Tech Culture

Sega Saturn's DRM has finally been cracked after 20 years

By Shawn Knight, July 12, 2016, 1:45 PM 25 comments

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Gaming Industry

Oculus will no longer try to block HTC Vive users from playing Rift games

By Jose Vilches, June 24, 2016, 2:00 PM

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Link your Steam account to GOG to get DRM-free copies of your games

By Shawn Knight, June 1, 2016, 4:15 PM 16 comments

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Software Gaming

Oculus Rift update designed to remove Vive compatibility backfires, enables piracy

By Jose Vilches, May 23, 2016, 11:15 AM 9 comments

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Security Mobile

AceDeceiver, a new family of iOS malware, can infect iPhones right out of the box

By Shawn Knight, March 17, 2016, 7:30 AM

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Gaming Software

Cracking PC games is getting too difficult, say pirates

By Tim Schiesser, January 6, 2016, 8:00 PM 12 comments

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Security The Web

Standards committee wants to add DRM to JPEG images

By Shawn Knight, October 15, 2015, 11:15 AM 7 comments

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Software Gaming

Windows 10 refuses to play games with old, invasive DRM

By Tim Schiesser, August 18, 2015, 6:15 AM

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Software The Web

Firefox 38 reluctantly adds DRM tech for web video, Ruby annotation, tab-based preferences, more

By Shawn Knight, May 12, 2015, 3:15 PM

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Gaming Software

DRM-free GOG Galaxy gaming service is almost ready to take on Steam, public beta goes live

By Jose Vilches, May 5, 2015, 12:30 PM 9 comments

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The Sims 4's anti-piracy systems take pixelation to the extreme

By Tim Schiesser, September 5, 2014, 8:30 AM 32 comments

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Good Old Games unveils Steam-like digital platform

By Shawn Knight, June 6, 2014, 4:30 PM 7 comments

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Clever anti-piracy tech Cinavia finally gets beaten

By Tim Schiesser, May 25, 2014, 4:00 PM 24 comments

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Research shows removing DRM boosts music sales up to 41 percent

By Shawn Knight, December 2, 2013, 3:45 PM 8 comments

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The Witcher 3 on PC will come without any DRM

By Tim Schiesser, October 30, 2013, 9:55 PM

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New DRM 'text watermarks' link pirated ebooks to their original uploader

By Jesse Schoff, June 17, 2013, 5:30 PM 19 comments

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The Web Industry

Netflix planning switch from Silverlight to HTML5

By Rick Burgess, April 17, 2013, 1:30 PM 15 comments