Filed under: OS Updates, Security, Video, Hardware, Windows
Longhorn brings DRM to a screen near you
by Marc Perton Jul 18th 2005 at 1:34AM
Think there are already enough restrictions on how you use content on your computer? Then wait until you use Longhorn (yes, it might be a long wait). Among the many new features built into Microsoft's forthcoming OS is a little something called PVP-OPM (Protected Video Path – Output Protection Management), which is basically display-based DRM. The idea is that Longhorn will identify your monitor, and content providers will be able to encode video files in a way that will force you to use an interface that includes built-in copy-protection (such as HDMI). In some cases, you'll be able to download a lower-resolution stream if you're not using a compliant monitor; in others, you'll get nada. So, if you've yet to replace that CRT with a brand-new digital LCD, your time may be running out (of course, like I said, it may well be a long wait).
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
