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The Morning Reboot:
- It took years of work and a ton of money for Hollywood to develop the AACS encryption scheme behind HD-DVD and Blu-Ray formats; it took hackers 3 months and some spare change for Mountain Dew to crack it. Following up on Muslix64's crack to extract volume keys, another user, arnezami, has extracted the actual processing key which means now you can break all AACS-locked discs.
- The One Laptop Per Child project has announced that it will ship nearly 2,500 of its $150 laptops to eight nations this month.
- My partner in crime at this site used to run a much-loved little OS by the name of BE, well he and other former BE OS users can rejoice because the project lives on under the name Haiku. A small group of developers reverse-engineered BE and recently demoed a “pre-alpha” version. The lead developer tells TGDaily, “if I didn't have BeOS, I'd pack up all my computers and move to an Amish community.” Now that's dedication.
- Microsoft has announced a beta testing phase for its new Windows Home Server. In order to qualify for the testing phase, MS suggests you meet the following criteria: have two or more PCs, connect to the net via broadband and have a spare PC or server that can be dedicated to Windows Home Server software. If that sounds like you, fill out the online survey and MS will notify you if you're selected.
