Adobe backs down over hacker arrest

And campaigns for the release of the man it had arrested. Last weekend, at the Defcon 9 hacker conference, Dmitry Sklyarov was arrested minutes after delivering a talk about his new software tool, the Advanced eBook Processor, which was designed to break the anti-copying features of Adobe's eBook Reader program. Adobe pressed charges under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), and Sklyarov is now in custody. ...more

USB 2.0 drivers for Win 98SE users

While Microsoft makes sure that only XP will be capable of supporting USB 2.0, Adaptec has come up with the goods, making USB 2.0 drivers available for Win ME, Windows 2000 and Windows 98SE. ...more

Moving closer to the Digital Home

Intel kicks off its Developer Forum with an announcement of an Extended Wireless PC Initiative and a demo of a 3GHz Pentium 4 with Hyper Threading. The processor giant describes the initiative as the first step in delivering on its Digital Home strategy. The idea is to help developers - via reference designs and toolkits - to distribute digital media around the TVs and stereos in a home. ...more

Hacks in the city: More pictures

More pictures from our war-driving tour... ...more

Hollywood gives up on DVD Jon

Norwegian police, acting on behalf of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), have decided not to appeal the court acquittal of 'DVD Jon'. This brings to a close the case that the movie houses hoped would set a legal precedent on circumventing DVD protection. Twenty-year-old Jon Johansen found himself at the wrong end of the MPAA lawsuit when, at the age of 15, he wrote the DeCSS program that allowed him to watch his DVD movies on his computer, and which was later published online. ...more