Tag archive: CSS

It has only been a few weeks since IE9 hit the Web, but Microsoft is already gearing up for its next major release. Minutes ago, at its MIX 11 conference, the folks from Redmond announced that the first platform preview of Internet Explorer 10 is available for download, right now. The new version of IE, now three weeks into development, will feature greater native support for HTML5, faster speeds, and advanced CSS. Ignoring Firefox, Microsoft… Read More

Microsoft is giving its customers a reassuring present for the holidays: a substantial security update that addresses 40 vulnerabilities across 17 bulletins in Microsoft Windows, Office, and Internet Explorer, along with server-based systems like SharePoint Server and Exchange. Among the fixes are five critical and two moderate patches for all versions of Internet Explorer, including a fix for a bug that could enable attackers to execute… Read More

RealDVD—the $30 “legal” DVD-copying software that almost never was—is no more. Real Networks has announced a settlement with major Hollywood studios in which it agrees to stop selling RealDVD and pay about $4.5 million to cover the studios' litigation costs. It will also refund purchase prices to the 2,700 or so customers who managed to purchase RealDVD for the week or so it was actually on sale back in 2008.… Read More

Back in 2008, Real Networks promised to usher in a new era in digital entertainment with RealDVD, which claimed to offer 100 percent legal copying of DVDs for personal use so owners could enjoy them on their PCs, portable media devices, and other digital technology. Of course, it took Hollywood—in the form of the MPAA—only a short time to slam a lawsuit on RealNetworks claiming RealDVD amounted to little more than… Read More

Media reports are circulating that the DVD Forum—currently celebrating its 10th anniversary—has approved the CSS Managed Recording specification, potentially opening the door to professional services like in-store kiosks which can burn one-off DVD-Rs which use CSS copy protection and work in most consumer DVD players. The CSS Managed Recording spec was developed by the DVD Copy Control Association (DVD CCA), which is responsible… Read More