Dumbest Microsoft Move Ever?

Monday, January 26th, 2009

And it’s by Microsoft!
Even with the apparent demise of MSN Music, or maybe not, Microsoft has chosen to launch yet another music store, but aimed at the mobile market. Of course, with DRM. And a higher price tag.
It’s like a store for sadomasochists, where people get pleasure from buying tracks at a more expensive price [...]

The New Prince Of Persia Has No DRM!

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

Has Ubisoft finally learnt its ways? Saw this on a forum thread in Ubisoft’s Prince Of Persia forums:
You`re right when you say that when people want to pirate the game they will but DRM is there to make it as difficult as possible for pirates to make copies of our games. A lot of people [...]

20 (Soul-Crushing) Steps To Starting GTA 4 PC

Friday, December 5th, 2008

This is just too good! Gotta put it up here.
Step 1: “Tut” loudly as you are forced to agree to be part of the Rockstar Social Club; a Gamespy type program that must be installed before you can install the game.
Step 2. Wait for it to validate your DVD. Begin to install the game. It [...]

Showdown With iTunes DRM. Time To Get E71 Instead?

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

When I first got my iPhone 3G, I was running Windows XP. Recently, I discovered the itch and decided to change to Windows Vista 64. Everything was running smoothly, until I decided to try to sync my iPhone.
My safari mobile for some reason kept crashing while doing simple Google Reader-ing. Ok, probably it’s because I [...]

XKCD on DRM

Monday, October 20th, 2008

Whatever you do, it will not be 100% legal anyway. So why bother taking the long way round?

EA’s CEO Hates DRM. Really!

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

EA’s CEO, Mr. John Riccitiello, recently gave an interview with Gamasutra, and surprisingly he said:
I personally hate DRM,” EA CEO John Riccitiello tells Gamasutra.
Am I the only one who thinks that is a huge steaming pile of horse manure?
“I don’t like the whole concept; it can be a little bit cumbersome. But I don’t like [...]