even Sony's rootkit efforts pale in comparison to some of the malware that may be present in pirated software. Figure 7: A rack of pirated software on a street corner. Customs and immigration presents another potential issue to users wishing to purchase pirated...

• -The Smart Traveler's Guide to Data Theft Protection

pirate Gerardo Arellano is really somehow connected to organized crime.  I also don’t know if organized crime is behind the selling of pirated DVDs out of car trunks.  The 60 Minutes expose provided no evidence. I do know this: there is no motivation...

• -BitTorrent: Fancy Tech That Powers Organized Crime?
• -60 Minutes: The Mexican Mafia & BitTorrent?

prove fatal. The DS is currently one of the most popular handheld consoles for pirated content. All you need is a flash linker to be able to play pirated games on the Nintendo handheld. With the DSi, Nintendo has blocked that possibility. Even the most recent...

Mission accomplished. I recognize that this little scenario isn’t going to be totally acceptable to software manufacturers or easy to implement. First, if you had pirated software on your old laptop, it’s going to get restored to the new one. The software...

guides concentrate on freeware and trial software, so you can get started straight away. What To Avoid Finally, if you search for DVD copying software, you'll get a lot of results for pirated software and programs that are actually spyware in disguise. You'll...

enjoy.. HDCP stands for High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection, and represents copy protection technology developed by Intel and licensed through Digital Content Protection LLC. It's specifically designed to foil those who'd like to view pirated HD content,...

after all, movie studios have a right to protect their investment. However, what did it really accomplish? The world's piracy problem continues to run wild and the DMCA has done little to curb it. I'm sure there are one or two very malicious pirates who are...