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Intel Not So Subtly Threatens to Sue Any Device Maker Who Would Take Advantage of HDCP

by Susana Polo | 12:55 pm, September 18th

As if anyone wondered what their stance on the issue might be, Intel has clarified its stance on anyone who would use the leaked HDCP Master Key to create devices that would be able to circumnavigate HDMI, DVI, and Blu-Ray DRM.

That was a bit alphabet-soup, wasn’t it? We’ll put it another way: somebody cracked the protection that was keeping people from easily making copies of Blu-Ray players and cable television. However, in order to implement this crack in a way that would be easily usable by the average consumer, someone would have to make a computer chip with the crack in mind. Software alone won’t do it. Though they earlier downplayed the potential of this possible use of the HDCP crack, yesterday Intel spokesman Tom Waldrop made sure every body knows what Intel would do if, you know, somebody tried it. Just in case.

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The HDCP Master Key Is Real: Blu-Ray and HDMI Cracked

by Robert Quigley | 9:21 am, September 17th

A few days ago, we reported on the leak of what purported to be a leaked master key for HDCP, the Intel-developed DRM [digital rights management] protocol that prevents the copying of digital and audio content via a set of 40 56-bit keys. HDCP is currently the DRM standard for, among other means of HD transmission, HDMI, DVI, and Blu-Ray.

Now, Intel has confirmed that the leak “does appear to be a master key” for HDCP: “What we have confirmed through testing is that you can derive keys for devices from this published material that do work with the keys produced by our security technology … this circumvention does appear to work.”

This means, in theory, that it’s now possible to yank HDCP-encrypted content as it’s transmitted from a Blu-Ray player or over an HDMI cable. However, technical hurdles remain.

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Potentially Embarrassing: Mind-Controlled Computers

by James Plafke | 11:41 am, August 24th

The boys and gals over at Intel are currently working on a computer that can be controlled with the human mind. Partially mind-controlled computers already exist, even games driven by mind-controlled peripherals do, but the new technology works a bit differently.

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Google TV: In the Works, Developer-Friendly

by Robert Quigley | 9:39 am, March 18th

After trying its hand at countless desktop, mobile, and web apps and products, Google has ambitions towards shaking up yet another, historically difficult frontier: television. According to the New York Times, Google is partnering up with Intel and Sony to develop Google TV, a new, Android OS-based platform with a Chrome browser (currently not supported by Android) and aspirations towards “mak[ing] it as easy for TV users to navigate Web applications … as it is to change the channel.” They’ve tapped Logitech to work on the peripherals.

Top-down attempts to hook up television with the web have not been especially successful in the past (see: MSN TV), and even Apple had what’s generally thought to be a clunker with its media-centric Apple TV, though TechCrunch’s MG Siegler thinks that Google TV could angry up Apple’s competitive spirit and revive its TV platform.

But the key idea behind Google TV isn’t so much “let’s figure out a way to bring the Web to your television set” so much as who would be doing a lot of the figuring: third-party developers.

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