It’s been a while since I’ve worked on the HTPC (Home Theater PC) project. Lately I felt the need to finish the project as there were still a few areas that needed polishing. One major bug was getting analog TV working. I found a helpful article in ATI’s knowledge base that helped solve the problem. Once that was set, I could finally run GuidePlus. (a program guide that also allows you to schedule recordings.) I’m going to test it out on Conan tonight and on BSG (Battlestar Galactica) tomorrow and see how it goes.
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iPod Linux, really…
I almost couldn’t believe it when I saw this, but it’s true. A group of hackers has managed to put togther a special version of linux that actually runs on Apple’s iPod family of MP3 players. I know what you’re thinking: Linux on a iPod? What are you ever going to do with that? Well first off you can play other audio formats not supported by Apple like Ogg Vorbis, WAV/PCM, FLAC, MOD. Then there’s other cool stuff like playing DooM or Half Life on the iPod Nano. Yea.
Is WMF an intentional MS backdoor?
Security Now! Transcript of Episode #22
In a recent edition of Security Now! Steve Gibson details why he believes Microsoft intentionally introduced the WMF feature responsible for last week’s zero-day vulnerability. Gibson is now on a quest to discover exactly when this feature made it’s way into Windows and who is responsible for it. This is particularly troubling when taken in context with Microsoft’s ambition to enter the security services market, something I’ve talked about before. I’ll definitely be keeping my eye on this one.
update: Despite the stir Gibson’s claims have created, it would seem his argument is without merit. The story has been dbunked by at least 2 people in the community. Stephen Toulouse, Communications Manager for security response at Microsoft (ie: media frontman for MS Sec) posted his answer to various questions about the WMF feature on the MSRC blog. Thomas C. Green also posted a blistering critique of Gibson’s story completely ripping it to shreds. Green’s not exactly friendly to Microsoft either for that matter…