Tag Archives: DRM

Dymo equips paper rolls for thermal direct printers with RFID chips for identification

[German]The U.S. civil liberties organization Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has just made public another case of lockin for printer consumables. Printer manufacturer Dymo has equipped its latest generations of thermal direct printers with a new ruse to force the use … Continue reading

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DRM breaks games on Windows 10 and 11 Alder Lake PCs

[German]Owners of PCs equipped with the Intel Alder Lake CPU could run into trouble when playing games. The Digital Rights Management (DRM) protection breaks games under Windows 10 and Windows 11, which can no longer be used. Intel has since … Continue reading

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‘Digital Rights Update Tool’ strips DRM from WMA files

[German]Today a short tip: Microsoft provides  the 'Digital Rights Update Tool' for Windows 10. This tool allows to remove DRM information from WMA files. Advertising

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HP: New printer firmware re-enables refill ink cartridges

[German]After a shit storm HP has released a new firmware update for its Office Jet printer, that re-enables third party refill ink cartriges. Advertising

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Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) criticizes HP

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) criticizes HP heavily for it's move to block third party ink cartridges on some of its ink jet printers. Advertising

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