Corel updates WinDVD to stop AACS hackers

Corel Software [announce] that they have issued a mandatory update for all WinDVD owners who wish to continue to use the software to view Blu-ray and HD DVD discs. The update is being issued to address the recent cracks that have extracted volume and title keys from AACS-protected Blu-ray and HD DVD titles.

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How to run Gmail Notifier only for some users

By default, Gmail Notifier (for Windows XP) is set to run for all users. I wanted to change this so that it’d be run only for myself and not for other users of this computer. The solution was finding the ‘gnotify’ entry in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run (actually, it wasn’t there by that name at least for me, but by a key value beginning with {0228e555…) and then moving it to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, while logged in as myself.

I’m pretty sure this’ll break the uninstall as for this particular key, since it’s no longer where the installer thinks it is, but it’s a minor issue and should be easy enough to fix by removing the key from its new location manually.

Rockbox: An Open Source Firmware for MP3 Players

“Rockbox is an open source replacement firmware for mp3 players. It runs on a number of different models:

  • Archos: Jukebox 5000, 6000, Studio, Recorder, FM Recorder, Recorder V2 and Ondio
  • iriver: H100, H300 and H10 series
  • Apple: iPod 4th gen (grayscale and color), 5th/5.5th gen (Video – 30GB and 60GB models only), 1st gen Nano and Mini 1st/2nd gen (Nano 2nd gen and 80GB Video 5.5th gen are not supported)
  • iAudio: X5 (including X5V and X5L)
  • Toshiba: Gigabeat X and F series (the S model is not supported)
  • Additional models are in development

Rockbox.org via del.icio.us/skrubu