Archive for the 'Music' Category

iPod’s Suck Ass

Wednesday, February 1st, 2006

My iPod Mini is having the infamous Menu button problem where the menu button no longer works. Flicking the hold switch 4-5 times while hitting the Menu button repeatedly will go back one menu (like it is supposed to).
Note to everyone: STAY AWAY FROM IPODS!!! The quality is one step away from shit, they […]

BUYBACK FOR TAINTED CD’S

Friday, November 18th, 2005

Here you go, if you managed to purchase one of the tainted nasty rootkit-enabled CD’s from SONY/BMG, you can get your money back/replace them with good old fashioned CD’s here:
SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT - cp.sonybmg.com/xcp
If you played one of these in your computer, and it screwed up your PC, not much you can do right […]

More Sony/BMG Music Issues

Tuesday, November 15th, 2005

Freedom to Tinker - More on Sony copy protection and it’s malicious results
Looks like they are recalling some of the disks that have offending software. Interesting articles on this site show that this is not the first time Sony copy protection installs stuff on your computer without your consent. Not what I would […]

Bad Bad Sony!

Thursday, November 10th, 2005

There is some new copy protection from Sony that takes control of your CD-ROM drive, installing a root-kit (basically a hacker type tool to hide files and take control of your computer). These tools cannot be removed easily and my involve formatting your hard drive and re-installing all of your software. These tools […]