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In an announcement last night, the Blu-ray Disc Association, led by Sony, representing one of two competing high-definition DVD formats, stated it will simultaneously embrace digital watermarking, programmable cryptography, and a self-destruct code for Blu-ray disc players. http://www.tgdaily.com/2005/08/10/blu/index.htmllong article.. but this is the part that matters: One part of the announcement that had been anticipated by experts was Blu-ray's embrace of Advanced Access Content System (AACS), one version of which has also been adopted by the HD DVD Forum. This controversial technology would require that disc players maintain permanent connections to content providers via the Internet, making it possible for discs that fail a security check to trigger a notification process, enabling the provider to send the player a sort of "self-destruct code." This code would come in the form of a flash ROM "update" that would actually render the player useless, perhaps unless and until it is taken to a repair shop for reprogramming. The Blu-ray statement noted that certain elements of AACS have yet to be formally approved by the BDA. so.. if for some reason the player fails this security check (dropped connection, etc.. etc.. any NUMBER of reasons for an internet to fail) it could very well nuke your player... and blue ray is the player in the PS3... that's a LOT of money to pay for something running hidden self-nuke code...
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/09/technology/10warcraft.web.html?_r=1&oref=sloginLOS ANGELES, May 10 — When the makers of World of Warcraft, the phenomenally successful online game, announced last year that they would release a major expansion of its virtual world in late 2006, the game’s millions of players began anxiously awaiting details. Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image The Draenei, the new race unveiled in the expansion of World of Warcraft, are descended from the same demonic race that produced some of the game's most fearsome foes. More Photos » Multimedia Related Interview: A Lead Designer on the Expansion The Gamer Blog: Dispatches From E3 Enlarge This Image Blizzard announced last year that in the expansion it would add another new race called the Blood Elves to the game. Above, a Blood Elf priest casts a spell in the expansion’s new Nagrand zone. More Photos > Today, as the video game industry gathers here for E3, the top annual game convention, those players will start getting answers. In the biggest piece of news, Blizzard Entertainment, the company behind the game, plans to announce that in the expansion, to be called The Burning Crusade, players will be able to join an otherworldly species called the Draenei. Much of the storyline in World of Warcraft, which now has more than 6 million paying subscribers worldwide, revolves around the strife between two competing factions, the Alliance and the Horde. Players can join either side of the fantasy conflict; the Alliance includes races like human, dwarves and gnomes, while the Horde includes orcs, trolls and the undead. Blizzard announced last year that in the expansion it would add a new race called the Blood Elves to the Horde, but the identity of the new Alliance race has been a closely-guarded secret until today. On Web message boards, players have spilled hundreds of thousands of words debating what the new Alliance race would be. In the Burning Crusade, much of the action will take place on a planet called Draenor. The Draenei are the remnants of a once-thriving culture there that was mostly destroyed by orcs after the orcs were corrupted by the demons of the Burning Legion — the big bad guys in the game, who oppose both the Alliance and the Horde. In a twist, the Draenei are descended from the same demonic race, the Eredar, that produced some of Warcraft’s most fearsome foes, like the demon Archimonde. “Lots of players have wanted to play demons, and Draenei are the closest you can get to looking like an Eredar,” Jeff Kaplan, one of the game’s top designers, said in an interview. “They have these cool forehead features, and one of the customization features is switching around these facial features and the tendrils hanging beneath the chin and so on.” In addition to being able to test-play the Draenei, attendees at the convention this week, formally known as the Electronic Entertainment Expo, will get their first peek at the Nether Drakes, which are among several flying beasts that players will be able to mount in Burning Crusade. Attendees will also be able to try out Naxxramas, the next big dungeon in the game, which is expected to be added free next month.
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