Surprised that websites are barely picking up on this, since the solution has been out for roughly two weeks now. Requiem works great and it takes a matter of seconds to complete, regardless of whether you're removing DRM from a book or TV show.
Glad to see Brahms finally getting some much-deserved recognition.
When I think of the term Netflix, I think of watching flicks on the Internet. I'm sure a lot of people don't look at it that way, but the term Netflix makes a lot of sense when referring to a streaming service (as opposed to a service that rents out physical media).
I know a lot of non-savvy people probably can't make that connection, but I think the company will make it clear that Netflix is no longer the place for DVDs.
I really, really liked the way Hastings wrote this post. It takes a lot to own up to your mistakes, but he seems dedicated to making Netflix succeed, and the decision to split the service into two is really... interesting, to say the least. I'll probably stick with streaming and forget about physical media, to be honest. It's much more convenient to drive to the Redbox down the street than wait a few days and have to deal with mailing discs back and forth.
Kind of glad to see video game rentals coming; too bad they're late to the party and will have to compete with Blockbuster, Gamefly, and Redbox.
I really, really don't like it. It's like bringing a mini News Feed to Twitter, and the layout just doesn't work for me. I'll try to give it a chance, but my early impressions are that it's just a messy, cluttered News Feed implementation.
I think VUPEN would've won Best Client-Side Bug if their vulnerability had been for the HTML sandbox rather than the Flash sandbox, but it's still nice to see comex win after all the hard work he put into JailbreakMe 3.0.
Still can't believe Sony won a Pwnie for Most Epic FAIL, especially since they had some tough competition.
The one thing I'll agree on with Google: the patent system is flawed ― too bad this is really the only good point (or excuse, I should say) they're using to defend themselves. Then again, Gruber shouldn't be condoning the validity of software patents in the first place, because they suck.
Aside from that, I think Gruber hit the nail on the head (though his usage of undermine seemed a bit odd and out of place).
It's worth mentioning that geohot was, by no means, a fabulous programmer - sure, he's done a lot of great reverse engineering and security work, but if you look at his code, it was both advanced and sloppy. However, Facebook hired him to work on product development, even though he's known to not be much of a programmer.
Comex may not fit the profile of an Apple engineer, but I think he'd still do a damn good job as one.
His name also shows up in a few of his GitHub repositories, so it's not like they used illegitimate tactics to uncover his real identity that was already somewhat public.
Forbes shouldn't be chastised over releasing his name, and anyone who thinks that blackmail or anything of the sort played a role is just being silly.
Glad to see Brahms finally getting some much-deserved recognition.