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24th December 2006 - Link Blog

A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection (via) Vista’s content protection is a nightmare for hardware manufacturers and consumers alike. It’s far worse than even BoingBoing readers would expect.

Posted 24th December 2006 at 10:34 am

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