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Netflix finally brought its long-promised offline-download feature to Windows 10 — but the story since that launch is a textbook case in how platform choices, licensing agreements, and product redesigns can change what users actually get on their laptops and tablets. (techcrunch.com...

A small local-news photo page showing a Jaguars–Saints football moment—paired with a Bluefield, West Virginia forecast calling for mid‑70s highs, rising rain chances through the afternoon, and a cooler, showery evening—captures a bigger reality of game day in 2025: fans jump between highlights...

Microsoft’s latest Insider-stage change to the Xbox PC app marks a meaningful pivot for Windows on Arm — Insiders can now download and run more PC games locally on Arm-based Windows 11 devices, backed by major platform work (Prism emulation, OS-level upscaling, and anti‑cheat collaboration) that...

Microsoft is rolling out a targeted update that begins to change how the Xbox PC app behaves on Arm®-based Windows 11 devices, and for the first time Microsoft is letting Insiders download and run more PC titles locally on ARM hardware rather than relying solely on cloud streaming. This shift —...

The Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter remains one of the quickest ways to mirror or extend a Windows device to a TV or projector, but when video pixelation, audio stutters, or connection failures strike, the path from frustration to a working setup is rarely obvious; this feature guide...

A cozy bar-management sim just poured onto Steam, but a wave of “free download” pages is already trying to cash in on the buzz—some even urge Windows users to disable antivirus and run a cracked build bundled with a Steam emulator. Here’s what’s actually official, what’s risky, and the safest...

I want to share the MP4 content of a flash drive with some one but I don't want them to be able to copy/transfer/distribute it. Is this possible?

A recently published report from Research Snipers reveals that a hacker collective known as Massgrave has made dramatic strides in bypassing Microsoft’s product activation mechanisms. In a deep dive into this new exploit, we explore how the MAS toolkit version 3.0—and its key feature, TSForge...

In a significant shift aimed at modernizing its software, Microsoft has announced that legacy Digital Rights Management (DRM) services will no longer support playback in Windows Media Player, Silverlight, Windows 7, and Windows 8. This move, detailed on a recently updated support page by...

OK so I normally use Linux as an operating system which I usually use to watch Amazon Prime videos on. I have just reinstalled it on my SSD with a newer version of Linux and have had issues this evening running Amazon Prime video owing I presume to codecs and the dreaded annoyance of DRM (which...

I used to be a big PC gamer back in the Windows XP days. But with the GoG and Steam sales right now I'm really tempted to buy some PC games. Back in the Windows XP days DRM was such a big deal. Sometimes it caused problems on your computer. Or you couldn't play it on a new computer that you...

Hello there, I have a newer laptop that is running Windows 10. My desktop is a bit older and I have freshly installed Win 7 after trying on 10. I have several Movies that I have purchased (not rented) from the Win10 store. I would like to think that I can watch these on my big display, surround...

Microsoft recently released an update kb3086255 which disables two old style DRM's Securom and Safedisc. This means that any games still using this old style of Digital Rights Management will not work under Windows 10. This is to address security concerns and if your truly desperate to play...

The commercial media industry is undergoing a major transition as content providers move away from proprietary web plug-in based delivery mechanisms (such as Flash or Silverlight), and replace them with unified plug-in free video players that are based on HTML5 specifications and commercial...

Hi, I have a file which i have downloaded which is drm protected, which is fine because the place i got it is legal and does come with the drm usage rights stuff. When i open it in wmp 12 though it says receiving the license and asks me to log in which i do, i then get a prompt sayingive logged...

Title basically says it all: WMP on my machine decided to stop playing my collection of DRM protected WMV files. And since WMP is the only player that can play back these files, my video collection has become basically useless. And yes, all the files were purchased legally. Figure I'd post...

I've been reading some informative threads on Virtual PC etc, but still have not come to the conclusion as to which VM is best for my purposes. I have zero experience running a VM. My AMD64 bit APU is qualified. I installed Virtual PC and it appears that I must re-install from system DVD. Can...

I can no longer play my DRM protected music files in WMP. Each time I attempt to play a file, the Media Usage Rights Acquisition popup program fails to load the relicensing.od2.com website. The DRM is working, because I downloaded a protected test file that played fine. I tried reinstalling...

I bought a new Nook HD 9" Tablet for my wife, so she can read and watch movies. We have some of the newer BluRay movies with Digital Copies, she says her friend claims that the DRM protected movies cannot be moved to tablet or other devices. Then what can I do to play these movies?

After googling a question to how to change Itunes bought movies to drop onto my Kindle Fire HD - I know this video is DRM protected and need get rid of this protection first. Tried some converters, I’m quite frustrated, Can you tell me which program you used and can actually convert itune...