Chips on DVDs Could Prevent Theft

May 9, 2007 By GARY GENTILE, AP Business Writer

(AP) -- New technology designed to thwart DVD theft makes discs unplayable until they're activated at the cash register.

Content from The Associated Press expires 15 days after original publication date. For more information about The Associated Press, please visit www.ap.org .

Similar stories from PHYSorg:

Molecular pathways linked to sex, age affect outcomes in lung cancer

11 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

Infection-fighting antibodies made in plants as effective as costlier conventional version

Feb 08, 2010 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 0

Toshiba Develops SRAM Circuit Technique that Secures Low Voltage Operation of System LSI

Feb 08, 2010 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Macworld taking off without Apple on board

Feb 07, 2010 | not rated yet | 0

Gadgets: Give a gadget for Valentine's Day

Feb 05, 2010 | not rated yet | 0

Rate this story - 3 /5 (1 vote)

rank
1
2
3
4
5

view popular

Other News

The power of 'random': 'Seemingly loopy' technique could dramatically improve communications networks

Technology / Computer Sciences

19 hours ago | 4.8 / 5 (9) | 5 |

A radical new approach to the design of communications networks, called "network coding," promises to make Internet file sharing faster, streaming video more reliable, and cell-phone reception better -- among ...

'Revolutionary' water treatment units on their way to Afghanistan

Technology / Engineering

13 hours ago | 4.4 / 5 (7) | 5 |

The United States Army has taken delivery of the first two units of a "revolutionary" waste-water treatment system that will clean putrid water within 24 hours and leave no toxic by-products, according to scientists at Sam ...

Google developing a translator for smartphones

Technology / Software

20 hours ago | 4.8 / 5 (9) | 3 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Google is developing a translator for its Android smartphones that aims to almost instantly translate from one spoken language to another during phone calls.

Imec and Holst Centre achieve breakthrough in battery-less radios

Imec achieves breakthrough in battery-less radios

Technology / Semiconductors

14 hours ago | 4.9 / 5 (14) | 1 |

At today's International Solid State Circuit Conference, Imec and Holst Centre report a 2.4GHz/915MHz wake-up receiver which consumes only 51µW power. This record low power achievement opens the door to battery-less ...

Google gives Gmail social-networking 'Buzz' (Update)

Technology / Internet

15 hours ago | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

Google is giving its free email service a "Buzz" by adding social-networking features which could challenge the supremacy of platforms like Facebook and Twitter.