Microsoft Takes a Stab at iPod Packaging

I’m still not back yet from my vacation but I thought I’d push out a quick update that made me laugh this morning. How many of you have ever noticed the differences between the way Microsoft packages its products compared to its competitors such as Apple? Well, finally we can see what would happen if Microsoft took a stab at dressing up the iPod box.

tvnzb.com Up for Sale

With the latest round of MPAA lawsuits announced, tvnzb.com has closed its doors. For those who may not know, tvnzb.com was one of the few sites on the internet that provided a RSS feed of NZB files for television shows posted on Usenet. The site never hosted any content but provided pointers on where to find files. As of February 25, 2006, the site had been completely removed and the front page read:

check this space for more news… tvnzb is for sale. If you would like to make an
offer email jon (at) binnzb.com

For those of you looking to fill the void we left, I highly recommend easynews. They have an AWESOME searching feature and http downloads. http://www.easynews.com. Give em a try for a month and I think you’ll like them.

Jon

For more info, join our IRC channel (#binnzb on efnet) or visit our forums.

The vague message did not specify if the domain, website or both are up for sale. In a thread on the forums, user mike10 directly asked:

Does the closure have anything to do with the recent lawsuits against NZB-Zone.com, BinNews.com[?]

To which candy-man, a NZB Server Admin presumably for tvnzb.com, responded:

Yes it does.

There’s too much of a risk involved in running a US-based NZB service. We do not have the resources or money to fight any lawsuit thrown at us. We’d end up loosing everything we have invested and then some.

With the sale of the domain, the buyer will also get the database and all files associated with the site, meaning they could open TvNZB back up if they wanted.

No one can fault the owners of tvnzb.com for shutting their doors. candy-man’s sincere response echos the harsh realities of a world where the owners were forced to face the possibility of fighting on principle against MPAA intimidation tactics or losing everything they had not only invested in the project but beyond the cyber realm and into reality. The most logical choice is to sell the site to someone outside of the United States where the MPAA will have a much harder time prosecuting. No, tvnzb.com was never named in any MPAA lawsuit but it is one of the victims in the war of self-censorship. With that said, I sincerely wish the owners the best of luck in whatever direction they go in next. In the mean time, users will have to a replacement for the service until someone decides to purchase the site and rehost it.

Update (2.25.2006): tvnzb.com has been sold. The front page now reads:

TvNZB has been sold! The new owner should commence operations in a few days, so check back!

MPAA Suing Torrent and NZB Indexing Sites

Apparently the MPAA/RIAA thugs have decided that suing dead people and children wasn’t working too well so now they’ve started phantom lawsuits against seven indexing sites. In the latest round of lawsuits, the MPAA is targeting both torrent and NZB indexing sites such as isoHunt, and NZB-Zone. Although the validity of suing sites which index (but not host) material like a search engine is questionable at best, it isn’t stopping the MPAA/RIAA from trying. What is even more peculiar about these filings is the defendants haven’t been informed yet. Instead, they have been reading about it on the sites like Boing Boing.

Slyck News was able to get a response from Gary (isoHunt) and Justin (TorrentBox):

“Funny, they didn’t email me,” Gary from ISOHunt said. “I’m not too concerned because we deal with copyright requests everyday, some of them from studios MPAA represents.”

“Justin” from TorrentSpy echoed Gary’s skepticism. “I guess I will learn more when I see what they have filed exactly. [I’m] not sure why they are suing when we comply with DMCA requests but I guess we will learn more down the road.”

In a thread on Slyck Forums, user d9binnews echoed the thoughts of defendant BinNews:

Well, we at binnews have not been given anything. We found out just like you guys, from the news sites. We are waiting to see what the documents say but we have never received anything from them. It goes without saying, we plan on fighting this as far as it needs to go.

In another thread, d9binnews continues by saying:

we have been storing funds for just this. … Now all we need is some actual papers that make this lawsuit official.

well we will not go down without a fight. our only concern at this late hour is hosting.. we are currently looking for an overseas host just in case they decide to go after our provider. We cant fault them if they waiver, so we want to be ready to flip the switch to a backup server overseas. If anyone has any suggestions, please either PM here or email.

It is pretty clear that the MPAA has yet to notify some, if not all, of the parties involved in the case. Until the filings are made public, we can only make guesses as to what the suit is alleging. What we do know is none of the torrent sites named run their own trackers but keep files pointing to trackers often times located on foreign soil. The NZB sites provide files that, like torrents, only contain pointers to locate files on newsgroups hosted on local ISP news servers. Chances are very high that the MPAA ISP is hosting much of the content on its news servers the NZB files on the defendants’ servers point to but no ISP was named in the suit nor should they be because of their role as common carriers.

MPAA, according to the press release, believes these sites facilitate infringements of copyrighted works but anyone can clearly see that argument can be applied to any search engine, VCR, DVD/CD recorder, video camera, computer, one-click hosting service and even broadband internet service. I’d even go as far as to say the human voice facilitate[s] infringements of copyrighted works by informing people of where to find these files. Are all those pieces of equipment and the human voice worthy of a lawsuit? No, but I’m sure the MPAA will try. The difference is that all the items listed have many legal uses so the MPAA argument may hinge on the fact that indexing services overwhelmingly serve to facilitate infringement without much other use. Even then, instead of suing indexing services, ISPs, or manufacturers of electronic equipment, the MPAA should be focusing on the end users infringing copyrights by fairly applying local laws. Is essence, this lawsuit punishes the billboard maker that says the home down street is unlocked instead of prosecuting the criminal that chooses to use the information to steal property (clarification: sharing copyrighted works is infringement NOT theft). Throwing a dragnet over these sorts of sites won’t stop users from committing copyright infringement–it will only slow them down until another site takes the place of the ones that shutdown.

Although I don’t wish any site to have to go through a defense against MPAA charges, I found it difficult to understand the reason for leaving Newzbin out of the suit. They are probably the biggest NZB site on the internet but the MPAA decided to not wrangle them into this round of lawsuits. Some have suggested that Newzbin’s location in the United Kingdom prevented their inclusion. Quite frankly, this explanation may have merit. If that is the case, then much like the OSX86China Forum that popped up after the recent DMCA related shutdowns of OSx86 related sites, these sorts of indexes will push their servers onto foreign soil. Can we all say whac-a-mole?

I’ve included the MPAA press release below. About the only information it provides is links to the sites for anyone who may not know about them already. Maybe the MPAA is hoping the flood of people going to the sites will bring them down through an unintended DDoS without any legal work being necessary?

Update (2.24.2006): I just wanted to point out that the MPAA pirates software. In this press release, scroll down to the footer of page 1 or 2. A link will pop up to Iteksoft. Strange, I would have thought that after the millions they’ve sued for that they could pay for a $30 piece of software.

Update (2.25.2006): isoHunt is not going down without a fight according to a posting on the front page. Apparently, isoHunt and TorrentBox have formed a coalition with the hope to fight for the right for technological progress and the legality of the search engine itself.

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Maxxuss Posts OS X 10.4.5 (8G1454) x86 Patches

Maxxuss has done it again by posting patches for the newest OS X 10.4.5 which allows non-Apple branded x86 machines to run the operating system. Before anyone attempts to upgrade to the latest version, there are some open issues that must be taken into account:

1. Darwin kernel has been updated from 8.4.1 to 8.5.1 in OS X 10.4.5. This won’t affect Mac owners but it does affect everyone attempting to run OSx86 on non-Core Duo hardware. The most notable change is 8.5.1 drops support for general Intel power management and the LAPIC timer. In leu of that, the new kernel now only supports Intel Core Duo enhanced power management and its HPET (High Performance Events Timers) facility. To address this, the latest Maxxuss Patch Solution v1.0 for 10.4.5 uses the older 8.4.1 kernal until the power management code can be reinserted into a modified 8.5.1 kernel.
2. AMD CPUs show some instability while running iTunes. Maxxuss is attempting to look into this matter.
3. The install procedure is still very involved and prone to errors if not followed properly. Maxxuss and others in the community have already attempted to create a patched 10.4.4 Restore Disc in an attempt to address this issue. Unfortunately, the results aren’t showing the same level of success as following the the list of instructions posted on Maxxuss’ site.
4. DVD playback is not 100% working yet.

The hiccups of the past few days involving DMCA threats and the unavailability of Maxxuss page has not hampered progress on the OS X x86 hacking front. On the contrary, it is continuing at a hurried pace which means that resolutions to the last few remaining issues aren’t too far off.

This does not mean Apple has given up fighting piracy of it’s operating system through direct intimidation tactics. Robert Braun, a developer involved in Apple’s open source efforts, wrote a column today that suggested Apple has been hampering releases of certain core components back to the community. He basically declares Apple’s open source efforts dead. Could this be another front in Apple’s war against the enthusiast community trying to get OS X working on white-box systems?

Update (3.2.2006): Maxxuss has fixed the iTunes problems on OS X 10.4.4 and 10.4.5 for AMD CPUs in Patch Solution 1.0a.

Update (3.4.2006): Maxxuss has a new domain. Update your bookmarks.

If there are any other new developments, don’t hesitate to shoot me an e-mail or dropping a comment below. I’ll post updates as this story develops.

As always, I don’t condone piracy so please don’t do anything illegal.

2006 Koenigsegg CCX

Serious Wheels posted preliminary pictures of the 2006 Koenigsegg CCX. For those that don’t know why this is significant, the predecessor of the CCX was the Koenigsegg CCR which held the top speed world record until the Bugatti Veyron spectacularly trumped it. The CCX should now be a contender to retake the title which means that car enthusiasts are in for a treat. For now there is very little information on this car so expect a few updates to this post.

Update (2.23.2006): David’s blog has links to the brochure of the CCX. According to the brochure, I have to agree with David’s conclusions that this is just a face-lifted CCR. I’m waiting for a full press release which should clear up everything.

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How-To: Image Windows XP with Ghost and Sysprep

I tend to install and reinstall operating systems quite frequently on my home system. With my hectic schedule, I don’t have time to sit down to reinstall and configure every last program. Although it is arguably easier to use a backup of my system for day-to-day mishaps, I tend to change out peripherals a lot and restoring a system that does not have certain drivers “cleaned out” tends to wreak havoc on a new configuration. To make this process go a bit faster, two years ago I created a “Ghost Image” of my hard drive after doing a basic install. Now, instead of it taking a few hours of toiling away to reinstall a system, I can do this all in about 15 minutes with only half a dozen quick mouse clicks. The trick is to use Norton Ghost or any other imaging software and Microsoft Sysprep.

Part 1: Install XP and Sysprep

1. Install Windows XP on a clean hard drive.
2. Do not install any drivers or other utilities that are hardware specific beyond what Windows itself installs.
• This is necessary to make sure the image is as portable as possible across different types of systems. However, different storage controllers and different HALs (Hardware Abstraction Layers) make this harder to predict.
• Most modern computers these days work fine with a standard ACPI HAL, but if this image is to be truly portable across multiple machines then it must be determined which specific HAL will be needed. Refer to Microsoft KB309283 if you are completely lost.
• It is also important to determine if the target system uses a storage controller that normally requires a driver disc during a regular XP install. If this is the case, then the necessary paths to the drivers must be included in the Sysprep.inf file. These must be added to the [SysprepMassStorage] section in the form PCI\VEN_###&DEV_#### = PATH_TO_DRIVER_ON_IMAGED_DRIVE where VEN_#### should be replaced by the Vendor ID number (i.e. VEN_1234) and the DEV_#### should be replaced by the Device ID number (DEV_1234). This information can usually be found in the specifc driver INF files. Here is an example for adding the VMWare SCSI controller driver to sysprep.inf
  

  [SysprepMassStorage]
  ….snipped out windows mass storage driver list….

  PCI\VEN_104B&DEV_1040=C:\Drivers\Mass\VMWare\vmscsi.inf

3. Create a testuser account with administrative privileges. Use this account to install and configure all the software and policies on the system.
4. Remember to run Windows Update, Office Update and make sure all the rest of the software is up to date. You’ll probably end up rebooting a few times in between but keep going until everything is updated.
5. Copy all the start menu items from the testuser account to the Administrator start menu. (Note: This is necessary as some installers do not create start menu items in All Users but within the testuser profile only. This leaves some items missing on the Administrator start menu.)
6. Log out and log back in as the computer Administrator and then copy the testuser profile folder to the default user profile folder. This is done via Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> User Profile “Settings” then select testuser and click Copy to. Copy all of this to c:\Documents and Settings\Default User. If you don’t understand then refer to Microsoft KB291586.
7. Delete the testuser account. Make sure that c:\Documents and Settings\testuser has been deleted too.
8. Download Sysprep for XP SP2.
9. Extract the files to c:\sysprep.
10. Create the basic sysprep.inf file by running setupmgr.exe. This a tool Microsoft provides for creating an answer file so the restore doesn’t involving asking the normal setup questions. The basic steps are below:
    • Run setupmgr.exe
    • Click Create New
    • Click Sysprep Setup
    • Then choose whichever product you are using. In our example it would be XP Professional.
    • The next question asks: Do you want to fully automate the install? All this question determines is who is going to accept the EULA, you or the person restoring the image. Also, picking yes means that you must enter your Product Key. I pick no because this is for my own use and I don’t want someone to swipe my Product Key accidentally, but a large company or OEM may choose differently.
    • The next few sets of options are for you to enter in any information like your Name, Organization, Time Zone, Product Key (I leave this blank), Network Settings, etc.
    • I leave the Computer Name option set to Automatically generate computer name.
    • Once completed, a dialog box will ask where you want to save the file. c:\sysprep\sysprep.inf is the path we’re using in this example.
    • On the completion screen, click Cancel to close setupmgr.exe.

    The process of creating a basic sysprep.inf file is now completed.

11. Before proceeding to the next step, create a custom hardware drivers directory for any drivers needed for the target system. Usually I use c:\drivers.
12. Open c:\sysprep\sysprep.inf in Notepad and add the following lines to the relavent sections (if the heading doesn’t exist, create it):
    

    [Unattended]
    DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
    UpdateInstalledDrivers=Yes
    OemPNPDriversPath=drivers\hardware_cat\driver_dir\driver_inf;(repeat);

    [SysPrep]
    BuildMassStorageSection=Yes

    [SysprepMassStorage]

13. Do not close the sysprep.inf yet! OemPNPDriversPath points to the c:\drivers directory created earlier. For organizational purposes, I split up my custom driver files based on category (i.e. hardware_cat in the example above). For example, all video drivers go under c:\drivers\video and network drivers under c:\drivers\network. In each of those directories, the specific driver bundles are placed with their driver inf files (i.e. driver_dir). For example, the latest nVidia drivers would go into c:\drivers\video\nVidia\. The last part is refering to driver_inf is just that, the name of the inf file. For example, for the latest nVidia driver, the path would be c:\drivers\video\nVidia\nv4_disp.inf. In sysprep.inf, the path would be written as OemPNPDriversPath=drivers\video\nVidia\nv4_disp.inf;. Do not forget the semi-colon as a separator. For the next driver, repeat the procedure by placing the path after the semi-colon without leaving a space. Once all the drivers are added, save the file.
14. Run c:\sysprep\sysprep -bmsd. This will build the Windows XP standard mass storage drivers section.
15. While editing sysprep.inf there is an option labeled InstallFilesPath which usually points to c:\sysprep\i386. I usually copy the contents of my XP CD’s i386 directory into c:\sysprep\i386. This isn’t necessary.
16. Add any custom Storage dirvers to the [SysprepMassStorage] section as detailed above.
17. Now run C:\sysprep\sysprep.exe.
18. Pick options Mini Setup and Detect non-plug and play hardware. If you don’t have a volume license and plan on just using this image for restoring the computer the image was made on, then pick the option Don’t regenerate security identifiers. If you have a volume license key and will be using this image for multiple machines then leave that option unchecked. Ensure that Shutdown is selected from the Shutdown mode drop-down menu and click Reseal.
19. If you left the SID option to regenerate, then a pop-up will ask you to confirm. hit OK to continue.
20. This will take a while and your system will shut down once the process is complete.

Sysprep is now complete. Part 2 discusses imaging.

Maxxuss Site Shutdown, Apple to Blame?

Note: Some of this information may be out of date. Although I provide updates to posts as postscript, many times an entirely new post may be necessary. Click one of the tags above to find the latest entries by the subject matter you are interested in.

In yet another follow-up to my previous posts on Maxxuss cracking OS X 10.4.4, it looks like Maxxuss’ site is down (thanks Zeth for the heads up). A snippet of a post from the front page of OSx86 Project reads:

It appears that Apple may have gotten to Maxxuss, the hacker made famous for his flagrant cracks and patches of Mac OS X for Intel. A visit to his website reveals that his site has been shutdown by his host, the cause of which we do not know at this time.

Although the reasons aren’t very clear at the moment as to what may have happened, there is rampant speculation of everything from exhausting bandwidth to Apple serving a take down notice as it had to the OSx86Project Forums a few days ago. Discussion is continuing on the shutdown in their forums.

According to a post at OSx86China Forum, all requests to:

http://maxxuss.hotbox.ru

are being redirected to:

http://pochta.ru/notfound.php

At the 360 Insider Forums, a message provides a list of links to Google’s cache of Maxxuss’ site.

If Apple has in fact shut down Maxxuss site, then they can learn something from this incident. The x86 community has a history of playing “whac-a-mole” which is defined as:

The term Whac-a-Mole, or Whack-a-mole, has been used in the computer and networking industry to describe the phenomenon fending off recurring spammers, vandals or miscreants. The connotation is that of a repetitious and futile task: each time the attacker is “whacked” or kicked off of a service, he only pops up again from another direction.

It is inevitable that someone will rehost Maxxuss’ pages using either the Google cache versions or a local mirrored copy. Can Apple Legal keep serving take down notices to people scattered all over the globe? It is not likely. Although what is likely is that people with a political axe to grind over free speech issues (but no interest in Apple’s operating system) will take up the call to start disseminating this information. Eventually Maxxuss’ or his successor’s information will make it to a host like HavenCo that has no restrictions on copyright or intellectual property data being hosted on it’s servers or onto the encrypted Tor anonymous network as a hidden service. If history is any indicator then Apple can’t win this battle. Most of the enthusiast work on getting new versions of OS X will continue whether it moves further underground or offshore depends on how hard Apple pushes. If this was truly Apple’s handiwork then it can be firmly said that they may have won this round but the fight is far from over.

Update (2.22.2006): The Maxxuss Patch Solution v1.0 can still be found via Google Germany. Search terms: maxxuss patch solution 09.55

Update (2.22.2006): Maxxuss has a new blog that is up and running. It does not contain any copyrighted material according to him so I think it’s safe to link it. A posting on his site is saying that everyone should bookmark http://maxxuss.tk/ just in case he moves his site again. He has also put up mirrors of his original site:

http://-.host.sk/ and http://-2006.narod.ru/ where “-” is equal to the 7-letter name of our friendly OSx86 hacker.

If there are any other new developments, don’t hesitate to shoot me an e-mail or dropping a comment below. I’ll post updates as this story develops.

As always, I don’t condone piracy so please don’t do anything illegal.

2005 BRABUS Rocket based on Mercedes-Benz CLS

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How-To: Internet Explorer Warning Infobar

I have received a few emails asking how to implement the Internet Explorer “infobar” warning on their own site. If you don’t know what I’m taking about, when browsing to my blog with Microsoft’s infamously buggy but popular browser, users see this:

Background: I don’t have to preach to the choir about Internet Explorer (IE) having a lot of quirks when it comes to rendering CSS heavy pages in addition to all the security issues plaguing the browser. The theme on this site is a slightly modified version of K2 which still needs some work to make sure it displays properly on IE. Not only do I not have time to fix these bugs myself due to school but more than 80% of my readers use Firefox. I still wanted to display a warning to any IE users letting them know that this site won’t look quite right without using an alternate browser (i.e. Opera, Safari, Konq, Firefox, etc.). Although I’m not afraid to tinker, I don’t enjoy reinventing the wheel so my first hope was finding someone else having coded this before I went at “programming” a little css/javascript myself. Google brought me to a Zatacka.com posting that had the basic CSS and example code ready to go. Interestingly, the Zatacka.com version was a streamlined version of the original author’s code (dead link). However, this minimized version did not scroll with the page in IE because IE does not properly support position: fixed. There were many possible solutions to getting this to work but most involved messing up all position: absolute blocks on the page. Finally, I found a solution that I adapted to work the way I wanted.

Instructions: This is how to add it to your site. (Warning: Your mileage may vary so backup your site before attempting an of this. Don’t come running to me when something goes wrong.)

1. Save warning.gif by right clicking and hitting “Save as…”

Warning.gif Image File

2. Create a file called infobar.css and paste the following code into it. Note that the path to warning.gif must be updated to reflect your site. Then save it.

3. Modify your site’s template. For K2, I put this all into my header.php file.

Part A: Somewhere right after the <head> tag paste the following (change the path to infobar.css for your site):

Part B: Right after <body> tag paste the following:

That’s it. Let me know if there are any mistakes or a better way of doing this.

Maxxuss Releases SS3 Emulator and AMD Enabler for OS X 10.4.4 (Intel)

Note: Some of this information may be out of date. Although I try to provide updates to posts as postscript, many times an entirely new post may be necessary. Click one of the tags above to find the latest entries by the subject matter you are interested in.

There is a great deal of activity in the Apple OS X for white-box Intel PC world right now. In a follow-up to my previous posting regarding Maxxuss cracking Apple OSX 10.4.4, SSE2 and AMD machines are now supported. Also, Base-Patches have been updated to version 0.3 (See 2.19.2006 Update below).

Here is a snippet from Maxxuss’ site:

The v0.3 patches require an Intel CPU and SSE3. NX/XD support is not required, and Mac OS X works native and under VMWare.

However, AMD CPUs are supported by the AMD Enabler, and SSE2 CPUs are supported by the SSE3 Emulator…

In other developments, the OSx86 Project Forums were taken down after they were served with a DMCA violation notice. As of February 17, 2006 @ 21:05 ET, the site reads:

We’re sorry to report that despite our best efforts, the OSx86 Project has been served with a DMCA violation notice. The forum will be unavailable while we evaluate its contents to remove any violations present. We thank you for your patience in this matter.

There is no word yet if they’ll be brought back at all. Unfortunately, Apple does not realize that these sorts of tactics don’t work in the x86 world. If Apple pushes harder, then this community will go underground as so many have before. Quite frankly, Apple is wasting its time and should focus on releasing more Intel-equipped hardware than chasing a tiny community concerned with breaking through the TPM puzzle. However, the effect of the OSx86 Project Forum shut down did not go unnoticed and led to speculation of an Apple crackdown when Win2OSX was taken offline. At this time, the IRC channel topic reads:

Site is/was down because it took excessive traffic - IT IS NOT DMCA-RELATED.’ Set by Kal on Fri Feb 17 13:00:08

So it is probably safe to say that there is a chance that Win2OSX may be back whenever they get to paying their hosting bills.

UPDATE (2.18.2006): The OSx86 Project posted an announcement about the forums being brought back online. Apparently they’ve removed the offending posts/links but that doesn’t mean they won’t be hit again. I’m going to suggest people head over to the 360 Insider Forums for searching through old issues. Any new posts should be posted to the Non-Chinese Discussion forum at OSX86China Forum for, ironically, uncensored discussion.

UPDATE (2.19.2006): Maxxuss has released his latest patch set: Patch Solution v1.0 (Search terms on Google Germany: maxxuss patch solution 09.55). This integrates and supercedes all earlier patches. Native or VMWare guest install instructions are on his site. The easiest install instructions are at Radiotux.

UPDATE (2.20.2006): Although it is against my ideology of Free Speech, I have voluntarily removed some links to The Pirate Bay Bittorrent site. I think Google should remove this informtion as well because it tells users where to get OS X 10.4.4 Restore Disc necessary for the install.

UPDATE (2.21.2006): I’ve posted a full entry on Maxxuss’ site being unavailable. All updates on this topic from today will be in that post. Thanks to Zeth for the heads up. Also a review of someone installing a hacked copy of OS X 10.4.4 is posted at Cavemonkey50.

UPDATE (2.23.2006): Apparently Win2osx was sent a DMCA notice at the same time as OSx86 Project. Their provider took down the site while Win2osx removed links to Maxxuss’ site and other infringing material. Although the Apple lawyer later said they were in compliance, the hosting site still hasn’t restored Win2osx. The story is up on Digg (#win2osx ops have asked that people digg the story) and exchange of emails between Win2osx and the Apple lawyer have been made public.

If there are any other new developments, don’t hesitate to shoot me an e-mail or dropping a comment below.

As always, I don’t condone piracy so please don’t do anything illegal.

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