Slysoft says the new version of its AnyDVD will allow users to make “backup security copies” of high definition movies available in blu ray discs.
The claim is a blow to Sony which developed the Blu-ray format. The discs are protected by an anti-piracy system called BD+. When it launched in 2007, developers boasted it would not be cracked for 10 years. Sony however failed to comment on the issue.
“In many ways Firefox 3 is much more stable than anything else out there,” Mozilla Corp Vice President of Engineering Mike Schroepfer said in an interview.
Additions boost security and allow users to run Web sites when they are not connected to the Internet. Mozilla also says Firefox 3 uses less RAM than Firefox 2.
Engineers at Mozilla are still putting the finishing touches on the software and hope to release the final version of Firefox 3 by the end of June, Schroepfer said. A 5th round of changes, will involve “tuning the visual look and feel of the program” and further improving its stability,” Schroepfer said.
Google plans to make an unspecified number of job cuts at DoubleClick Inc following the closing of its $3.1 billion acquisition of the advertising technology company.
“An immediate task we’ll undertake over the next few weeks is matching and aligning DoubleClick employees with our organizational plan for the business,” Google said in a blog post.
“As with most mergers, there may be reductions in headcount. We expect these to take place in the US and possibly in other regions as well,” the company said. DoubleClick has 1,500 employees. Outside of the United States, Google will begin consultations with employee organizations on potential job reductions in line with local laws, it said.
