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Nokia Says Its N-Gage Copy Protection Hacked
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 18:33:51 -0500
Delivered-To: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 00:03:12 +0100 From: the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow <geoff () iconia com> Subject: Nokia Says Its N-Gage Copy Protection Hacked To: Dave E-mail Pamphleteer Farber <dave () farber net> Nokia Says Its N-Gage Copy Protection Hacked Wed Nov 12, 7:16 AM ET HELSINKI (Reuters) - The world's largest mobile phone maker Nokia (news - web sites) said on Wednesday hackers have cracked the copy-protection codes for its newly launched N-Gage gaming device, allowing copied games to be downloaded over the Web. The setback comes just over a month after the Finnish company launched the much-hyped game phone in a bid to gain a foothold in the portable gaming market. "We take this very, very seriously and have initiated an aggressive program to stop the people that are behind these (intellectual property rights) violations," Nokia Mobile Phones spokesman Damian Stathonikos told Reuters. --snip- http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20031112/tc_nm/tech_nokia_ ngage_dc =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- geoff.goodfellow () iconia com * Prague - CZ * telephone +420 603 706 558 "success is getting what you want & happiness is wanting what you get" http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/01/biztech/articles/17drop.html http://blogging.cz ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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