AACS stands for Advanced Access Content System and really refers more to an agreement among the people who make video recording and playback devices than a specific technology. Mike Evangelist, who ...

When we reported on the BackupHDDVD hack last week, we noted that it was not entirely clear how the the hack works, or just how thorough it is. The essential details of that story won’t be repeated ...

The ongoing war between content producers and hackers over the AACS copy protection used in HD DVD and Blu-ray discs produced yet another skirmish last week, and as has been the case as of late, the ...

Digital HD (high definition), like that enabled through HDMI and Blu-ray, is awesome. It offers amazing picture and audio quality. It allows you to conveniently connect one single cable to provide ...

AACS, the DRM technology used to protect HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs (though Blu-Ray has additional schemes it can use), has been broken for awhile, at least since February 13th when this Wired blog post ...